Mixed Tenses Advanced Level Test – Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 3

1. Marissa Pestle’s first novel was_____ published in America a fortnight ago, and has _____ to come out at all in Britain let alone be translated.

2. It was only after she _____ English that she _____ to make some foreign friends.

3. For decades researchers _____ to
wrest predictions from string theory,
the leading candidate for a more
fundamental understanding of the
universe.

4. We _____ that this picture______
worth at least 500 dolars.

5. Next weekend, I _____my proficiency
exam, so I _____ more or less 300
questions so far.

6. Jack______with his parents this
evening when his girlfriend from New
York telephoned to let him know that
she_____ with someone else.

7. When Sakura _____ at the theatre,
Shannon was really angry because he
_____ for her for more than an hour.

8. He _____ his boss that he ______back after his vacation.

9. By the time Richard ____ from the
army, he _____ involved in three
separate riots.

10. Scientists _____ that some
artificial photosynthesis______
possible.

11. In Asia, for many centuries physicians
_____ foot massage as an aid to the
treatment of major health problems.

12. By the time we ____ our
preparations for the congress, most
of the participants_____ at the hall.

13. I ____ Jerusalem Peace Forest so as
to escape from the fear and loathing
of the soldiers many times ever since
I _____ to Israel a year ago.

14. The Bastille Prison, where many
important people_____ at one time
imprisoned, _____ today visited by
tourists.

15. Tony is a wonderful singer; His
mother tells me that he _____
professionally since she was four.

16. The full impact of the strike____ till
next week, by which time present
stocks_____ .

17. We moved to Myerson in 1995. At the
time of our arrival, the city _____
through a period of expansion.

18. Although he ____ not having the
talent necessary to become a
violinist, he _____ practising with
great determination.

19. By the time the English team____ at
the summit, both the Japanese and
Dutch teams_____ up to Himalayas.

20. The Cambrian _____ an important
moment in the history of life on earth
and a time of radical evolutionary
experimentation when many animals
first_____ in the fossil record.

21. Although aspirin _____ primarily
regarded as a simple pain killer, it
_____ to prevent heart attacks, too.

22. Until recently, the first European who
____ to the New World______to be
Christopher Columbus, who was a
famous Italian navigator.

23. The committee is determined not to
leave _____ they have finished the
project.

24. Shelly ____ her mid-term mark
because she_____ to her instructor.

25. Unfortunately, the new earthquake
regulations ;_____ any difference to
the people who _____ under the
buildings.