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Mixed Tense Exercise 1 – Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in
brackets. Use only
- Past Simple
- Present Perfect Simple
- Past Perfect Simple
1. When I (arrive) _____________________ home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare) ____
3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) ____________________________
without me. My boss (be) ________________ furious with me and I (be) ______________ fired.
a song that was popular when I was in high school. I (hear, not _____________________________
the song in years, and it (bring) _____________________ back some great memories.
____________________ her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.
7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their
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(arrive) __________________________ in the New World.
Mixed Tense Exercise 2 – Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in
brackets. Use only
- Past Simple
- Past Perfect Simple
application last week, but I didn't think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I (show)
______________________ up to take a look around, there were at least twenty other people who
_____________________ out their applications and were already leaving. The landlord said I could
I (try) _________________________ to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions.
the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend me. I (end) ________________________ up listing my
father as a reference.
It was total luck that he (decide) _________________________ to give me the apartment. It turns
out that the landlord and my father (go) ___________________________ to high school together.
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KEY 1
1. When I (arrive) arrived home last night, I discovered that Jane (prepare) had prepared a
beautiful candlelight dinner.
2. Since I began acting, I (perform) have performed in two plays, a television commercial and a TV
drama. However, I (speak, never even) had never even spoken publicly before I came to
Hollywood in 1985.
3. By the time I got to the office, the meeting (begin, already) had already begun without me. My
boss (be) was furious with me and I (be) was fired.
4. When I (turn) turned the radio on yesterday, I (hear) heard a song that was popular when I was in
high school. I (hear, not) had not heard the song in years, and it (bring) brought back some great
memories.
5. Last week, I (run) ran into an ex-girlfriend of mine. We (see, not) had not seen each other in
years, and both of us (change) had changed a great deal. I (enjoy) enjoyed talking to her so much
that I (ask) asked her out on a date. We are getting together tonight for dinner.
6. When Jack (enter) entered the room, I (recognize, not) did not recognize him because he (lose)
had lost so much weight and (grow) had grown a beard. He looked totally different!
7. The Maya established a very advanced civilization in the jungles of the Yucatan; however, their
culture (disappear, virtually) had virtually disappeared by the time Europeans first (arrive) arrived
in the New World.
8. I (visit) have visited so many beautiful places since I (come) came to Utah. Before moving here, I
(hear, never) had never heard of Bryce Canyon, Zion, Arches, or Canyonlands.
KEY 2
I can't believe I (get) got that apartment. I (submit) submitted my application last week, but I didn't
think I had a chance of actually getting it. When I (show) showed up to take a look around, there
were at least twenty other people who (arrive) had arrived before me. Most of them (fill, already)
had already filled out their applications and were already leaving. The landlord said I could still
apply, so I did.
I (try) tried to fill out the form, but I couldn't answer half of the questions. They (want) wanted me to
include references, but I didn't want to list my previous landlord because I (have) had had some
problems with him in the past and I knew he wouldn't recommend me. I (end) ended up listing my
father as a reference.
It was total luck that he (decide) decided to give me the apartment. It turns out that the landlord and
my father (go) had gone to high school together. He decided that I could have the apartment before
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