1390 - Mixed Tenses Test 2

Mixed Tenses Test 2
6. Mark Twain ___ that they ___ about him.

1. It ___ dark and it ___.
A) understand / speaks
A) is / are raining B) understands / speaks
B) was / was raining C) will understand / spoke
C) are / was D) understood / are speaking
D) were / were E) understood / were speaking
E) were / was
7. On our way home we ___ the problem if we could ___

2. The pupils ___ the sentences yet, the teacher ___ the the fine celebration of our mother’s birthday.
blackboard.
A) discussed / organized
A) has not written / will clean B) were discussing / organize
B) had not written / cleaned C) had discussed / organize
C) did not write / cleans D) have discussed / were organizing
D) are not writing / clean E) discuss / organizes
E) had not written / had cleaned
8. The greater part of London ___ of wood, but after the

3. Henry ___ Puerto Rico before he ___ to St. Thomas. great fire wider streets and brick houses ___.
A) visited / had gone A) had been / were built

B) had visited / went B) was / were built
C) was visiting / went C) is / have been built
D) would visit / goes D) are / are built
E) visited / went E) has been / is built
4. The company ___ some new equipment before the 9. After my parents ___ home my life ___ better.
strike ___.
A) had returned / became
A) have ordered / begin B) will return / become
B) had ordered / began C) return / have become
C) ordered / begins D) return / have become
D) is ordering / began E) return / would become
E) will order / had begun
10. Why ___ you come yesterday? We ___ a good time.

5. I ___ he ___ it interesting.
A) don’t / can have
A) hoped / find B) didn’t / could have had
B) hoped / finds C) will / might have
C) hopes / would find D) doesn’t / will have
D) hoped / would find E) did not / shall have
E) will find / find
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Mixed Tenses Test 2
11. He ___ even before I ___ a finger on him.
A) screams / was laid

B) screamed / had laid 15. We learned that he ___ the office 5 minutes before he
___.
C) would scream / am laying
D) screams / laid A) left / returned
E) screamed / would lay B) had left / returned
C) would leave / returned
D) would have left / came
E) had left / had returned
12. I___ never___ to Cambridge, but I once ___ Oxford.
A) did / go / visit
B) have / been / visited
16. - ___ you ___ him this week? - Yes, I ___ him on
C) have / been / had visited Sunday.
D) was / visiting / had been visiting
E) will / have gone / don’t visit A) did / see / saw
B) did / see / have seen
C) have / seen / see
D) do / see / saw
E) have / seen / saw
13. We ___ to wait because the man ___.
A) told / was questioned

B) were told / questioned
C) were told / is questioned
17. I ___ my interview with the vice-president when my
D) told / was being questioned daughter ___ me.
E) were told / was being questioned
A) had / were calling
B) was having / had called
C) have had / called
D) had / called
14. They didn’t know that he ___ from the University in E) was having / called
1990 and then ___ abroad.
A) had graduated / is working

B) graduated / works
C) graduated / was working
D) was graduating / worked
E) had graduated / had worked

Mixed Tenses Test 2
18. Ronald Reagan ___ president for 8 years before he

___.
A) had been / has retired 20. After long consideration, we ___ to the conclusion
that our behaviour ___.
B) had been / had retired
C) was / had retired A) came / had been justified
D) had been / retired B) came / will be justified
E) was / retired C) will come / would be justified
D) are coming / will justify
E) has come / are being justified
19. I went out of the house. It ___. It ___ for two weeks.
A) rained / was raining

B) had rained / was raining
C) was raining / had been raining
D) had been raining / was raining
E) was raining / rained

Mixed Tenses Test 2
Answer Key:
1: B 11: E
2: B 12: B
3: B 13: E
4: B 14: E
5: D 15: B
6: E 16: E
7: B 17: E
8: A 18: D
9: A 19: C
10: B 20: A

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6. Mark Twain _ that they _ about him.

7. On our way home we _ the problem if we could _

8. The greater part of London ___ of wood, but after the

A) visited / had gone A) had been / were built

10. Why _ you come yesterday? We _ a good time.

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11. He _ even before I _ a finger on him.

A) screams / was laid

A) told / was questioned

A) had graduated / is working

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18. Ronald Reagan ___ president for 8 years before he

A) rained / was raining

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