Transcription of Mixed Tenses 1 - Grammarbox
1 Mixed Tenses 1 Task 1: Put in the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. _____ (we, visit) grandmother tomorrow? 2. When _____ (Bob, buy) this Ipod? It looks new. 3. We _____ (not, watch) a football game at the moment. 4. They _____ (play) hockey every afternoon. 5. She _____ (not, hear) from her boyfriend for three weeks. 6. I _____ (not, go) to the party next Friday. 7. Why _____ (you, sing) these terrible songs now? 8. He usually _____ (go) to school by bus. 9. Tim _____ (not, catch) his little rabbit yet. 10. My mother _____ (already, bring) us some drinks and crisps for the film. 11. They _____ (not, win) the game this evening. 12. Mona and Tom _____ (play) video games all afternoon last Monday.
2 13. Mary s parents _____ (visit) their friends now. 14. Anna _____ (sleep) in her sister s bed last Monday. 15. Look at the clouds! It _____ (rain) soon. 16. Sandra _____ (meet) her boyfriend this evening. 17. The pupils _____ (walk) to the cinema at 10 o clock yesterday. 18. Sandra _____ (not, wash) her new car yet. Task 2: Two different Tenses in one sentence. Put in the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1. Mary _____ (not, sleep) well since she _____ (visit) her grandma in the hospital last week. 2. At the moment they _____ (load) their cars because they _____ (leave) for Italy this evening. 3. Sara _____ (not, ride) on many horses yet but her parents _____ (buy) her a horse next year as a birthday present.
3 Task 3: Make questions. Ask for the underlined information. 1. _____ We have been in Italy for two weeks. 2. _____ He s going to come home next Sunday. 3. _____ She never plays chess. 4. _____ Yes, he built a tree house last week. 5. _____ No, they haven t swum through the lake. 6. _____ I felt sad. Task 4: Look at the texts and tick the lines right ( ) or correct the wrong ones next to the line. 1. Jenny is wanting to go to the cinema at the moment but her boyfriend Sam doesn t. It s Sunday afternoon and he usually watches TV at this time. But last Sunday he has gone out with Jenny because it was her 15th birthday. Sam is knowing that pizza is Jenny s favourite food. So while they were eating their pizzas Sam was feeling very bad suddenly.
4 So they went home quickly. Sam had a terrible headache since then. Jenny hopes that Sam will get well soon. At the moment she is reading her new book. Her mother has given it to her as a birthday present on Sunday. 2. Mary thinks that she is going to visit her friend Mona this afternoon. Mona has been her best friends for many years. She is liking her very much. They are often meeting after school but Mona wasn t there this morning. Mary makes a present for her ready at the moment because today has been Mona s birthday. She wrote a nice birthday card and yesterday she was bought a CD of her favourite band MCS . Mary knows that Mona hasn t had this CD and she hopes that they will listen to it later.
5 They often listen to music together. Task 5: Put in the correct form of the verb in brackets. Yesterday Sara _____ (not, have) a nice day. When she _____ (arrive) at the supermarket she almost_____ (fall) off her bike because she _____ (not, stop). She always _____ (ride) her bike very fast. When she _____ (want) to pay the things she _____ (see) that there _____ (not, be) any money in her purse. She _____ (phone) her mother and she _____ (bring) her the money. Sara never _____ (leave) the house without her mobile phone. But the phone _____ (be) old and it _____ (not, send) every text message. Next month Sara _____ (buy) a new smartphone with the money she _____ (get) on her birthday in a few days.
6 At the moment she _____ (look) on the internet for new smartphones. But the good ones _____ (be) very expensive. Sara _____ (not, know) much about smartphones. Her friend Tim _____ (get) a new Samsung smartphone last week and since then he _____ (write) her many messages. Tim _____ (love) his new phone. He _____ (can, go) on the internet with it. At the moment he _____ (read) something about his favourite football club FC Arsenal London . Tim _____ (know) a lot about smartphones. Later Tim _____ (meet) Sara at her house. He _____ (take) many nice pictures with his smartphone camera and he _____ (want) to show them to Sara.
7 Her sister Lisa _____ (be) seven years old and she _____ (not, have) a mobile phone or smartphone. She _____ (just, speak) with her parents because her best friend Jenny _____ (have got) a mobile phone. But her father _____ (say) that he _____ (not, buy) her a mobile phone until she _____ (be) ten years old. Tim s sister Amy _____ (just, come) home from shopping with her mother. Now she _____ (help) her mother. Tim and Amy _____ (carry) the bags into the kitchen. Amy _____ (not, play) with Tim s new phone yet but she _____ (take) it when he _____ (be) at school. She _____ (like) his phone, too.
8 Mixed Tenses 1 Task 1: Put in the correct form of the verb in brackets. we going to visit/ Are we visiting/Will we visit_____ (we, visit) grandmother Boborrow? ___has Bib bought/ did Bob buy_____ (Bob, buy) t his Ipod? It looks ____aren t watching_____ (not, watch) a football game at the _____play_____ (play) hockey every ____hasn t heard_____ (not, hear) from her boyfriend for three _____am not going / am not going to go_____ (not, go) to the party next ___are you singing_____ (you, sing) these terrible songs now? usually ___goes_____ (go) to school by ____ha sn t caught_____ (not, catch) his little rabbit mother ___has already brought_____ (already, bring) us some drinks and crisps for the _____aren t winning / aren t going to win / won't win_ (not, win) the game this and Tom _____were playing_____ (play) video games all afternoon last s parents _____are visiting_____ (visit) t heir friends _____slept/was sleeping_____ (sleep) in her sister s bed last at the clouds!
9 It _____it is going to rain_____ (rain) ____is meeting/is going to meet_____ (meet) her boyfriend this pupils _____were walking_____ (walk) to the cinema at 10 o clock ____hasn t washed_____ (not, wash) her new car 2: Two different Tenses in one sentence. Put in the correct form of the verb in brackets. ____hasn t slept_____ (not, sleep) well since she _____visited_____ (visit) her grandmain the hospital last the moment they _____are loading_____ (load) their cars because they ____are leaving/are goingto leave_____ (leave) for Italy this __hasn t ridden_____ (not, ride) on many horses yet but her parents __are buying/are goingto buy_____ (buy) her a horse next year as a birthday present.
10 Task 3: Look at the texts and tick the lines right ( ) or correct the wrong ones next to the line. 1. Jenny is wanting to go to the cinema at the moment but her boyfriend Sam wants doesn t. It s Sunday afternoon and he usually watches TV at this time. But last Sunday he has gone out with Jenny because it was her 15th birthday. went Sam is knowing that pizza is Jenny s favourite food. So while they were knows eating their pizzas Sam was feeling very bad suddenly. So they went home felt quickly. Sam had a terrible headache since then. Jenny hopes that Sam will has had get well soon. At the moment she is reading her new book. Her mother has given it to her as a birthday present on Sunday. gave 2.
