Englisch Mid-Term -Exam Übungen Mixed Tenses

Mixed tenses

  1. After they ... home from their honeymoon, they ... building their new house. (COME, START)

  2. Two years ago, my brother … an accident and he … since then. (HAVE, NOT RECOVER)

  3. When I … home last night, my children … chess. (COME, PLAY)

  4. I would have come yesterday if I … anythimg to do. (NOT HAVE)

  5. She … happy after he … her a bumch of roses. (GIVE)

  6. Last year … a good year, but this year … very successful up to now. (BE, NOT BE)

  7. After Dick … his work, he … Harry. (FINISH, CALL)

  8. Yesterday the phone … three times while we ... dinner. (RING, HAVE)

  9. After five years of travelling through Asia I … back to Europe next week. I … a flight. (COME, ALREADY BOOK,

  10. Grass normally … best when it rains. (GROW)

  11. When I … home, I saw that my wife … off our daughter's hair. (COME, CUT)

  12. Who … the guitar upstairs? - It's Mary. She … for the concert tomorrow. (PLAY, REHEARSE)

  13. After she … on holiday, she … much better. (BE,FEEL)

  14. I … in this line for ages. It … at all in the last five minutes. (STAND, NOT MOVE)

  15. How many games … so far this year? - Only 2. -And how many … last year? - About 10. (YOU PLAY, YOU PLAY)

  16. We … married next June. (GET)

  17. In yesterday's paper I … that a fire … out in my neighbourhood (READ, BREAK)

  18. While I … with a lovely girl, the whole crowd … us. (DANCE, WATCH)

Mixed tenses

  1. What … (you, do) here? - I … (pack) my suitcase because I … (travel) to Paris tomorrow morning. I … (already book) the tickets for the train. The train … (leave) at 8 o'clock in the morning and … (arrive) at 6 o'clock in the evening. My friend, who ... (live) in Paris, … (meet) me at the train station. What about you? … (you, ever, be) to Paris? - No, I … (never, be) there up to now, but my parents … (go) there last year. I … (probably, travel) to France next summer.

  2. Yesterday … (be) a hard day. After I … (study) for my next English test, I … (write) some letters to my relatives. Then I … (try) to phone my friend, but he … (not answer). Finally, I … (wash) the T-shirts which I … (buy) two days ago.

  3. Normally, Peter … (wear) jeans and a T-shirt, but today he … (wear) a suit which … (belong) to his father. He … (look) really elegant. Personally, I (not like) such elegant clothes. I … (prefer) casuall wear. However, today I … (not wear) a T-shirt, because the sun … (not shine)

  4. Last February, I … (decide) to go on holiday to the island of Madeira. When I … (leave) England it … (rain), but when I … (land) in Funchal, the capital of Madeira, the sun … (shine). I … (take) a taxi to my hotel. While I … (check) in at the reception, a page … (carry) my luggage to my hotel room. Before I … (explore) the island, I … (have) a shower in my room.

  5. I … (leave) my homework at home again. - I … (not belive) it! You … (always leave) your homework at home! - I promoise I … (take) it with me tomorrow. - Anyway, I … (want) to talk to your parents tomorrow afternoon. - Well, I think they … (not have) any time tomorrow afternoon because the … (see) my maths teacher at two o'clock. They … (already arrage) the meeting.

  6. My wife and I … (go) to an open-air concert tomorrow evening. The concert … (start) at nine o'clock. We … (not be) to a concert since our last wedding anniversar. However, I'm sure it … (rain) soon because there are already some clouds in the sky and I fear it … (rain) tomorrow, too.

  7. My friend … (give) up smoking last year. He … (smoke) for twenty years. -Really? At the moment I … (try) hard to cut down, too. - I … (not smoke) for two months, but then I … (start) again. I hope I … (be) more succsessful in the future.