MIXED TENSES
1. The carpenter (finish) just the roof when the chimney (fail) down.
2. Your sister (buy) all the food for the party?
3. The children (learn) French since father (g0) to Paris.
4. You (go) to the seaside tomorrow? - Yes, I (go) there once a week.
5. Who (be) that? - Sheila's boyfriend (stand) at the door.
6. The watchman (notice) the burglar as he (try) to open the back
door
7. Where (be) the guinea-pig? - Aunt Lucy (take) him cut to the
garden.
8. Lots of mosquitoes (fly) around the lamp so we (turn) it off.
9 You (wash) the car yet? - No, but I (fl) already the tank.
10. Mary (sid) on the balcony when Aunt Lucy (artive).
11. Peggy (clean the living-room. - When she (clean) it?
12. She busy. She (make) a cake. She often (make) cakes
13. By the end of next month he (be) here for ten years.
14. You (read) Mary Poppins? - I (begin) it last week and just (finish)
it
Answers & Comments
1. The carpenter had just finished the roof when the chimney (fell) down.
2. Has your sister (bought) all the food for the party?
3. The children (have been learning) French since father (went) to Paris.
4. Are you (going) to the seaside tomorrow? - Yes, I (go) there once a week.
5. Who (is) that? - Sheila's boyfriend (is standing) at the door.
6. The watchman (noticed) the burglar as he (was trying) to open the back
door.
7. Where (is) the guinea-pig? - Aunt Lucy (has taken) him cut to the garden.
8. Lots of mosquitoes (were flying) around the lamp so we (turned) it off.
9 Have you (washed) the car yet? - No, but I have already filled the tank.
10. Mary (was sitting) on the balcony when Aunt Lucy (artived).
11. Has Peggy cleaned the living-room. - When did she (clean) it?
12. She is busy. She (is making) a cake. She often (makes) cakes
13. By the end of next month he (will have been) here for ten years.
14. Did you (read) Mary Poppins? - I (began) it last week and have just (finished) it.