Mixed Tense Revision (Present Tense)

Present Tenses: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect

1) Derek buys flowers for his mom every Mother’s day.

1. buys 2. to buy 3. will bought 4. buying
2) We usually go to the beach with our friends every week.
1. have gone 2. going 3. goes 4. go
3) The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
1. rising, setting 2. rises, sets 3. rise, set 4. to rise, to set
4) Tom and Linda takes the subway train to work every day.
1. takes 2. took 3. take 4. have taken
5) He is washing the car at the moment.
1. is washing 2. are washing 3. washed 4. has washed
6) Shh! Be quiet the baby is sleeping now.
1. sleeps 2. has slept 3. are sleeping 4. is sleeping
7) I haven’t seen him since yesterday morning.
1. hadn’t seen 2. hasn’t seen 3. haven’t seen 4.haven’t seeing
8) The Prime Minister is giving a speech in the television right now.
1. is giving 2. was give 3. are giving 4. Given
9) We have just finished cleaning the kitchen.
1. had just finished 2. have just finished 3. Just have finished 4. had just finished
10) For three hours, Jim has waited for his mother at the airport.
1. have waited 2. is waiting 3. waited 4. has waited
11) Lauren and Sarah are studying Spanish with Mrs. Andersen right now
1. are studying 2. is studying 3. will study 4. studied
12) So far, He hasn’t done anything to make me feel bad.
1. haven’t done 2. having done 3. hasn’t done 4. hadn’t done
 Teacher:
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1. Read the following sentences, choose and circle the most suitable tense.

a) Jim is so tired that he has slept / had slept for more than ten hours.
b) We met / had met Miriam on the corner of 8th Avenue yesterday.
c) By the time I have arrived / arrived to the cinema, the film has nearly finished / had
nearly finished.
d) Did you see / Have you seen my sunglasses anywhere? I think I have lost / had lost them.
e) Amanda couldn´t get in because she has left / had left her keys in the office.
f) Douglas knew / has known that he has already seen / had already seen the man before.
g) When the police stopped / has stopped Jane this morning she realized that she left / had left
her driving license at home.
h) Have you heard / had you heard the news today?

2. Complete these sentences putting the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect, Past Perfect or
Past Simple.

a) When they finally returned (return) home, they did (do) a couple of hundred miles and they

were (be) completely exhausted.

b) Edward never flew (never/fly) from New York to San Francisco before.

c) Alice tried (try) to contact an old English penpal when she went (go) to London last summer

but the boy moved (move) up to the north.

d) Susan already finished (already/Susan/finish) her research Project on Shakespeare?

e) After we ate (eat), we sat (sit) in the garden and exchanged

(exchange) views about our children´s future careers.

f) I haven’t seen (not see) my sister Julie since 1995. She lives with her family in Paris.

g) When we got (get) the cinema, the film had already begun (already/begin).

h) The Walters bought (buy) a new car after they won (win) some money in the lottery.