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Book 1 Part C
Mixed Tenses

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32. I___ never___ to Cambridge, but I once ___ Oxford.
A) did / go / visit
B) have / been / visited
C) have / been / had visited
D) was / visiting / had been visiting
E) will / have gone / don’t visit
33. We ___ to wait because the man ___ .
A) told / was questioned
B) were told / questioned
C) were told / is questioned
D) told / was being questioned
E) were told / was being questioned
34. They didn’t know that he ___ from the University in 1990 and
then ___ abroad.
A) had graduated / is working B) graduated / works
C) graduated / was working
D) was graduating / worked
E) had graduated / worked
35. We learned that he ___ the office 5 minutes before he ___ .
A) left / returned
B) had left / returned
C) would leave / returned
D) would have left / came
E) had left / had returned
36. - ___ you ___ him this week?
- Yes, I ___ him on Sunday.
A) did / see / saw
B) did / see / have seen
C) have / seen / see
D) do / see / saw
E) have / seen / saw
37. I ___ my interview with the vice-president when my daughter
___ me.
A) had / were calling
B) was having / had called
C) have had / called
D) had / called
E) was having / called
38. Ronald Reagan ___ president for 8 years before he ___ .
A) had been / has retired
B) had been / had retired
C) was / had retired
D) had been / retired
E) was / retired
39. I went out of the house. It ___ . It ___ for two weeks.
A) rained / was raining
B) had rained / was raining
C) was raining / had been raining
D) had been raining / was raining
E) was raining / rained
40. After long consideration we ___ to the conclusion our behavior
___ .
A) came / had been justified
B) came / will be justified
C) will come / would be justified
D) are coming / will justify
E) has come / are being justified
41. The plan ___ for two hours when he ___ .
A) had been discussed / came
B) is discussed / comes
C) will be discussed / come
D) has been discussed / comes
E) was discussed / would come
42. Christopher Columbus didn’t know where he ___. When he landed
he didn’t know where he ___ when he got back to Spain he didn’t
know where he ___.
A) was sailing / was / had been
B) had sailed / was / was
C) is sailing / had been / has been
D) will be sailing / will be / will have been
E) would sail / hadn’t been / haven’t been
43. That day after Mr. Brown ___ the letter he ___ me to clarify some
details.
A) has studied / phoned
B) studied / phoned
C) had studied / phoned
D) had studied / had phoned
E) studied / is phoning
44. When Christopher Columbus ___ 14 he ___ a sailor.
A) is / became
B) was / became
C) was / becomes
D) are / become
E) were / became
45. When Mr. Brown ___ to the party all the guests ___ at the table.
A) come / sat
B) came / are sitting
C) came / were sitting
D) comes / sit
E) came / had sat
46. Nick ___ he ___ his homework by 4 o’clock.
A) say / has done
B) said / had done
C) says / do
D) said / does
E) said / has done
47. The American ___ the question slowly so that we ___
A) repeated / should understand
B) repeat / understood
C) repeats / would understand
D) repeated / understand
E) repeats / understands
48. My sister ___ in Florida for one year when we ___ to New York.
A) has lived / came
B) have lived / come
C) lived / come
D) had lived / came
E) live / came
49. He came to the writing table and ___ through the letters which
___ for him.
A) look / was waiting
B) looked / were waiting
C) looks / has been waiting
D) looked / waiting
E) looks / are waiting
50. Ann ___ her work by 4 o’clock and ___ shopping.
A) finished / went
B) finishes / will go
C) had finished / went
D) has finished / go
E) will finish / went
51. He ___ he ___ lunch an hour before.
A) say / had
B) said / would have
C) says / shall have
D) said / had
E) said / had had
52. When we ___ the station the train ___ already ___ .
A) reach / has / left
B) reached / had / left
C) reach / was / leaving
D) shall reach / - / left
E) were reaching / were / leaving
53. I knew that she ___ Miss Betsy, because I remembered how my
mother ___ her.
A) was / had described
B) is / described
C) would be / had described
D) had been / described
E) has been / describes
54. She said that Bob ___ as he ___ research work.
A) was busy / was doing
B) was busy / had done
C) was busy / have done
D) was busy / would be doing
E) is busy / will be doing
55. He says he ___ his friend whom he ___ for many years.
A) meets / didn’t see
B) met / hadn’t seen
C) met / haven’t seen
D) will meet / sees
E) meet / doesn’t see
56. That day when we were in the restaurant each one ___ what he
___ .
A) receive / orders
B) received / had ordered
C) is receiving / is ordering
D) will receive / would order
E) is received / is ordered
57. - What ___ you ___ here?
- I ___ for my friend.
- How long ___ you ___ for him?
- For twenty minutes.
A) are / doing / am waiting / have / been waiting
B) do / do / am waiting / do / wait
C) are / doing / wait / have / been waiting
D) have / done / am waiting / are / waiting
E) are / doing / am waiting / are / waiting
58. Julia has overslept again. She is going ___ late to her work. “I had
better ___ a taxi” she thinks.
A) being / take
B) to be / take
C) be / to take
D) to be / to take
E) to be / taking
59. They ___ just ___ and ___ supper now.
A) have / come / are having
B) had / come / are having
C) have / come / is having
D) had / come / had
E) have / come / have