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Mixed Tenses Exercises

The document provides a series of sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb tenses. It tests understanding of verb conjugations and usage across different tenses including present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple, past continuous and future forms. The key or answers are not provided, but the purpose is to practice identifying and selecting the right verb form based on context clues about when events occurred or their ongoing nature.

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Mixed Tenses Exercises

The document provides a series of sentences with blanks to be filled in with the correct verb tenses. It tests understanding of verb conjugations and usage across different tenses including present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple, past continuous and future forms. The key or answers are not provided, but the purpose is to practice identifying and selecting the right verb form based on context clues about when events occurred or their ongoing nature.

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MIXED TENSES EXERCISES + KEY

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. I (learn) English for seven years now.


2. But last year I (not / work) hard enough for English, that's why my marks
(not / be) really that good then.

3. As I (pass / want) my English exam successfully next year, I (study)


harder this term.

4. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) me on a language


course to London.

5. It (be) great and I (think) I (learn) a lot.

6. Before I (go) to London, I (not / enjoy) learning English.

7. But while I (do) the language course, I (meet) lots of young


people from all over the world.

8. There I (notice) how important it (be) to speak foreign languages


nowadays.

9. Now I (have) much more fun learning English than I (have)


before the course.

10. At the moment I (revise) English grammar.

11. And I (begin / already) to read the texts in my English textbooks again.

12. I (think) I (do) one unit every week.

13. My exam (be) on 15 May, so there (not / be) any time to be lost.

14. If I (pass) my exams successfully, I (start) an apprenticeship in


September.

15. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) back to London to work there
for a while.
Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. They (build) a new power station at the moment.

2. When I was buying the stamps somebody (call) my name.

3. 'What time (Kevin come) ?' 'An hour ago.'

4. I (not go) to the cinema last night. I was too tired.

5. Carol invited us to the party but we (not go) . We had other things to
do.
6. I saw Bridget at the museum when I was going to the restaurant but she (not see)

me.

7. 'Where (your parents live) ?' 'In a village near London. They have
always lived there.'

8. She speaks English but she (not speak) French.

9. Jeff is from London. He (live) there all his life.

10. My favourite country is Canada. I (be) there four times.

11. I (never eat) bananas.

12. 'How long (you study) Photography?' 'For one year.'

13. 'Where are you going on holiday?' 'I don't know. We (not decide)
yet.'

14. Who (invent) the washing machine?

15. 'Where's Jill?' 'She (have) lunch at the moment.'

16. (Terry work) ? No, he is on holiday.

17. Somebody (steal) my sunglasses at the swimming pool last week.

18. (she wear) the nice jacket when you saw her?

19. Where (be) you yesterday?


20. As you (see / can) , I (become) a real London fan already.

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