Exercises on English Tenses

MIXED TENSES
I For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

1. 
   This time tomorrow some of the people in this room ____________ to their home countries.
   

   1.

   A

   will travel

   B

   will travelling

   C

   will be travelling

   D

   will have travelling

2. 
   Augusto couldn't open the classroom door because one of the other students __________ it from the inside.
   

   2.

   A

   locked

   B

   was locking

   C

   has locked

   D

   had locked

3. 
   Every day, even when it's raining heavily, Henry _________ for an early morning run before eating breakfast.
   

   3.

   A

   going

   B

   is going

   C

   goes

   D

   is gone

4. 
   At the moment, ___________ an exercise in order to review the English verb tenses that I have learned.
   

   4.

   A

   I do

   B

   I doing

   C

   I'm doing

   D

   I've done

5. 
   Before people landed on the Moon in 1969, some people ____________ that the moon was made of cheese.
   

   5.

   A

   believed

   B

   were believing

   C

   have believed

   D

   had been believing

6. 
   By Christmas, all of the students in our class _____________ to their countries.
   

   6.

   A

   will return

   B

   will have returned

   C

   will be returning

   D

   will have returning

7. 
   This is Javi's last week at the school so ___________ Goodbye to all his new friends for the last three days.
   

   7.

   A

   he says

   B

   he said

   C

   he's said

   D

   he's been saying

8. 
   I'm sorry I can't come to your party tomorrow night. ____________ dinner with Cristina and Samara. Maybe I can come along afterwards.
   

   8.

   A

   I will have

   B

   I'm having

   C

   I have

   D

   I will have had

9. 
   So far, during her time at International House Bristol, Tchior ____________ to six pancake parties and fifteen barbecues.
   

   9.

   A

   came

   B

   comes

   C

   has come

   D

   has been coming

10. 
    At six o'clock this morning most of us were asleep in bed. But Atheer ____________ for today's grammar.
    

    10.

    A

    studied

    B

    studies

    C

    was studying

    D

    has studied

11. 
    This is the second to last question in this set of questions. In two minutes' time you ___________ and then you will find out your score.
    

    11.

    A

    will finish

    B

    will have finished

    C

    will be finishing

    D

    will have been finishing

12. 
    When Elisabetta ____________ for her morning lesson, the teacher was collecting the homework from the other students.
    

12.

A

arrived

B

was arriving

C

had arrived

D

had been arriving

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II For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

1. 
   The telephone rang, but I ______________ something interesting on TV so I didn't answer it.
   

   1.

   A

   was watching

   B

   watch

   C

   have watched

   D

   watched

2. 
   What _____________ tonight? Anything special?
   

   2.

   A

   have you doing

   B

   are you done

   C

   are you doing

   D

   do you

3. 
   If I ____________ the answer, I would have told you when you asked me.
   

   3.

   A

   have known

   B

   know

   C

   was known

   D

   knew

4. 
   I hope you _____________ a great time in France next week. I'll see you when you get back.
   

   4.

   A

   had

   B

   have

   C

   are having

   D

   will have had

5. 
   Give me a ring when you _____________ home.
   

   5.

   A

   are getting

   B

   get

   C

   got

   D

   have got

6. 
   This is the best pizza I ____________ . I must get the recipe.
   

   6.

   A

   have ever had

   B

   am ever having

   C

   have ever been having

   D

   will ever have had

7. 
   There are a couple of people ______________ to see you , Dr Johnson. Shall I send them in?
   

   7.

   A

   waiting

   B

   are waiting

   C

   have waited

   D

   waited

8. 
   This time next week most of us _____________ in the same classroom with the same teacher and probably still the same old grammar.
   

   8.

   A

   are going to study

   B

   will be studying

   C

   will have studied

   D

   are studying

9. 
   I'm planning to retire young. I hope that I ____________ a few million pounds by the time I'm thirty.
   

   9.

   A

   will save

   B

   will be saving

   C

   will have saved

   D

   will have been saving

10. 
    I expect they ______________ work about now. Perhaps I should give them a ring.
    

    10.

    A

    will finishing

    B

    have finishing

    C

    are finishing

    D

    have been finishing

11. 
    You know Jan? Did you know that he ______________ from Japan?
    

    11.

    A

    came

    B

    is coming

    C

    comes

    D

    has come

12. 
    When I saw her red eyes and wet cheeks, I guessed that she ______________ and I asked her what was wrong.
    

12.

A

cried

B

had cried

C

has cried

D

had been crying