ENGLISH TENSES - MIXED TENSES -active only

Fill in the right tense form.

1. My mother (cut) ____________________herself, while she (peel) ____________________ potatoes.
2. I can't study because someone (just/take) ____________________ my book.
3. Lucy (make) ____________________ the beds every morning.
4. The man (break) ____________________his finger, while he (play) ____________________volleyball.
5. Tom is an old friend of mine. I (know) ____________________ him forten years.
6. I (lose) ____________________ my keys while I (play) ____________________ tennis.
7. Look! A gorilla (swing) ____________________ on the rope.
8. Mickey (eat) ____________________ bananas every day.
9. John (find) ____________________ a note yesterday
10. She (go) ____________________ abroad every weekend.
11. She (not go) ____________________abroad last week.
12. Birds (fly) ____________________very high.
13. Her eyes (be) ____________________as blue as the sky.
14. He (work) ____________________ all the day yesterday.
15. I (never be) ____________________ to Russia. When (you/go) ____________________there? Perhaps I
(go) ____________________there with you next time.
16. We (go) ____________________to the cinema last night. While we (watch) ____________________ the film,
someone suddenly (fall off) ____________________the chair.
17. How long ago (be) ____________________the last war?
18. She (not have) ____________________a holiday last year.
19. Look! Your brother (come) ____________________ home.
20. Look! The balloon (fly) ____________________in the sky.
21. We (see) ____________________you tomorrow.
22. A boy (jump) ____________________off the bus while it (move)
23. Barbara (write) ____________________a lot of books. She (write) ____________________her first book
when she (be) ____________________twenty. (you ever read) ____________________any of her books?
24. We (write) ____________________a test next week.
25. People (wait) ____________________ at the station for hours two days ago.
26. Tom (learn) ____________________French fourteen years, but now he (learn) ____________________
Spanish.
27. You (wear) ____________________a new top hat when I (meet) ____________________ you yesterday.
28. It (rain) ____________________heavily this morning.
29. I (take) ____________________ another piece of cake when you (not look) ____________________
30. They (live) ____________________ in a town in France when the war (begin) ____________________
31. The sun (shine) ____________________ when we (get up) ____________________
32. There are no lemons left, I (use) ____________________ them for the lemonade.
33. The children (do) ____________________ their homework when their father (come) back from the office.
34. I don't want to go to the theatre. I (see) ____________________the play already.

35. He (eat) ____________________his dinner when I (visit) ____________________ him.

36. We (be) ____________________ here for ten minutes and he (not arrive) ____________________yet.
37. She (finish) ____________________her cake while she (cook) ____________________lunch.
38. She (make) ____________________ the beds at 7 o'clock even- morning?
39. You (take) the dog out for a walk yesterday. It (be) ____________________ very cold. It (not be)
____________________sunny.
40. Look! She (eat) ____________________a sandwich. She (eat) ____________________ sandwiches all the
time.
41. I think they (do)__-____________________________their homework tomorrow.
42. We (do) ____________________an English test now.
43.You ever (write) ____________________anything like this?
44. Look! My friend (try) ____________________to ask me something.
45.She (finish) ____________________the test till the end of the lesson?
46. My sister (have) ____________________the piano for ten years, but she (sell) ____________________it last
week.
47. Where (be) ____________________ my notebook? It (be) ____________________on the table before.
48. What (do) ____________________you yesterday? I (study) ____________________.
49. She cant write because she (break) ____________________ her arm.
50. We (buy) ____________________ a car last year and then we (sell) ____________________ it a few months
later.
51. What you (wear) ____________________ today?
52. What (be) ____________________the date today?
53. We (not go) ____________________ to school on Saturdays.
54. My mum (go) ____________________to work every day, but my dad (not go) ____________________.
55. She (make) ____________________some potato cakes when someone (knock) ____________________at
the door.
56. Pat doesn't like mushrooms. She already (have) ____________________troubles because of them.
57. While I (cook) ____________________ lunch I (burn) ____________________my hand.
58. Millie (not wear) ____________________her reading glasses every day.
59. Listen! Jenny (practise) ____________________the piano.
60.I'm sorry. There isn't any bread left. Dad (eat) ____________________ it I(buy) ____________________
some later in the afternoon.
61. Philip (see) ____________________ his friend when he (walk) ____________________down the street.
62. My neighbours (get up) ____________________ early in the morning because they work at night.
63. It's a bit cold today, so I (wear) ____________________gloves.
64. Why is that newspaper all over the floor? We (paint) ____________________ the kitchen.
65. While Phil (heat) ____________________ oil, it (catch) ____________________ fire.
66.I never (travel) ____________________ by plane in my life.
67. Paul (cut) ____________________ down that old oak tree by the fence. Its wood will be used for the fire.