MIXED TENSES (ACTIVE AND PASSIVE) & MODAL VERBS

MIXED TENSES (ACTIVE AND PASSIVE) & MODAL VERBS

1 I'm planning to buy a new house. I …………………………….. (look) for one for two months now. So far ……………………….. (look) at ten houses, but I …………………… (not find) one I like.

2 After she ………………………….(clean) the house she’ll watch TV.

3 A: Are you all right?

B: Yes, I am. I didn't sleep very well. I had just gone to sleep last night when a lot of noise outside ……………………. (wake) me up. I ……………………. (get up) and ……………………. (go) the window. I ………………… (stand) there for a few minutes when two police cars …………………. (stop) outside my house. I ………………………. (go) downstairs and a policeman ………………….. (tell) me that two prisoners had escaped from prison and ……………………………. (hide) in the area.

4 A: ………………………….(you/ever/appear) on TV?

B: Actually, I …………………………… (recently /ask) to take part in a show.

5 A: Why can't I use your car?

B: Because it ……………………….. (service) at the moment. You can take my Mum's car if you ……………….. (want).

6 A: I'd like a cup of coffee.

B: Well, if you …………………… (hold) the baby for five minutes, I ………………..

(make) it for you.

7 A: Mum, Dad always shouts at me.

B: Well, if you ………………………… (not be) naughty, he ……………………… (not shout) at you.

8 Max looks very fit. He ………………………….. (take) a lot of exercise these days.

9 A: Good morning, Catharine. A special guest …………………… (come) to our hotel today.

B: Really! ………………………. (I / know) who i is?

A: I ……………………. (think) you do. He ……………………… (star) in the TV series, 'Roofop', at the moment.

10 Mr. Gordon …………………….. (live) in a small house, but now he lives in a big

house.

11 I don't have the time now. But if I …………………….. (have) it, I …………………....

(take up) a sport.

12 Pompeii is an ancient town in Italy which ………………….. (destroy) when a volcano eruped in 79 AD. The lava and the ash ……………….. (bury) the town along with everything and everyone in it. Most of the site ………………………. (study) by archaeologists who ………………………… (uncover) many objects among the ruins. The town is now a popular tourist attraction and ………………………… (visit) by thousands of people each year.

13 What time ……………………………. (the play / start) tomorrow?

14 Megan …………………….. (sing) in the school concert tomorrow night.

15 What ………………………… (you / look for), Tom?

I ……………………………. (look for) my garage key. I ……………………… (always /look for) the garage key, because nobody ever …………… (put) it back on its hook.

I always ………………. (put) it back on its hook. Why ……………………….. (you not try) your pockets. /I advise you to try your pockets/

16 George and Paul find An injured man lying by the roadside.

Paul: I ………………… (stay) with him, George, if you ………………. (go) back and ……………………..(find) help.

George: All right. I ………………………. (try) to get a lift back.

17 I hear the farmer down the road has hired a bulldozer.

Yes, he …………………….. (dig) up all his hedges and put in fences instead.

18 Oliver Twist ………………………. (write) by Charles Dickens.

19 …………………………………. (you / move) the house yet?

Yes, the last boxes ………………………….. (just / move)

20 Olive oil ……………………………. (produce) in Mediterranean.

21 If you are late for work, you ………………………………. (sack)

22 (not necessary) You ………………… wash those bottles. They’re clean.

23 Can you come to the police station? The man who ……………………. (suspect) of stealing your wallet …………………………… (arrest), and ………………………. (question) at the moment. The police hope he ……………………. (identify) by, either by you or another witness.

24 (MODAL it’s a bad idea) I ………………. forget my key, or I won’t get in.

25 We’re very busy at the office. I ……………………. work on Saturday mornings. (it’s necessary)

26 George ………………….. (be) engaged to Kay for three months. Today he received a box with the engagement ring in it and all his letters to her.

27 I can’t say whether Daniel will win. (perhaps) He ……………. win the match tonight.

28 Happy birthday! I …………………………… a present. (bring) ………. you ………. It? (like)

29 Oh dear, I ……………………… (spill) my coffee.

I ……………………… (get) a cloth.

30 Oh no! Look at the time! I ……………………......... (be) terribly late.

31 Why are you turning on the television?

I ……………………………….. (watch) the 7 o’clock news.

32 Oh, I ………………………….. (just / realize). I haven’t got any money.

Haven’t you? Well, don’t worry. I ………………………… (lend) you some.

33 Diane ………………………… (travel) a lot. These days she doesn’t go away so often.

34 You’re not very well. Perhaps you ………………. See a doctor. (it’s the best thing)

35 (invitation) …………………………… (like/have) lunch with us? - Yes, I’d love to. Thank you.

36 Annie has a bad cold. She ………………… get up today. (not allowed)

37 Mr Day: Can’t you stop playing that trumpet? You ……………………. (make) an awful noise.

Adam: Well, if I don’t practise, I ……………………… my exam. (not pass)

Mr Day: But why at night? It’s half past twelve. If you ………………… (play) it in the daytime, I

………………………. (not hear) you because I’d be at work.

Adam: I’m sorry, but you …………….. play a trumpet quietly. (not possible)

Mr Day: If you ……………. (go on) making this noise at night, I ………………….. (have to) complain to your college.

38 Mark: Hi Claire, what ………………………. (you / read)?

Claire: Oh, it’s a guide book to Brazil. I……………………… (go) there next month. My sister and I …………………………. (have) a holiday there. I ……………………………….. (really / look forward) to it. We ……………………. (spend) three weeks in Rio. So I …………………… (find out) abut all the things we can do there.

39 We …………………… (move) here in 1994. We ……………………….. (be) here a long time now.

40 ……………………………… ( you ever / bake) your own bread? No, but I ……………. try it some time (perhaps)

41 The last time I …………… (go) to Portorož was in August.

42 What time ……………………. (you / get) to work this morning?

43 This is the first time I …………………….. (see) a cricket match.

44 Mark ………………. (buy) a newspaper most mornings, but he ………………… (not buy ) one today.

45 Tom ……………….. (talk) too much, doesn’t he?

Yes, and he …………………………. (always / talk) about football. How boring.

KEY

1 've been looking / 've looked / haven't found

2 cleans

3 woke / got up / went / was standing / stopped / went / told /

were hiding / had done

4 Have you ever appeared / 've been recently asked

5 is being serviced / want

6 hold / will make

7 weren’t / wouldn't shout

8 is taking

9 is coming / Do I know / think / is starring

10 used to live

11 had / would take up

12 was destroyed / buried / has been studied / have uncovered / is visited

13 does the play start (present simple: for timetables)

14 is singing ( present cont. for an arranged action)

15 are you looking for / 'm looking for / 'm always looking for (annoying) / puts / put /

Why don't you try

16 will stay / go / find / will try

17 is going to dig

18 was written

19 have you moved / have just been moved

20 is produced

21 will be sacked

22 needn’t

23 is suspected / has been arrested / is being questioned / can/will be identified

24 mustn’t

25 have to

26 has been

27 may / might

28 've brought

29 ‘ve spilt / ‘ll get

30 ‘m going to be

31 ‘m going to watch

32 have just realized / will lend

33 used to travel

34 should

35 would you like to have

36 mustn’t

37 are making / won’t pass / played / wouldn’t hear / can’t / go on / will have to

38 Are you reading / am going / are having / am really looking forward / are spending / am finding out

39 moved / have been

40 have you ever baked / might

41 went

42 did you get

43 ‘ve seen

44 buys / hasn’t bought

45 talks / is always talking

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