16470 mixed tense practice

1. Us
e – simple present / present continuous / simple past / past continuous / present perfect
/ present perfect continuous:
a. They generally _____________________________ (go) horse riding on Friday.
b. Today we _______________________ (play) a different game.
c. I __________________ (come) to John’s when I _____________________ (meet)
Mary last week.
d. The game __________________ (start) at two o’clock.
e. Now we __________________ (try) to do our homework.
f. Why do they look so tired? They _____________________ (play) tennis for 3
hours.
g. He _____________________ (read) a book when she __________________
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.

(phone) him.
Yesterday I _________________ (spend) a lot of time listening to pop music.
At the moment, she ______________ (have) lunch with her wife.
You __________________ (do) a lot of sports at school.
Last month my family and I ___________________ (fly) to London for two weeks.
They _________________________ (just/close) the door.
In summer some people _____________________ (get up) earlier to go for a walk.
She ________________ (listen) to the last “Back to black” CD for the past two

hours.
o. Some

p.
q.
r.
s.

moments

ago

they

__________________

(study)

while

you

_________________ (watch) TV.
My son peter _________________ (not go) to South America last summer.
___________________ (you/read/ever) the Constitution?
I ___________________ (never/manage) to climb Mont Blanc.
Today it ___________________________ (be) rather dangerous to travel through

Asia.
t. Yesterday Mr. Smith _______________ (tell) us three funny stories.
u. I ____________________ (enjoy) ESLPRINTABLES site very much.
v. We ________________ (forget) her birthday present. It _________________ (be)
most embarrassing.

w. My sister _________________ (be) the last guest to arrive. She _______________
(be) terribly embarrassed.
Key:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.

Go
Played
Came/ met
Started
Are trying
Have been playing
Was reading / phoned
Spent
Is having
Do
Flew
Have just closed

m.
n.
o.
p.
q.
r.
s.
t.
u.
v.
w.

Get up
Has been listening
Were studying / were watching
Didn’t go
Have you ever read
Have never managed
Is
Told
Enjoy
Forgot / was
Was / was