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English mixed tenses (all verb tenses) - exercise

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Present simple , present continuous/progressive ,
past simple , past continuous , present perfect
(simple/continuous) , past perfect/pluperfect
(simple/continuous) , future tenses , modals ,
conditionals, passive , regular and irregular verbs ...
Fill te gaps with the correct verb form
(answers below the exercise)

1 You had better not go out: it .................... (rain)


cats and dogs.
2 .............................. (ever - you - see) such a
beautiful place?
3 When I ................. (be) young, I
never ................... (go) to a music concert.
4 What's the matter with him? He .....................
(always - complain) and I ..................... (like not)
it.
5 By the time she .......................... (arrive)
he ......................... (already - go).
6 What ............................. (you - do)
tonight? .............................. (you - want - go out)
with me?
I am sorry, I .................... (can - not),
I ............................. (go) to the cinema with
Patrick. 
7 Where the hell have you been?
I ................................ (wait) for you all night long.
8 If you had paid attention a bit more,
you ...................... (know) the answer to that
question.
9 We .................... (sign) a contract with a new
company yesterday
10 When ........................... (Columbus - discover)
America?
11 Don't worry: I ...................... (call) you when
I ....................... (get) there.
12 I see she can't walk because she .......................
(break) her leg.
13 She .......................... (live) in Manhattan before
she ........................ (move) to London.
14 I am 50 years old and I ...................... (always -
live) in England. I ....................... (never - want -
move) to another country.
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Answers / solutions
1 it is raining (present continuous)
2 Have you ever seen (present perfect simple)
3 I was - I never went (past simple)
4 He is always complaining (present continuous) - I
don't like it (present simple)
5 she arrived (past simple) - he had already gone
(pluperfect)
6 What are you doing (present continuous) - Do you
want to go out (present simple) - I can't (present
simple) -
I am going (present continuous)
7 I have been waiting (present perfect continuous)
8 would have known 
9 signed (past simple)
10 When did Columbus discover (past simple)
11 I will call (future 1) - I get (present simple)
12 she has broken (present perfect simple)
13 She (had) lived (pluperfect or past simple) -
moved (past simple)
14 I have always lived (present perfect) - I never
want to move (present simple) / I have never
wanted to move (present perfect) / I will never want
to move (future 1)

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