Mixed Tenses Test Exercises – Multiple Choice Questions With Answers – Advanced Level 3

We ____ on a picnic every weekend when we were in Bursa.

Although the police ____ him, he was able to prove that he ____ when the crime was committed.

Jessie ____ such strange clothes that we were all taken aback. It took us some time to get over the shock.

Generally speaking, I ____ film reviews because I like to be open-minded when I go to the cinema.

The old clock in the center of the city ____ in 1980 and ____ since.

Someone next door ____ heavy metal music all night long. I didn't get a wink of sleep.

I think you ____ your energy by sweeping up those leaves, stop it! The | wind will blow more down.

There is considerable concern about her whereabouts because she ____ for several days.

I am afraid I didn't hear the doorbell when you ____ I ____ in the garden at the time.

When did you first notice that your car ____?

After Lisa graduated from university, she ____ for a job in a bank and ____ there ever since.

When I first met Emily, she ____ in this city for 20 years.

Before you mentioned about him, I ____ of that novelist.

The concert was last week but they still ____ down the posters from the notice boards.

We were surprised to hear that our neighbour ____ a new house in the country.

Tell me what you ____ of my new car.

Even though he denied what he ____ earlier, he ____ to join us.

After I ____ along the beach, I ____ a bath and I ____ my breakfast.

A: Jim was very clever as a child.

B: Was he really?

A: Oh, yes. By the time he was five, he ____ to read and write.

When Mrs Krashen ____ at the airport yesterday morning, she realised that she ____ her passport at home.

The police say that the man ____ home in the dark when he ____ down a hill.

When I returned home from holiday, I found that my parents ____ a lot of changes in the house.

The teacher ____ me in the exam just as I ____ my last sentence.

Newspapers yesterday said that Michael Keller ____ a three-year contract

There ____ a decrease in the number of applications since the report on environmental pollution ____ in the newspaper.

People ____ interested in the subject day by day because they ____ to increase their knowledge.

I ____ for a walk but the rain put me off the idea.

Don't forget that we ____ to our new house by the time you get back from holiday.

A: What are you doing?

B: Getting ready. I ____ my aunt in the hospital.

A: Oh yes. Give her my love.