Mixed tenses Ex.1-5

Answers Ex.1

1. ‘s worrying
2. don’t see
3. ‘s been going on
4. went out
5. think
6. assumed
7. was interested
8. Have you told
9. doesn’t seem
10. was working
11. came up
12. put
13. don’t like
14. suppose
15. doesn’t believe
16. ‘s getting
17. ‘m getting
18. ‘m thinking
19. do you really want
20. don’t want
21. ‘s attending
22. expect
23. ‘s talking
24. trying
25. dislike


Answers Ex.2

2. ‘s it going – present continuous
3. have you been waiting – present perfect continuous
4. they will have finished – future perfect
5. were you doing – past continuous
6. ‘ll be able – future simple
7. Had Julia ever been – past perfect
8. ‘ll have been working – future perfect continuous
9. ‘ve just had – present perfect
10. did you buy – past simple
11. ‘ll be sitting – future continuous
12. We had been walking – past perfect continuous


Answers Ex.3

2. turned up
3. explained
4. had been held up
5. didn’t find
6. had been blowing
7. (had) called
8. was lying
9. had been driving
10. (had) appeared
11. (had) braked
12. (had) skidded
13. (had) managed
14. was filling up
15. was wearing
16. had tied
17. was pulling
18. opened
19. jumped
20. had swum


Answers Ex. 4

2. did you see, haven’t seen
3. ‘ve been learning, for
4. did you live
5. Has ... finished, has just been published
6. ‘ve been living, since, got
7. have you had
8. Have you been suffering, for
9. haven’t repaired
10. hasn’t won
11. ‘ve taken, did
12. Has Maisy phoned, said
13. have you eaten
14. ‘ve been using
15. ‘s been eating, since


Answers Ex.5

2. Ok
3. ... had never seen ...
4. ... has Dr harris examined ...
5. ... did you buy ...
6. ... worked ...
7. I’ve written ...
8. ... had already started ...
9. OK
10. I had been sitting ...
11. OK
12. ... had been snowing ...
13. ... has crashed ...
14. ... were riding ...
15. ... has been raining ...