Mixed Tenses PDF
Mixed Tenses PDF
Mixed Tenses PDF
1. Read the following sentences, choose and circle the most suitable tense.
a) Jim is so tired that he has slept / had slept for more than ten hours.
b) We met / had met Miriam on the corner of 8th Avenue yesterday.
c) By the time I have arrived / arrived to the cinema, the film has nearly finished / had
nearly finished.
d) Did you see / Have you seen my sunglasses anywhere? I think I have lost / had lost them.
e) Amanda couldn´t get in because she has left / had left her keys in the office.
f) Douglas knew / has known that he has already seen / had already seen the man before.
g) When the police stopped / has stopped Jane this morning she realized that she left / had left
her driving license at home.
h) Have you heard / had you heard the news today?
2. Complete these sentences putting the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect, Past Perfect or
Past Simple.
a) When they finally returned (return) home, they did (do) a couple of hundred miles and they
b) Edward never flew (never/fly) from New York to San Francisco before.
c) Alice tried (try) to contact an old English penpal when she went (go) to London last summer
f) I haven’t seen (not see) my sister Julie since 1995. She lives with her family in Paris.
g) When we got (get) the cinema, the film had already begun (already/begin).
h) The Walters bought (buy) a new car after they won (win) some money in the lottery.