TEST 7 Mixed Tenses - ingilizce test

1 ___ that she ___ the visitor ) thought / sawB) thinks / seesC) is thinking / seesD) thought / had seenE) have thought / had it ___ dark we ___ to go ) gets / decidedB) would get / shall decideC) had got / have decidedD) was getting / decidedE) will be getting / had ___ looking at her, wondering where he ___ herA) keep / seeB) kept / had seenC) keeps / sawD) had kept / had seenE) being kept / would ___ to get married last month although they ___ each otherfor only six ) decide / knowB) decided / knowC) decided / had knownD) decided / knewE) decided / has the weather good when you ___ tennis?A) is / playedB) was / were playingC) will be / playedD) is / will be playingE) has been / will he ___ to the station the train already ___ .A) comes / leftB) came / leavesC) came / had leftD) had come / leftE) has come / Monday when I ___ the house it ___ ) leave / rainB) left / was rainingC) left / had rainedD) was leaving / rainedE) leave / when Tom ___ the lesson___.

2 A) comes / already beginsB) came / had already begunC) came / already beganD) will come / already beginsE) came / already ___ the call because I ___ a ) didn t answer / was taking B) don t answer / takeC) doesn t answer / am taking D) will not answer / takeE) am answering / am taking10. After Mary ___ the room, she ___ the ) tidied up / washesB) tidies up / has washedC) has tidied up / washedD) had tidied up / washedE) is tidying up / washes11. Yesterday at this time when his hat ___ he ___ across the ) blows off / is walkingB) blew off / had walkedC) has blown off / is walkingD) blew off / was walkingE) had blown off / walks12. He wanted me to go to the skating-rink he ___ I ___ my skates he ___ me his brother ) knows / broke / offerB) knew / broke / offersC) knew / had broken / offered D) know / had broken / will offerE) knew / has broken / offered13. Tom looked at his hands. He ___ that those hands ___ young andstrong ) knew / wasB) know / areC) had known / wereD) knew / beE) knew / had been14.

3 He ___ us the firm ___ wool since ) told / had been exportingB) tells / would exportC) said / is exportingD) will be told / exportsE) told / has been exporting15. He didn t ___ well though he ___ a hard day ) slept / spentB) sleep / spendC) sleeping / had spentD) sleep / had spentE) slept / had spent16. He ___ at the blackboard and ___ that the English teacher ___the word apple ) was looking / sees/wroteB) looks / sees / had writtenC) looked / saw / was writing D) is looking / saw / writesE) has looked / has seen / is writingTEST 7 Mixed Tenses17. Mr. Brown ___ to me 2 hours ago to return the book which he___ .A) comes / borrowsB) came / had borrowedC) will come / borrowedD) came / borrowedE) was coming / borrowed18. No sooner he ___ than he ___ ) had arrived / fallsB) had arrived / fellC) arrives / has fallenD) arrived / will fallE) is arriving / is falling19.

4 I ___ my homework by 6 o clock yesterday and when my mothercame home I ___ ) did / haveB) have done / hadC) had done / was havingD) was doing / hadE) do / have20. He said that he ___ school and he ___ to enter the ) finished / was goingB) has finished / is goingC) had finished / was goingD) finishes / are goingE) finish / was going21. It ___ dark and it ___ .A) is / are rainingB) was / was rainingC) are / wasD) were / wereE) were / was22. The pupils ___ the sentences yet, the teacher ___ the ) has not written / will cleanB) had not written / cleanedC) did not write / cleansD) are not writing / cleanE) had not written / had cleaned23. Henry ___ Puerto Rico before he ___ to St. ) visited / had goneB) had visited / wentC) was visiting / wentD) would visit / goesE) visited / went24. The company ___ some new equipments before the strike ___ .A) have ordered / beginB) had ordered / beganC) ordered / beginsD) is ordering / beganE) will order / had begun25.

5 I ___ he ___ it ) hoped / findB) hoped / findsC) hopes / would findD) hoped / would findE) will find / find26. Mark Twain ___ that they ___ about ) understand / speaksB) understands / speaksC) will understand / spokeD) understood / are speakingE) understood / were speaking27. On our way home we ___ the problem if we could ___ the finecelebration of our mother s ) discussed / organizedB) were discussing / organizeC) had discussed / organizeD) have discussed / were organizingE) discuss / organizes28. The greater part of London ___ of wood, but after the great firewider streets and brick houses ___ .A) had been / were builtB) was / were builtC) is / have been builtD) are / are builtE) has been / is built29. After my parents ___ home my life ___ ) had returned / becameB) will return / becomeC) return / have becomeD) return / have becomeE) return / would become30.

