Mixed Tenses Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 2

Mixed Tenses Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 2
This second gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice

questions on the topic of mixed verb tenses (present- 5. 5. The swimmer_____ to be in difficulty, but he _____
past-future) of English grammar. Both English learners to reach the shore in the end.
and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision
to check the knowledge of English tenses. A) seems / manages
B) seemed / has managed
1. As a teenager, I _____ that I _____ just young and C) has seemed / managed
1.
attractive. D) seemed / managed
E) was to seem / managed
A) felt/was
B) had been feeling / was
C) will feel /am
D) feel / have been
6. 6. No English teacher _____ to the school till
E) had felt / was nowadays.
A) were appointed
B) had been appointed
2. When Tom entered the room, his mum ________ him C) was appointed
2.
because he ________ hair and a beard. He looked D) has been appointed
totally different. E) is appointed
A) wasn’t recognizing / was growing

B) hadn't recognized / grew
C) didn’t recognize / had grown
D) didn’t recognize / grew 7. 7. “The police _____ the New York bomber” _____ the
headline of the newspaper.
E) hadn’t recognized / was growing
A) is catching / is
B) catch / was
C) catches / was
3. 3. Look at the drunken driver at the end of street! D) has caught / is
He_____ an accident. E) had caught / was
A) has
B) is having
C) is going to have
D) will have 8. 8. When Mrs Stone_____ to her flat, she _____ the call
of her mother on the answering machine.
E) will be having
A) returned / saw
B) had returned / saw
C) returned / had seen
4. 4. She invited me to dinner. But it _____ two years D) returns / has seen
since I _____ to her house. So I lost my way. E) has returned / sees
A) is / have-been
B) was / had gone
C) is / went
D) had been / went 9. 9. When we _____ the forest, it _____ darker.
E) was / have gone A) have arrived / has been getting
B) arrive / has been getting
C) arrive / is getting
D) arrived / was getting
E) arrive / has got
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14. 14. By this time tomorrow, Annie _____ through space

for nineteen hours.
10. 10. When she ____ home last night, she realized that A) will fly
John _____ a beautiful candle-lit dinner for her.
B) will be flying
A) had arrived / was preparing C) is going to fly
B) arrived / was preparing D) flies
C) was arriving / had prepared E) will have been flying
D) arrived / had prepared
E) arrived / has prepared
15. 15. When the article arrived, the editor _____ the first
sentence and then _____ to publish it.
11. 11. Onclus, about half an inch long,____ about 505 A) had read / refused
million years ago during the Cambrian Period.
B) was reading / refused
A) had lived C) read / refused
B) has been living D) read / had refused
C) lived E) read / refuses
D) is living
E) lives
16. 16. It _______ a nice day, therefore we went

swimming.
12. 12. The average surface temperature of earth _____ A) was

more than 1 degree Fahrenheit since 1900.
B) had been
A) is going to increase C) has been
B) has increased D) used to be
C) ha's been increasing E) would be
D) had increased
E) is increasing
17. 17. Mr. Porter____ to clip the business in front of his

house when his son Don _____ around the corner of
the garden.
13. 13. It seems that somebody_____ to my father before
the meeting, complaining that I _____ late for school A) has begun / comes
four times last week.
B) begins / has come
A) wrote / would be C) had begun / came
B) has written / have been D) began / was coming
C) writes / was E) was to begin / had come
D) had written / was
E) would write / was being
18. 18. When he ____ her as a cheater, she _____ him to

the headmaster.
A) had called / complained

B) called / had complained
C) has called / complains
D) called / complained
E) has called / will be complaining

22. 22. The financial instability which ____ around with

depressing frequency in the past two decades _____
weakening the economic system.
19. 19. Ever since 1905, when Albert Einstein _____ his
special theory of relativity to the world, the speed of A) has been coming / led to
light_____ a special status in the minds of physicists.
B) has come / has led to
A) has revealed / has C) came/leads to
B) revealed / had had D) had come / led to
C) had revealed / had E) comes / will lead to
D) revealed / has had
E) has revealed / has had
23. 23. Things have certainly changed; there ____ lots of

small old houses around here when I _____ young.
20. 20. How bad that game is! I’m sure our team_____ in A) would be / was
this match.
B) used to be / was
A) will have been eaten C) are / have been
B) is beaten D) were / would have been
C) is being beaten E) had been / had been
D) is going to be beaten
E) has been beaten
24. 24. A: Where is Annie? B: She _____ at the library for

her English test on Wednesday. In fact, she _____ for
the test every day for the last week.
21. 21. When Darwin ____ the theory of evolution through
natural selection years ago, the scientists. of the day A) has been studying / reviewed
_____ over it fiercely.
B) was studying / had studied
A) introduced / were argueing C) has been / reviewed
B) introduced / had been argueing D) is studying / has been reviewing
C) introduced / had argued E) is studying / was reviewing
D) had introduced / argued
E) introduced / argued

25. 25. After 1500, the construction of castles _____ no

longer available and “castle” _____ a term for an
imposing residence.
A) was / had become

B) has been / hâs become
C) was / became
D) used to be / would become
E) had been / became

Answer Key:
1: A 14: E
2: C 15: C
3: C 16: A
4: B 17: C
5: D 18: D
6: D 19: D
7: B 20: D
8: A 21: E
9: D 22: B
10: D 23: B
11: C 24: D
12: B 25: C
13: D


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This second gap fill test contains 25 multiple choice

A) wasn’t recognizing / was growing

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14. 14. By this time tomorrow, Annie _____ through space

16. 16. It _______ a nice day, therefore we went

12. 12. The average surface temperature of earth _____ A) was

17. 17. Mr. Porter____ to clip the business in front of his

18. 18. When he ____ her as a cheater, she _____ him to

A) had called / complained

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22. 22. The financial instability which ____ around with

23. 23. Things have certainly changed; there ____ lots of

24. 24. A: Where is Annie? B: She _____ at the library for

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25. 25. After 1500, the construction of castles _____ no

A) was / had become

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