Mixed Tenses Test Exercises - Multiple Choice Questions With Answers - Advanced

Level 3

This is an advanced level multiple choice test with multiple

choice questions on all English tenses including the topics
below.
4. Generally speaking, I ____ film reviews because I like
Present Tenses In English to be open-minded when I go to the cinema.

• The Present Simple Tense A) am not reading

• The Present Continuous Tense B) don't read
• The Present Perfect Tense
C) haven't read
• The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
D) haven't been reading
Past Tenses In English E) didn't read

• The Simple Past Tense

• The Past Continuous tense
• The Past Perfect Tense
• The Past Perfect Continuous Tense 5. The old clock in the center of the city ____ in 1980
and ____ since.
The Future Tenses In English
A) stops / wasn't working
• The Simple Future Tense & Be Going To Future Tense B) has stopped / isn't working
• The Future Continuous Tense
C) was stopping / doesn't work
• The Future Perfect Tense
• The Future Perfect Continuous Tense D) has stopped / wasn't working
E) stopped / hasn't worked

1. We ____ on a picnic every weekend when we were in

Bursa.
6. Someone next door ____ heavy metal music all night
A) were going
long. I didn't get a wink of sleep.
B) went
C) have gone A) were playing
D) have been going B) has played
E) go C) is playing
D) played
E) has been playing

2. Although the police ____ him, he was able to prove

that he ____ when the crime was committed.
7. I think you ____ your energy by sweeping up those
A) suspected / was working
leaves, stop it! The | wind will blow more down.
B) suspect / worked
C) has suspected / had worked A) wasted
D) have been suspecting / had been working B) waste
E) were suspecting / is working C) are wasting
D) were wasting
E) have wasted

3. Jessie ____ such strange clothes that we were all

taken aback. It took us some time to get over the
shock.

A) was wearing
B) has worn
C) is wearing
D) had been wearing
E) has been wearing

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8. There is considerable concern about 13. Before you mentioned about him, I ____ of that
her whereabouts, because she ____ for several days. novelist.

A) is missing A) hadn't ever heard

B) missed B) wasn't hearing
C) has been missing C) haven't ever heard
D) was missing D) didn't ever hear
E) misses E) don't ever hear

9. I am afraid I didn't hear the doorbell when you ____ I 14. The concert was last week but they still ____ down
____ in the garden at the time. the posters from the notice boards.

A) rang / was working A) haven't taken

B) had rung / worked B) wasn't taking
C) was ringing / have been working C) didn't take
D) are ringing / work D) hadn't taken
E) have rung / worked E) hadn't been taking

10. When did you first notice that your car____ 15. We were surprised to hear that our neighbour ____ a
? new house in the country.

A) was going A) has bought

B) has gone B) was buying
C) went C) had bought
D) had gone D) has been buying
E) has been going E) buys

11. After Lisa graduated from university, she ____ for a 16. Tell me what you ____ of my new car.
job in a bank and ____ there ever since.
A) are thinking
A) applied / is working B) had thought
B) has applied / worked C) were thinking
C) applies / has worked D) think
D) applied / has been working E) thought
E) was applying / worked

17. Even though he denied what he ____ earlier, he ____

12. When I first met Ebru, she ____ in this 3 city for 20 to join us.
years.
A) said / has accepted
A) was living B) has said / accepted
B) lived C) has said / had accepted
C) had been living D) has been saying / has accepted
D) has lived E) had said / accepted
E) has been living

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18. After I ____ along the beach, I ____ a bath and I ____

my breakfast.

A) run / had / had had 23. The teacher ____ me in the exam just as I ____ my last
sentence.
B) ran / had had / had
C) had run / have had / had A) has interrupted / wrote
D) had run / had / had B) interrupted / was writing
E) ran / had / have had C) was interrupting / have been writing
D) had interrupted / have written
E) is interrupting / had written

19. A- Jim was very clever as a child. B- Was he really? A-

Oh, yes. By the time he was five he ____ to read and
write.
24. Newspapers yesterday said that Michael Keller ____ a
A) learned three-year contract
B) had learned
A) had signed
C) was learning
B) would have signed
D) has learned
C) was singing
E) have been learning
D) has signed
E) is signing

20. When Mrs. Krashen ____ at the airport yesterday

morning she realised that she ____ her passport at
home. 25. There ____ a decrease in the number of applications
since the report on environmental pollution ____ in
A) had arrived / has forgotten the newspaper.
B) arrived / had forgotten
A) was/appeared
C) arrives / forgot
B) had been / has appeared
D) was arriving / forgot
C) has been / appeared
E) has arrived / has forgotten
D) is / appeared
E) is / was appearing

21. The police say that the man ____ home in the dark
when he ____ down a hill.
26. People ____ interested in the subject day by day
A) had walked / fell because they ____ to increase their knowledge.
B) was walking / fell
A) became / want
C) walked / fell
B) were becoming / want
D) has walked / had fallen
C) have become / had wanted
E) has been walking / had fallen
D) are becoming / want
E) became / are wanting

22. When I returned home from holiday I found that my

parents ____ a lot of changes in the house.
27. I ____ for a walk but the rain put me off the idea.
A) was making
A) must be going
B) have made
B) will go
C) have been making
C) am going to go
D) had made
D) was going to go
E) made
E) went

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28. Don't forget that we ____ to our new house by the 29. A- What are you doing? B- Getting ready. I ____ my
time you get back from holiday. aunt in hospital. A- Oh yes. Give her my love.

A) move A) visit
B) will move B) will visit
C) will have moved C) have been visiting
D) had moved D) am going to visit
E) are going to move E) was going to visit

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Answer Key:

1: B 16: D
2: A 17: E
3: A 18: D
4: B 19: B
5: E 20: B
6: D 21: B
7: C 22: D
8: C 23: B
9: A 24: A
10: D 25: C
11: D 26: D
12: C 27: D
13: A 28: C
14: A 29: D
15: C

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