6 Why ___ you come yesterday? We ___ a good ) don t / can haveB) didn t / could have hadC) will / might haveD) doesn t / will haveE) did not / shall have31. He___ even before I ___ a finger on ) screams / was laidB) screamed / had laidC) would scream / am layingD) screams / laidE) screamed / would layBook 1 Part CMixed Tenses12132. I___ never___ to Cambridge, but I once ___ ) did / go / visitB) have / been / visitedC) have / been / had visitedD) was / visiting / had been visitingE) will / have gone / don t visit33. We ___ to wait because the man ___ .A) told / was questionedB) were told / questionedC) were told / is questionedD) told / was being questionedE) were told / was being questioned34. They didn t know that he ___ from the University in 1990 andthen ___ ) had graduated / is working B) graduated / worksC) graduated / was workingD) was graduating / workedE) had graduated / worked35.

7 We learned that he ___ the office 5 minutes before he ___ .A) left / returnedB) had left / returnedC) would leave / returnedD) would have left / cameE) had left / had returned36. - ___ you ___ him this week?- Yes, I ___ him on ) did / see / sawB) did / see / have seenC) have / seen / seeD) do / see / sawE) have / seen / saw37. I ___ my interview with the vice-president when my daughter___ ) had / were callingB) was having / had calledC) have had / calledD) had / calledE) was having / called38. Ronald Reagan ___ president for 8 years before he ___ .A) had been / has retiredB) had been / had retiredC) was / had retiredD) had been / retiredE) was / retired39. I went out of the house. It ___ . It ___ for two ) rained / was rainingB) had rained / was rainingC) was raining / had been rainingD) had been raining / was rainingE) was raining / rained40. After long consideration we ___ to the conclusion our behavior___.

8 A) came / had been justifiedB) came / will be justifiedC) will come / would be justifiedD) are coming / will justifyE) has come / are being justified41. The plan ___ for two hours when he ___ .A) had been discussed / cameB) is discussed / comesC) will be discussed / comeD) has been discussed / comesE) was discussed / would come42. Christopher Columbus didn t know where he ___. When he landedhe didn t know where he ___ when he got back to Spain he didn tknow where he ) was sailing / was / had beenB) had sailed / was / wasC) is sailing / had been / has beenD) will be sailing / will be / will have beenE) would sail / hadn t been / haven t been43. That day after Mr. Brown ___ the letter he ___ me to clarify ) has studied / phonedB) studied / phonedC) had studied / phonedD) had studied / had phonedE) studied / is phoning44. When Christopher Columbus ___ 14 he ___ a ) is / becameB) was / becameC) was / becomesD) are / becomeE) were / became45.

9 When Mr. Brown ___ to the party all the guests ___ at the ) come / satB) came / are sittingC) came / were sittingD) comes / sitE) came / had sat46. Nick ___ he ___ his homework by 4 o ) say / has doneB) said / had doneC) says / doD) said / doesE) said / has done47. The American ___ the question slowly so that we ___A) repeated / should understandB) repeat / understoodC) repeats / would understandD) repeated / understandE) repeats / understands48. My sister ___ in Florida for one year when we ___ to New ) has lived / cameB) have lived / comeC) lived / comeD) had lived / cameE) live / came49. He came to the writing table and ___ through the letters which___ for ) look / was waitingB) looked / were waitingC) looks / has been waitingD) looked / waitingE) looks / are waiting50. Ann ___ her work by 4 o clock and ___ ) finished / wentB) finishes / will goC) had finished / wentD) has finished / goE) will finish / went51.

10 He ___ he ___ lunch an hour ) say / hadB) said / would haveC) says / shall haveD) said / hadE) said / had had52. When we ___ the station the train ___ already ___ .A) reach / has / leftB) reached / had / leftC) reach / was / leavingD) shall reach / - / leftE) were reaching / were / leaving53. I knew that she ___ Miss Betsy, because I remembered how mymother ___ ) was / had describedB) is / describedC) would be / had describedD) had been / describedE) has been / describes54. She said that Bob ___ as he ___ research ) was busy / was doingB) was busy / had doneC) was busy / have doneD) was busy / would be doingE) is busy / will be doing55. He says he ___ his friend whom he ___ for many ) meets / didn t seeB) met / hadn t seenC) met / haven t seenD) will meet / seesE) meet / doesn t see56. That day when we were in the restaurant each one ___ what he___ .A) receive / ordersB) received / had orderedC) is receiving / is orderingD) will receive / would orderE) is received / is ordered57.