MIXED TENSES

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb tense:

1) I ………………… just ………………………. (make) some chocolate cookies. Help yourself!

2) She ………….………………… (leave) her hometown when she was 18.
3) Tom usually ………………….……………. (play) tennis on weekends, but this weekend he
…………………………………….. (play) golf.
4) Be quiet! The baby …………………………………..…. (sleep).
5) I …………….………...…………… (clean) the bathroom. It's clean now.
6) We ………………………………………. (do) our homework when Charles …………………………………
(call).
7) ………………….. you ever ………………………… (be) to Austraia? – No, I ……………………….. never
………………………….. (be) there.
8) Yesterday evening July …………………………… (finish) her work at 7. She …….……………………..
(go) out of the office, ……………………………. (take) taxi and ………………………………… (drive)
home.
9) When I …………………………. (be) a child, I ……………………………….. (have) a cute dog.
10) They …………………………………… (play) tennis when it ………………………………… (start) to rain.
11) A: Oh, this bag is heavy!
B: Wait, I …………..………………………… (help) you carry it!
12) The Sun ………………………………. (rise) in the East.
13) Look at those dark clouds! It ……………….………………………….. (rain).
14) My brother …………………………………………… (study) medicine in Graz.
15) A: The phone is ringing!
B: I ……………………………. (answer) it!
16) I sometimes ………………………………… (meet) my friends after school.
17) We ……………………………… (enjoy) the film last night.
18) How ……………………. you ……………………………….. (spend) next summer holidays?
19) It's very hot. I ……………………………….. (open) the window.
20) Kevin ……………..……………… (lose) his keys. He can't enter the house.
21) This bag ………………………………… (belong) to me.
22) Ethan ………………………………. (work) hard these days.
23) Sarah ………………….……………… (break) her leg. She can't walk without a crutch.
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24) I …………………………………….. (wear) my new T-shirt today.

25) She ………………………………. (ride) a horse when she …………………………….. (fall) and
…………………………….. (land) on her leg.
26) I think it ………………………………… (rain) tomorrow.
27) I ……………………..……………… (send) you an email two days ago but you haven't replied.
28) My parents never ……………………………..…… (go) to work on Sundays.
29) …………………..……….. (be) you at home last weekend?
30) A: I think this house over there is on fire!
B: Oh no! I …………….………………….. (phone) the fire brigade!
31) I …………………….. just ………………………. (come) back from an exciting trip from Cambridge.
32) He ……………………………… (not come) to the party last Saturday.
33) I …………………………………… (write) you this e-mail from Egypt. It's very nice here and we
…………………………………. (have) a wonderful time!
34) How much work ……………………….. you ……………………………… (do) so far?
35) What ……………………. your brothers ………………………….. (do) when you ……………………………..
(return) home last night?
36) A: I'm very thirsty!
B: I …………………………… (bring) you a glass of water.
37) A: What do you want to do when you finish school?
B: I ……………………………………. (be) a dancer.