mixed tenses exercises

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Mixed tenses

Practise using different tenses in sentences.

Fill in the correct tense with the words in brackets. 

1/8 When I saw him I wondered where we (to meet) ... before.

2/8 So, what (you – to visit) ... in Barcelona next week?

3/8 Do you realise we (to try) ...to reach you for the past three hours?

4/8 Jason (to wear) ... a grey suit when I saw him at the wedding.

5/8 I promise I (to go) ...to the supermarket for you when I get home.

6/8 Do you know when the supermarket
(to close) ... today?

7/8 They (to know) ... each other for 10 years when they got married.

8/8 Sorry, I can’t come tomorrow, because I (to meet) ... an old friend in town.

I'm sorry I......... to your party last week.

1. came not
2. haven't come
3. didn't came
4. didn't come

Ze zijn al de hele dag aan het tennissen.

1. They have been playing tennis al day.
2. They played tennis all day.
3. They have played tennis all day.
4. They are playing tennis all day.

Phone me after 8 o'clock. We ......finish dinner by then.

1. will finish
2. have finished
3. will have been finished
4. will have finished

Do you think you.....(still do) the same job in ten years' time?

1. are still doing
2. 'll still be doing
3. will have done
4. will do

Yesterday he ... (eten) all the food.

.. you ... (denken) that he is nice?

Before we .. (ontmoeten), she ... (zien) me once.

I ... (uitlaten) the dog, when suddenly a tree ... (vallen) due to the storm.

I hope you .. (helpen) me with my homework.

She .. (breken) her arm, now she can't do much.

They .. (wachten) for you for hours!

Henry ________ to London last Friday. (fly)

Conny ____________ a bath, when the doorbell __________ (take, ring), so she had to get dressed very quickly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I _____________ as a teacher at this school since 2019. (work)

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

Finished!

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