Practice 2

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Exercise 1: Mixed Tenses

1. By the time you arrive, we ______ (finish) the project.


2. If she ______ (study) harder, she would have passed the exam.
3. While I ______ (wait) for the bus, I ______ (see) an old friend.
4. They ______ (plan) to visit Paris for years, and finally, they ______
(book) their tickets last week.
5. It is the first time he ______ (travel) abroad.
6. When the teacher ______ (enter) the classroom, the students ______
(read) silently.
7. The movie ______ (start) by the time we reached the theater.
8. She ______ (work) in this company for ten years before she ______
(resign) last month.
9. If it ______ (not rain) tomorrow, we ______ (go) for a hike.
10. I wish I ______ (know) about the meeting earlier; I ______ (attend)
it.

Exercise 2: Conditional Sentences

1. If he ______ (call) me yesterday, I would have helped him.


2. I ______ (go) to the party if I ______ (finish) my work on time.
3. If you ______ (study) hard, you will succeed.
4. Had they ______ (inform) me, I ______ (be) prepared.
5. If you ______ (tell) me earlier, I ______ (not make) the mistake.

Exercise 3: Perfect Tenses

1. By next year, she ______ (complete) her degree.


2. They ______ (live) in this city for five years by the end of this month.
3. I ______ (never see) such a beautiful place before I visited
Switzerland.
4. He ______ (already submit) the report when the manager asked for it.
5. We ______ (wait) here for over an hour and she still ______ (not
arrive).

Exercise 4: Progressive Tenses

1. At this time tomorrow, we ______ (fly) to New York.


2. She ______ (read) that book for two hours before she ______ (fall)
asleep.
3. They ______ (renovate) the house when the guests ______ (arrive).
4. He ______ (work) on his project all week and still ______ (not finish).
5. While she ______ (cook), her husband ______ (set) the table.

Exercise 5: Sequence of Tenses

1. She said that she ______ (be) tired and ______ (want) to rest.
2. He ______ (tell) me that he ______ (finish) his homework.
3. They ______ (hope) that the weather ______ (be) good for their trip.
4. I ______ (realize) that I ______ (leave) my keys at home.
5. She ______ (promise) that she ______ (help) me with my assignment.

Exercise 6: Error Correction

Identify and correct the tense errors in the following sentences:

1. I was walking down the street when I had seen a strange object in the
sky.
2. By the time we will get to the station, the train has already left.
3. He is working on the project since morning.
4. If you would have asked me, I would help you.
5. She did not went to the party because she had been tired.

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