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Mixed Tenses Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 1

1. Tim was very upset yesterday because he _____ that 7. By the end of tomorrow, Dortmund __ Chelsea
he ______ his wallet. Champions League Cup.

A) realised / will lose A) is eliminating


B) had realised / lost B) will have been eliminating
C) realised / had lost C) has been eliminated
D) realises / loses D) will have eliminated
E) has realised / lost E) eliminates
2. While mum __ the VCD I hired, I __ my assignment. 8. These days, people who _____ manual work, often
receive far more money than clerks who _____ in
A) was watching / finished offices.
B) is watching 1 had finished
A) are doing / are working
C) watches / would finish
B) were doing / were working
D) will watch / am finishing
C) have done / have worked
E) was going to watch / finish
D) do / work
3. She __ the house when I __ to her after a long time.
E) have been doing / work
A) will be cleaning / go 9. The theatre company __ a grant of £6.000 and it __ a
further £2.000 from elsewhere now.
B) had been cleaning / went
C) has been cleaning / have gone A) will be given / seeks
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D) is cleaning / am going B) has been given / is seeking


E) has cleaned / have been C) is given / has been seeking
4. Some time ago, an interesting discovery __ by D) was given / has sought
archaeologists on the Aegean Island of Kec.
E) would be given / is seeking
A) had to be made 10. She ___ me at the meetings only on Sundays as a
child.
B) has been made
C) was made A) was seeing
D) is made B) has seen
E) used to be made C) saw
5. For the time being, we _____ for the exam, but this D) had seen
time tomorrow we _____ the best movie of this year.
E) is seeing
A) study / will watch 11. During the summer months, the monastery _____
very busy, for it is visited by thousands of people who
B) are studying / will be watching
_____ the pass in cars.
C) have been studying / are watching
D) are studying / will have watched A) was / crossed
E) have studied / will be watching B) is / crossed
6. James Bond always drank champagne in the novels C) has been / cross
although he _____ to wine by the time he _____ it to D) is / cross
the silver screen.
E) has been / have crossed
A) had switched / made 12. _____ and _____ me about your trip to Denver.
B) has switched / has made
A) Sitting down / tell
C) switched / had made
B) To sit down/told
D) was switching / would make
C) Sit down / tell
E) switched / was making
D) Having sat down / told
E) Sitting down / telling

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13. Mother ____ Ali that he _____ to clean the garage after 19. In those times, life was hard and bitter for both of
school. them. For a whole year, they _____ as complete
strangers to each other as if they _____.
A) reminded / will promise
B) has reminded / promises A) remained / had never met
C) had reminded / promised B) had remained / had never met
D) will remind / promises C) remained / never meet
E) reminded / had promised D) would remain / would never meet
E) were remaining / had never met
14. The injured _____ to the ambulance while the people
_____ around the crime scene. 20. The mother of Adolf Hitler ____ of aborting him but
soon she changed her mind and _____ him into the
A) were being taken / were gathering world.
B) have been taken / gathered
A) would think / brought
C) have been taken / gather
B) thinks / brings
D) were taken / would gather
C) was thinking / has brought
E) would be taken / had gathered
D) had thought / brought
15. I couldn't find out what _____.
E) has thought / brings
A) happens 21. By ten o’clock, he ____ the engine and he _____ to
paint the garage when I paid a visit to him.
B) will happen
C) had happened
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A) will have repaired / has started


D) has happened B) repaired / was starting
E) is happening C) was repairing / had started
16. “Hi, mum!” ____ Peter, as he ______ himself down on D) repairs / starts
the floor with a groan.
E) had repaired / was going to start
A) said / had thrown 22. A few years ago, it ____ that certain cells of the
human body never _____.
B) says / has thrown
C) has said / is throwing A) is found / died
D) said / was throwing B) was found / die
E) was saying / threw C) has been found / died
17. It was six o’clock and he ____ bored because he _____ D) had been found / dies
for two hours.
E) was found / dies
A) was / was waiting 23. Since they _______ acting, they ________ in three
plays, a television commercial and two TV dramas.
B) had been / had waited
C) is / has been waiting A) begin / have performed
D) was / is waiting B) began / have performed
E) was / had been waiting C) begin / are performing
18. The headline of the Guardian was quite impressive; D) began / have been performing
“Saddam Hussein ____ in Tikrit”.
E) began / had been performing
A) had lived 24. The peak _____ the prize for mountaineers, especially
if it _____ before.
B) lives
C) would live A) is / has not been attained
D) will live B) will be / wasn’t attained
E) has been living C) was / had not been attained
D) has been / weren't attained
E) was / hasn’t been attained

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25. She last drove a car three years ago. Since she _____
an accident, she _____ a car for three years.

A) had had / didn't drive


B) had had / hasn’t driven
C) had / hasn’t driven
D) has / hasn’t driven
E) has had / hasn’t been driving

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Mixed Tenses Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 1

Answer Key:

1: C 14: A
2: A 15: C
3: B 16: D
4: C 17: E
5: B 18: B
6: A 19: A
7: D 20: D
8: D 21: E
9: B 22: B
10: C 23: B
11: D 24: A
12: C 25: C
13: E

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