MIXED TENSES EXERCISE 8th grade

I. Choose the best answer a), b), c) or d).

1. Andrew _________ lunch by the time they arrived.

a) finished c) had finished

b) was finished d) has finished

2. I have a terrible headache. I ___________ another aspirin.

a) take c) am taking
b) ll take d) will be taking

3. A cold wind _____ for the last week.

a) has been blowing c) blows

b) is blowing d) blew

4. Well meet in September when she _____ back.

a) will come c) came

b) will have come d) comes

5. Maria ____________ a comic when the teacher asked her to come to the blackboard.

a) was reading c) read

b) has been reading d) has read

6. You wont need the jacket. It _________ warmer.

a) gets c) s got
b) s getting d) d got

7. Bryan _____ when the meeting started.

a) hasnt arrived c) hasnt been arriving

b) hadnt arrived d) wasnt arriving

8. To be honest, I ___________ she will be able to handle this properly.

a) doubt c) am doubting
b) have doubted d) will doubt

9. They _________ for 5 years at the end of this year.

a) will date c) will be dating

b) will have been dating d) are going to date

10. I am not surprised theyve broken up. She never knew if she could trust him and was
 afraid he ___________ her.

a) will leave c) would leave

b) is going to leave d) will have left
II. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Some
verbs are negative.

1. I _____________ (start) looking for a new flat 2 weeks ago, but I still ________________

(find) anything suitable. I _____________________ (live) with my parents these days.

2. We __________________ (see) Mike yesterday, but Ann ______________________

(want) to meet him so we __________________ (cross) the street.

3. In a few minutes time, when the clock ____________________ (strike) 5, I

____________________ (wait) here half an hour.

4. Mrs Blake __________________ (arrange) the flowers yet, but she __________________

(do) it before she __________________ (go) home.

5. You must be hungry. Let me just put this away and I __________________ (make) you

some sandwiches.

6. Lets meet at the station. The train ___________________ (leave) at 7 p.m.

7. You __________________ (eat) the whole pie! You _________________ (be) sick.

8. She wont be able to come in the afternoon. She ________________ (see) her lawyer at 4

oclock.

9. Dont expect us to come at 6 oclock. We _______________________ (still, play) tennis.

10. They __________________ (date) for 5 years before he finally ___________________ (propose) to her.

11.What____________________ (you, do) the whole evening while we

____________________ (look for) you?

12.When we ____________________ (go) to see him last night, he ____________________

(play) computer games; he ____________________(play) since lunch time.

13.By the end of last year they ____________________ (finished) three large projects, and by

next year they ____________________ (finish) two more.