Grammar EXERCISES MIXED TENSES EXERCISES+ ANSWERS

a)Simple present or present progressive

1.Look !Sarra (go)……IS GOING…………………. To the movies.

2.On her right hand ,Sarra(carry)……IS CARRYING……………………..her handbag.

3.The handbag (be)…………IS………….. very beautiful.

4.Sara usually (put)………PUTS………………on black shoes but now she (wear)……IS

WEARING…………………..white trainers.

5.And look ,She (take)…………IS TAKING………………..an umbrella because it(rain)…IS RAINING………………

b)SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PERFECT

1.When he (wake up)……WOKE UP…….,his mother(already/prepare)…HAD ALREADY

PREPARED……………….breakfast.

2.We(go)………WENT……………to London because our friends (invite)…HAD INVITED………………..us.

3.He(hear)……HEARD………..the news,(go)…WENT…………………to the telephone and (call)……

CALLED……………..a friend.

4.When she ( start)…STARTED………………learning English she (already/learn)…HAD ALREADY

LEARNED…………..French.

5.Jane(already/type) HAD ALREADY TYPED…………three pages when her computer( crash)…

CRASHED………..

6.By the time the doctor (arrive)…ARRIVED……………….at the house the patient (die)……HAD
DIED……………………….

7/Before that day we ( never/think)……HAD NEVER THOUGHT……………………………of traveling to

Japan.

8.I (know)………HAD KNOWN…………a long time before I (meet)……met……………..his family.

9.They(not/know)…did not know…..where to meet because nobody (tell)……had told them…….them.

10.It (be)……had been…………………cloudy for days before it (begin)……began…to rain.

c/SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PERFECT

1.i(just/finish)…have just finished……………………………my homework.

2.Mary(already/write) has already written…………..five letters.

3.Tom (move)…moved………………..to his home town in 1994.

4.My friend (be)…was………………………in Canada two years ago.

5.I (not/be )have not been ……to Canada so far.

6.But I (already/travel)……have already traveled………..to London a couple of times.

7.Last week, Mary and Paul (go)……went…………….to the cinema.

8.I can’t take any pictures because I (not /buy)…have not bought………… a new film yet.

9.(They/spend)…………did they spend…………………………………..their holidays in Paris last summer?

10.(you/ever/see)……have you ever seen………………………………..a whale?

d/SIMPLE PAST OR PAST PROGRESSIVE

1.The receptionist (welcome)…welcomed………………………the guests and (ask)……asked…………..them

to fill in the form.

2.The car (break)……broke………….down and we (have)…had……………..to walk home.

3.The boys (swim)…were swimming……………………….while the girls (sunbath)……were

sunbathing………………………………………

4.My father (come)……came………………..in,(look)………looked…………………… and( tell)…told…….……me

to tidy up my room.

5.While one group (prepare)…was preparing………………………..dinner the others(collect)…were

collecting………..wood for the campfire.

6.While the parents (have)……were having…….breakfast, the children (run)…were…running…………

about.

7.Martha (turn)…turned…………………….off the light and (go)……went…………………to bed.