Mixed Tenses Exercise.

1-2. Jessica  ___________(never fall) in love until she ___________ (meet) Ben

two years ago.
3-4. Bruce ___________ (not stop) studying until he ___________ (cover) all
of the exam topics.
5-7. When the old woman ___________ (hear) that her
grandson___________ (arrest) for robbery, she ___________ (shock).
8-9. When Megan ___________ (have) problems at school, her
parents ___________ (usually help) her to cope with them.
10-12. We ___________ (wait) for the bus for nearly half an hour, but
it___________ (not arrive) yet so I don't think we ___________ (be able to)
attend the meeting on time.
13-14. When Sarah ___________ (graduate) from university next year,
she ___________ (study) English for nearly four years.
15-17. While the children ___________ (play) by the lake, one of them (drop)
his ball and  ___________ (try) to get it out himself.
18. Tomorrow at around 7.30 pm, I ___________ (drive) through America.
19. Builders ___________ (finish) the Millennium Dome by the end of the year
2000.
20-22. When I ___________ (have) another look I ___________ (realize) the
shirt in the laundry  (shrink).
Fill in: THE, A, AN or ----- (no article)

1. Kate has been talking to ______ customer who has just come into ______
shop.
2. John uses ______ Internet a lot.
3. She went to ______ zoo, but she didn't see ______ monkeys there. She hates
______ monkeys.
4. You won't like that restaurant. ______ food isn't very good there.
5. People don't write ______ letters nowadays. They write ______ emails. But I
haven't written ______ email for ages.
6. In England you must go to ______ school until you're 16.
7. Well Mary, here's ______ first question and it's ______ easy one.
8. Jerry works in ______ office in ______ centre of ______ London
9. He lives in ______ apartment in ______ middle of ______ Bronx.
10.Statistics say that ______ women live longer than ______ men.
11.Can you describe ______ wristwatch that Amy found? – Well, I only know
that it had ______ metal band.
12.Jamaica is ______ island in ______ Caribbean Sea.
13.He chose ______ school that has ______ best teachers.
14.I saw ______ interesting documentary on ______ TV ______ other day.
15.I don't like ______ museums. I never go to any when I'm in ______ London.
16.My dad thinks ______ Italian food is better than ______ Spanish food.
17.I like ______ coffee but I don't like ______ coffee they make at ______ office.
18.She has ______ job in ______ shop in ______ Oxford Street.
19.Me friend Zoe went to ______ hospital to see her father.
20.Larry went to ______ bed very late last night.
21.She's looking for ______ work but at ______ moment she doesn't have any
hope of getting ______ job.
22.I have ______ aunt in Sydney and ______ few other relatives in ______ New
Zealand.
23.Jim wants to go to ______ USA, but he hasn't got ______ money for ______
trip.
24.Angela is looking for ______ romantic holiday somewhere in ______ south.
25.The man went to ______ prison because he had killed two women.