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

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5. The old clock in the center of the city ____ in 1980

1. We ____ on a picnic every weekend when we were in and ____ since.
Bursa.
A) stops / wasn't working
A) were going B) has stopped / isn't working
B) went C) was stopping / doesn't work
C) have gone D) has stopped / wasn't working
D) have been going E) stopped / hasn't worked
E) go

6. Someone next door ____ heavy metal music all night

2. Although the police ____ him, he was able to prove long. I didn't get a wink of sleep.
that he ____ when the crime was committed.
A) was playing
A) suspected / was working B) has played
B) suspect / worked C) is playing
C) has suspected / had worked D) had played
D) have been suspecting / had been working E) has been playing
E) were suspecting / is working

7. I think you ____ your energy by sweeping up those

3. Jessie ____ such strange clothes that we were all leaves, stop it! The | wind will blow more down.
taken aback. It took us some time to get over the
shock. A) wasted
B) waste
A) was wearing
C) are wasting
B) has worn
D) were wasting
C) is wearing
E) have wasted
D) had been wearing
E) has been wearing

8. There is considerable concern about her whereabouts

because she ____ for several days.
4. Generally speaking, I ____ film reviews because I like
to be open-minded when I go to the cinema. A) is missing
B) missed
A) am not reading
C) has been missing
B) don't read
D) was missing
C) haven't read
E) misses
D) haven't been reading
E) didn't read

9. I am afraid I didn't hear the doorbell when you ____ I

____ in the garden at the time.

A) rang / was working

B) had rung / worked
C) was ringing / have been working
D) are ringing / work
E) have rung / worked

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

11. After Lisa graduated from university, she ____ for a

job in a bank and ____ there ever since. 16. Tell me what you ____ of my new car.

A) applied / is working A) are thinking

B) has applied / worked B) had thought
C) applies / has worked C) were thinking
D) applied / has been working D) think
E) was applying / worked E) thought

12. When I first met Emily, she ____ in this city for 20 17. Even though he denied what he ____ earlier, he ____
years. to join us.

A) was living A) said / has accepted

B) lived B) has said / accepted
C) had been living C) has said / had accepted
D) has lived D) has been saying / has accepted
E) has been living E) had said / accepted

13. Before you mentioned about him, I ____ of that 18. After I ____ along the beach, I ____ a bath and I ____
novelist. my breakfast.

A) hadn't ever heard A) run / had / had had

B) wasn't hearing B) ran / had had / had
C) haven't ever heard C) had run / have had / had
D) didn't ever hear D) had run / had / had
E) don't ever hear E) ran / had / have had

14. The concert was last week but they still ____ down 19. A: Jim was very clever as a child. B: Was he really? A:
the posters from the notice boards. Oh, yes. By the time he was five, he ____ to read and
write.
A) haven't taken
B) wasn't taking A) learned
C) didn't take B) had learned
D) hadn't taken C) was learning
E) hadn't been taking D) has learned
E) have been learning

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24. Newspapers yesterday said that Michael Keller ____ a

three-year contract

20. When Mrs Krashen ____ at the airport yesterday A) had signed
morning, she realised that she ____ her passport at
B) would have signed
home.
C) was singing
A) had arrived / has forgotten D) has signed
B) arrived / had forgotten E) is signing
C) arrives / forgot
D) was arriving / forgot
E) has arrived / has forgotten
25. There ____ a decrease in the number of applications
since the report on environmental pollution ____ in
the newspaper.

21. The police say that the man ____ home in the dark A) was/appeared
when he ____ down a hill.
B) had been / has appeared
A) had walked / fell C) has been / appeared
B) was walking / fell D) is / appeared
C) walked / fell E) is / was appearing
D) has walked / had fallen
E) has been walking / had fallen

26. People ____ interested in the subject day by day

because they ____ to increase their knowledge.

22. When I returned home from holiday, I found that my A) became / want
parents ____ a lot of changes in the house.
B) were becoming / want
A) was making C) have become / had wanted
B) have made D) are becoming / want
C) have been making E) became / are wanting
D) had made
E) made

27. I ____ for a walk but the rain put me off the idea.

A) must be going
23. The teacher ____ me in the exam just as I ____ my last B) will go
sentence.
C) am going to go
A) has interrupted / wrote D) was going to go
B) interrupted / was writing E) went
C) was interrupting / have been writing
D) had interrupted / have written
E) is interrupting / had written
28. Don't forget that we ____ to our new house by the
time you get back from holiday.

A) move
B) will move
C) will have moved
D) had moved
E) are going to move

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29. A: What are you doing? B: Getting ready. I ____ my

aunt in the hospital. A: Oh yes. Give her my love.

A) visit
B) will visit
C) have been visiting
D) am going to visit
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: A 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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