Mixed Verb Tenses Quiz

1. After Julia … her degree, she intends to work in her father's company.

a) will finish; b) will have finished; c) finishes; d) is finishing

2. By the time I go to bed tonight, I … my work for the day.

a) will finish; b) have finished; c) finish; d) will have finished

3. When my parents … for a visit tomorrow, they will see our new baby for the first time.

a) will arrive; b) arrived; c) will have arrived; d) arrive

4. When Fergi saw the snake at her feet, she ….

a) was screaming; b) had screamed; c) screamed; d) screams

5. By the time Lionel finally graduated from high school, he … seven different schools because his family moved so often.

a) attended; b) was attending; c) had attended; d) had been attending

6. Until you learn to relax more, you … your ability to speak English.

a) hadn't improved; b) weren't improving; c) didn't improve; d) won't improve

7. I borrowed four books on gardening the last time I … to the library.

a) went; b) had gone; c) have gone; d) go

Fill in the correct form of the verb – All tenses

1. My family have … (to buy) some land in southern France recently. They … (to build) a summer house there at the moment. 2. Andy and Mary … (to go) to a concert tomorrow night. They … (to look forward to) it the whole week. 3. Jonathon … (to watch) the news on TV every day and it … (to help) him with his English. 4. My car (to break) down when I … (to drive) home from work. I … (to fix) it if I … (to know) what was wrong. But I didn’t so … (to have) to take it to the garage. 5. When he … (to found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He … (already / to write) his first computer programme six years earlier. 6. An accident … (to happen) near my house last night. A car … (to hit) a young man. He … (to ride) his bike when someone in front of him suddenly … (to open) a car door. Many people … (to see) the accident. The police … (to interrogate) them last night. 7. Mrs Smith said that one day she … (to retire) from teaching. She said that she … (to spend) her new free time learning about computers. 8. I … (not / to sleep) at all last night. Someone … (to listen) to music all night. 9. I … (to see) a film a week ago, but I … (not / to enjoy) it very much because I … (already / to read) the book. If I … (not / to read) the book I … (probably / to enjoy) the film more. 10. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he … (to rob) a bank. 11. They … (to stand) in the queue for over an hour when the manager … (to tell) them that there were no more tickets. 12. Alan … (to be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver … (to lose) control of his car because he … (to fall) asleep. 13. She … (not / to see) her father since he … (to start) to work in Marseille two years ago. 14. I … (to sleep) when the fire broke out. 15. Linda phoned and explained that she … (not / can) to come to the party the next day because she … (to be) still sick. 16. I … (just / to see) the film “The Da Vinci Code”. – … (you / to see) it too? – No, I … (not / to have) but I … (to read) the book. 17. My sister … (to fly) home from London today. Her flight … (to arrive) in an hour so I … (to leave) for the airport right now to get there in time. 18. Unless he … (to sell) more he won’t get much money. 19. While he … (to wait) for the bus there … (to be) a robbery at the bank. After the robbers … (to go) away the police … (to come) but they … (not / can) to catch them. 20. I … (to use) to ski when I was at the university but I … (to break) a leg five years ago and since then I … (not / to ski) any more.

Tenses

1. I … (to see) a great film yesterday. 2. … (you / ever / to buy) a new car? 3. I … (to meet) him last Monday. 4. The band … (to play) while I ... (to write). 5. She … (to buy) the new car in 2005. 6. Her mother ... (to live) in Victoria for the past five years. 7. They ... (already / to be) in Germany when we arrived a few days ago. 8. … (you / to plan) to get married? 9. I … (to have) so much fun since I was a kid. 10. When I got up I … (to look) out of the window and … (to see) that it (to rain). 11. Janet … (to work) for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us. 12. I … (to see) three movies so far this week. 13. How long … (you / to wait) for me? 14. I … (to fly) over Loch Ness last week. - … (you / to see) the Loch Ness monster? 15. I’m afraid I’m not hungry. I … (already / to eat). 16. Peter … (to play) football in the afternoon when he got the call. 17. “What … (you / to do) between 9 and 12 yesterday morning”, the detective said. 18. He kept looking at her, wondering where he (to see) her before. 19. The doctor’s waiting room was full of people. Some … (to read) a magazine, a woman … (to knit) and a child … (to play) with a doll. Suddenly the door … (to open) and a nurse … (to come) out. 20. Travelling … (to become) much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred years. 21. I … (to bake) cake. That’s why my hands are full of flour. 22. When I first came to this house it … (to be) quite a noisy area. 23. He twisted his ankle while he … (to ski). 24. … (you / ever / to lock) the doors before you leave the house? 25. My best friend and I … (to know) each other for 15 years. 26. Jack usually… (to smoke) but he … (not / to smoke) when his father comes. 27. ... (you / to have) breakfast yet? – Yes I had it together with Sue at 7. 28. I … (to do) this kind of work when I was a small boy. (do) 29. He … (to read) the paper when his wife came home. 30. He … (to speak) for an hour now. I’ll be finished soon. 31. How long (you / to know) John and Maria?- We met the couple over thirteen years ago. 32. He … (to live) in Oxford for two years and when his mother died he moved to London. 33. After Harry … (to finish) his work he … (to call) Jude from the office. 34. You … (to do) your homework for two hours. Haven’t you finished yet? 35. He always … (to go) to the supermarket alone, but today he ... (to take) his son with him. 36. He never … (to work) in the evening, only on Sundays. 37. I ... (never / to be) to South America but I have been to New York several times. 38. … (anyone / to see) Jean? – No, she probably went to her friend’s place. 39. I … (to go) to the bank yesterday but when I got there it was closed. 40. She … (to be) in school all day. 41. Lee … (to be) late every day since Tuesday. 42. Herbert’s father … (never / to forget) his son’s birthday. 43. I ... (not / to finish) my report because I had a problem with my computer.