Grammar Exercises - Mixed Tenses Exercises

Grammar Exercises - Mixed Tenses Exercises

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Simple Present
Affirmative	She drinks.
Negative	She does not drink.
Interrogative	Does she drink?
Form	I, you we they play | he, she, it plays
Uses	action in the present taking place once, never or several times facts actions taking place one after another action set by a timetable or schedule

Present Progressive
Affirmative	He is reading.
Negative	He is not reading.
Interrogative	Is he reading?
Form	To be (in the simple present) + verb + ing
Uses	action taking place at the moment of speaking action arranged for the future

Simple Past
Affirmative	I cried.
Negative	I did not cry
Interrogative	Did I cry?
Form	Regular verbs: Verb + ed | Irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of irregular verbs
Uses	action in the past taking place once, never or several times actions taking place one after another

Past Progressive
Affirmative	He was driving.
Negative	He was not driving.
Interrogative	Was he driving?
Form	to be (in the simple past) + verb + ing
Uses	action going on at a certain time in the past actions taking place at the same time action in the past that is interrupted by another action

Present Perfect Simple
Affirmative	They have slept.
Negative	They have not slept.
Interrogative	Have they slept?
Form	Have / has + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of irregular verbs)
Uses	emphasis is on the result (not the duration) action that started in the past & is still going on action that stopped recently finished action that has an influence on the present

Present Perfect Progressive
Affirmative	He has been thinking.
Negative	He has not been thinking.
Interrogative	Has he been thinking?
Form	have or has + been + verb + ing
Uses	putting emphasis on the course or duration (not the result) action that recently stopped or is still going on finished action that influenced the present

Past Perfect Simple
Affirmative	She had won.
Negative	She had not won.
Interrogative	Had she won?
Form	had + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of irregular verbs)
Uses	action taking place before a certain time in the past sometimes interchangeable with past perfect progressive putting emphasis only on the fact (not the duration)

Past Perfect Progressive
Affirmative	He had been waiting.
Negative	He had not been waiting.
Interrogative	Had he been waiting?
Form	had + been + verb + ing
Uses	action taking place before a certain time in the past sometimes interchangeable with past perfect simple putting emphasis on the duration or course of an action

Future Simple
Affirmative	You will win.
Negative	You will not win.
Interrogative	Will you win?
Form	will + verb
Uses	action in the future that cannot be influenced spontaneous decision assumption with regard to the future

Near Future (going to)
Affirmative	He is going to watch TV.
Negative	He is not going to watch TV.
Interrogative	Is he going to watch TV?
Form	to be (in the simple present) + going + to + verb
Uses	decision made for the future conclusion with regard to the future

Future  Progressive
Affirmative	She will be listening to music.
Negative	She will not be listening to music.
Interrogative	Will she be listening to music?
Form	will + be + verb + ing
Uses	action that is going on at a certain time in the future action that is sure to happen in the near future

Future Perfect
Affirmative	He will have spoken.
Negative	He will not have spoken.
Interrogative	Will he have spoken?
Form	will + have + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart. This is a list of irregular verbs)
Uses	action that will be finished at a certain time in the future

Future Perfect Progressive
Affirmative	You will have been studying.
Negative	You will not have been studying.
Interrogative	Will you have been studying?
Form	will + have + been + verb + ing
Uses	action taking place before a certain time in the future putting emphasis on the course of an action

Conditional Simple
Affirmative	We would relax.
Negative	We would not relax.
Interrogative	Would we relax ?
Form	would + verb
Uses	action that might take place

Conditional Progressive
Affirmative	He would be writing.
Negative	He would not be writing.
Interrogative	Would he be writing?
Form	would + be + verb + ing
Uses	action that might take place putting emphasis on the course / duration of the action

Conditional Perfect
Affirmative	He would have written.
Negative	He would not have written.
Interrogative	Would he have written?
Form	would + have + past participle (past participle of regular verbs: verb + ed | Past participle of irregular verbs: forms differ and should be learned by heart This is a list of irregular verbs)
Uses	action that might have taken place in the past

Conditional Perfect Progressive
Affirmative	She would have been sleeping.
Negative	She would not have sleeping speaking.
Interrogative	Would she have been sleeping?
Form	would + have + been + verb + ing
Uses	action that might have taken place in the past puts emphasis on the course / duration of the action

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)

1. Look! Sara (go)  to the movies.
2. On her right hand, Sara (carry)  her handbag.
3. The handbag (be)  very beautiful.
4. Sara usually (put)  on black shoes but now she (wear)  white trainers.
5. And look, she (take)  an umbrella because it (rain)   

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)

1. When he (wake up)  , his mother (already /prepare)  breakfast
2. We (go)  to London because our friends (invite)  us
3. He (hear)  the news, (go)  to the telephone and (call)  a friend.
4. When she (start)  learning English she (already /learn)  French.
5. Jane (already / type)  three pages when her computer (crash)  .
6. By the time the doctor (arrive)  at the house the patient ( die)  .
7. Before that day we (never / think)  of traveling to Japan.
8. I (know)  him a long time before I (meet)  his family.
9. They (not / know)  where to meet because nobody (tell)  them.
10. It (be)  cloudy for days before it (begin)  to rain.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect).

