Mixed Tenses Test Exercises – Multiple Choice Questions With Answers – Advanced Level 1

____ I was entering the room, the phone rang.

It ____ just before the war when Colin received a letter from Germany.

Students ____ to each other when the director wanted them to help him.

When he ____ a schoolboy in Ohio, Jeffrey caught a wounded falcon on the roof.

Jane ____ always ____ her room untidy these days.

We ____ your size at the moment, but we can order it for you.

We ____ for Alexandria for our holiday tomorrow morning.

Julian was a young student when his father ____ in an accident.

I ____ the garden but I couldn't find the spade.

Last year, I ____ camping with my friends for the last time.

Of course, you can use my summer house in the country. But when you ____ there next month, remember that it ____ for five months.

My mother ____ at the airport tomorrow morning. I'm supposed to pick her up from the airport, but I ____ what time her plane gets in. What would you advise me to do?

I met him at the door just at the time boss ____ to the employees.

On seeing her brother unconscious, she immediately ____ her mother and ____ help.

The child ____ with her toy when I ____ her in the living room.

I ____ you with your homework as soon as l ____ writing these reports.

After they ____ the books, they ____ their journey.

He ____ his family even when he ____ a schoolboy.

After struggling for weeks, I ____ the job I ____ and now I'm happy with it.

Making such a thing ____ the peasants  and they ____ the situation despite some hardships.

My plane ____ at five p.m. on Monday. I don't need to call a taxi, my friend ____ me to the airport.

He never ____ his work on time until this morning when Jane visited us.

Newspapers say the minister ____ someone suitable for the task he ____ to get hold of.

We ____ our work in the garden by the time he ____ from the pharmacist

Some years ago, people ____ living in the city centres but now they ____ to live in the suburbs.

I ____ the hours I spent in the Thirties arguing with people who thought they were much cleverer than I was.

When he ____ Istanbul, he will inform us that they have arrived not to make us worry about them.

We ____ once a long time ago but I ____ she will remember me.

I ____ the holiday enormously even though the weather ____ disappointing.

Do you remember when Joseph ____ from the university and ____ to work as an engineer in our factory?