Mixed Tense Exercises: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous

Mixed Tense Exercises: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous

A. Fill in the appropriate verb forms in the following paragraph:

I usually ___________ late on Saturday (get up). 2. It _______ (be) the beginning of the week-end and I like to ___________ (relax). 3. But on that particular Saturday two months ago I ___________ (have to) get out of bed at 6:00 AM. 4. Terrible sounds of sirens and horns _______________ (come) from the street straight into my room. 5. I ___________ (walk) over to the window to see what _______________ (happen). 6. Two cars ___________ (crash) on the corner near the bakery. 7. Lots of angry people ______________ (scream) and ______________ (shout) at each other. 8. The baker ______________ (try) to calm everybody. 9. So he ___________ (bring) out coffee and cookies for everyone. 10. “What a nice neighbour!”, I ___________ (think). 11. I ___________ (smile) to myself and ___________ (go) back to bed. What an exciting neighbourhood!

B. Fill in the appropriate verb form in the following sentences:

1. When Carol ___________ (call) last night, I ___________ (watch) my favourite show on television.

2. I ___________ (work) for this company for more than 40 years when I ___________ (retire).

3. Sharon ___________ (love) to travel. She ___________ (visit) a different country every summer. Next year, she plans to go to Peru.

4. Thomas is a writer. He ___________ (write) mystery novels and travel memoirs. Last year, he ___________ (write) one novel, three short stories and a book of poetry.

5. We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we ___________ (get) to the train station, Susan ___________ (wait) for us for more than two hours.

6. Sam ___________ (try) to change a light bulb when he ___________ (slip) and ___________ (fall).

7.Everyday I ___________ (wake up) at 6 o’clock, ___________ (eat) breakfast at 7 o’clock and ___________ (leave) for work at 8 o’clock. But this morning I ___________ (get up) at 6:30, ___________ (skip) breakfast and ___________ (leave) for work late because I ___________ (forget) to set my alarm.

8. Right now, Jim ___________ (read) the newspaper and Kathy ___________ (make) dinner. Last night at this time, they ___________ (do) the same thing. She ___________ (prepare) dinner and he ___________ (read) the paper. They are very predictable people!

9. The students ___________ (be, usually) taught by Mrs. Monty. But next week they ___________ (be) taught by Mr. Smith.

Get up, is relax, had to, were coming, walked, was happening, had crashed, were screaming, shouting, was trying, brought, thought, smiled, went,

1. Called, was watching,

2. Had been working, retired

3. loves, visits,

4. writes, wrote

5. got, had been waiting,

6. was trying, slipped and fell,

7. wake up, eat, leave, got up, skipped, left, had forgotten

8. is reading, is making, were doing, was preparing, was reading

9. are usually taught, will be taught