1. I (just / finish)  my homework.
2. Mary (already / write)  five letters.
3. Tom (move)  to his home town in 1994.
4. My friend (be)  in Canada two years ago.
5. I (not / be)  to Canada so far.
6. But I (already / travel)  to London a couple of times.
7. Last week, Mary and Paul (go)  to the cinema.
8. I can't take any pictures because I (not /buy)  a new film yet.
9. (they / spend)  their holidays in Paris last summer?
10. (you / ever / see )  a whale?

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. The receptionist (welcome)  the guests and (ask)  them to fill in the form
2. The car (break)  down and we (have)  to walk home.
3. The boys (swim)  while the girls (sunbath)  .
4. My father (come)  in, (look)  and (tell)  me to tidy up my room.
5. While one group (prepare)  dinner the others (collect)  wood for the campfire.
6. While the parents (have)  breakfast the children (run)  about.
7. Martha (turn)  off the light and (go)  to bed.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple future or future perfect)

1. Tomorrow I think I (start)   my new project.
2. I (finish)  it by the end of this month.
3. The teacher (probably/assign)  a test to his students next Monday.
4. He (correct)  it by the end of next week.
5. My friend (certainly/get)  a good mark.
6. By 9 o'clock, we (finish)  our homework.
7. They (leave)  the classroom by the end of the hour.
8. I think I (start)  my trip tomorrow

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)

1. Look! Sara (go) is going to the movies.
2. On her right hand, Sara (carry) is carrying her handbag.
3. The handbag (be) is very beautiful.
4. Sara usually (put) puts on black shoes but now she (wear) is wearing white trainers.
5. And look, she (take) is taking an umbrella because it (rain) is raining

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)

1. When he (wake up) woke up , his mother (already /prepare) had already prepared breakfast
2. We (go) went to London because our friends (invite) had invited us
3. He (hear) heard the news, (go) went to the telephone and (call) called a friend.
4. When she (start) started learning English she (already /learn) had already learned French.
5. Jane (already / type) had already typed three pages when her computer (crash) crashed .
6. By the time the doctor (arrive) arrived at the house the patient ( die) had died .
7. Before that day we (never / think) had never thought of traveling to Japan.
8. I (know) had known him a long time before I (meet) met his family.
9. They (not / know) did not know where to meet because nobody (tell) had told them.
10. It (be) had been / 'd been cloudy for days before it (begin) began to rain.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect).

1. I (just / finish) have just finished my homework.
2. Mary (already / write) has already written five letters.
3. Tom (move) moved to his home town in 1994.
4. My friend (be) was in Canada two years ago.
5. I (not / be) have not been to Canada so far.
6. But I (already / travel) have already traveled to London a couple of times.
7. Last week, Mary and Paul (go) went to the cinema.
8. I can't take any pictures because I (not /buy) have not bought a new film yet.
9. (they / spend) Did they spend their holidays in Paris last summer?
10. (you / ever / see ) Have you ever seen a whale?

Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).

1. The receptionist (welcome) welcomed the guests and (ask) asked them to fill in the form
2. The car (break) broke down and we (have) had to walk home.
3. The boys (swim) were swimming while the girls (sunbath) were sunbathing .
4. My father (come) came in, (look) looked and (tell) told me to tidy up my room.
5. While one group (prepare) was preparing dinner the others (collect) were collecting wood for the campfire.
6. While the parents (have) were having breakfast the children (run) were running about.
7. Martha (turn) turned off the light and (go) went to bed.

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple future or future perfect)

1. Tomorrow I think I (start) will start my new project.
2. I (finish) will have finished it by the end of this month.
3. The teacher (probably/assign) will probably assign  a test to his students next Monday.
4. He (correct) will have corrected  it by the end of next week.
5. My friend (certainly/get) will certainly get  a good mark.
6. By 9 o'clock, we (finish) will have finished our homework.
7. They (leave) will have left the classroom by the end of the hour.
8. I think I (start) will start my trip tomorrow