MIXED TENSES EXERCISES

A. Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. Use the correct tense.

1. We usually ____________ (train) in the afternoon when it is not that hot.

2. ________you ever __________ (play) the piano since you left school?
3. I ____________ (not see) him for two days.
4. Shhhh! Sam ________________ (try) to study for his final exam.
5. They _________ (live) in this house since 1987.
6. My father_____________ (wash) his car while my mother and I __________
(prepare) dinner last night.
7. ________ you _________ (meet) her yesterday?
8. Mary _____________ (be) in London for three days.
9. The headmaster__________ (enter) the classroom, ________ (see) the kids
fighting and ___________ (put) them in detention.
10. He_____________ (live) in Canada, but he is here these days to study.
11. I think that they______________ (arrive) today from London.
12. Last Wednesday they ______________ (play) chess after they ________ (do)
their homework.
13. Look over there. Someone ____________to get on the moving bus. (TRY)
14. I am wondering if you can help me. I__________ for a job for months and
someone ________ me your phone number, so I _______ to ring you
up. (LOOK, GIVE, DECIDE)
15. How _______ you usually _______ work? - Sometimes I _______ myself,
but in bad weather I usually _______ the bus. (GET, DRIVE, TAKE)
16. What ______ you ______ (do) at 3pm this morning when the bell _________
(ring)?

B. Answer the following questions:

1 What did you do last night?

2 What are you doing now?

3 What are you doing after this lesson?

4 Have you ever been to the USA?

5 What do you usually do at weekends?

6 Where do you live?

7 Have you had a shower yet?

8 How often do you eat out?

9 What is your best friend doing at the moment?

10 Have you ever ridden a scooter?

11 Could you swim when you were five?

12 What is the weather like today?

13 What time do you get up?

14 Where will you be this time tomorrow?

15 What were you doing at 10am this morning?

16 How long have you studied English?

17 Where were you last Saturday night?

18 What do you usually do on weekends?

19 What are your sports and hobbies?

20 Where did you go to last summer holiday?