2 M - Mixed tenses III

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

MIXED TENSES part 3

PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE

PAST CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT

FUTURE

Fill in the correct tense using the verb: BOIL

Water ______________ at 100 degrees Celcius.

Look! The water _______________!

The water_____________ 15 minutes ago. Now it is cold.

The water _________________, when I entered the kitchen.

The water _____________for 5 minutes.

Would you like a cup of tea? I _______________ some water for you.

Water BOILS at 100 degrees Celcius.
Look! The water IS BOILING!
The water BOILED 15 minutes ago. Now it is cold.
The water WAS BOILING, when I entered the kitchen.
The water HAS BOILED for 5 minutes.

Would you like a cup of tea? I WILL BOIL some water for you.

Henry ________ to London last Friday. (fly)

Conny ____________ a bath, when the doorbell __________. (take, ring)

So far, I ____________ on holiday to Germany three times. (be)

After the baseball player had hit a homerun, the crowd _______ mad with joy! (go)

Look! Jim and Kerry _____________ on the lake! (kitesurf)

I ______________ you at the restaurant at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening then. (see)

Suzanne usually_________ from 19:00 until 21:00 in the evening. (study)

When I ______________ in my car yesterday, the car in front of me __________ down. (drive, break)

It _________ a lot in Austria during the winter season. (snow)

I _____________ as a teacher at this school since 1994. (work)

On her trip to France last summer Angela _______ snails for the first time in her life. (eat)

The math teacher ________ you with these difficult exercises during tomorrow's lesson. (help)

When I was little, colour TVs ________ the latest invention. (be)

I can't stand our gossipy neighbour! She __________ about all the people in our street! (talk)

1. constantly talk
2. constantly talked
3. is constantly talking
4. has constantly talked

Michael Connelly's a famous author. He _______________ 25 crime novels. (write)

1. writes
2. has written
3. wrote
4. is writing

My great- great- grandfather _________ beautiful poems. (write)

1. writes
2. has written
3. wrote
4. is writing

When I started school, the other children ______________at me, because I was so much shorter than they were. (always, laugh)

1. were always laughing
2. always laugh
3. always laughed
4. had always laughed

By the time I left school, however, I ______________ a lot and was the second tallest girl in my class. (grow)

1. grew
2. was growing
3. grow
4. had grown

More practice!

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/mixed-tenses.html