Mixed Tenses

We use the past simple for...

• activity in progress in the past

• actions that follow each other in narration in past

• a past habit

• a past action completed before another action in the past

My friend ..... to music every evening.

• listened

• is listening

• listens

• will listen

Danny .... a book this evening.

• is reading

• will read

• reads

• is going to read

We use the will future for...

• a planned arrangement in the future

• a future fact

• a spontaneous decision

• a prediction based on one's own opinion

Listen! Mr Jones .... the piano.

• plays

• has played

• is playing

• played

I ... to the cinema yesterday.

• went

• have gone

• go

• will go

Peter ... 13 in two years.

• will turn

• is going to turn

• turns

She ... her arm two weeks ago.

• breaked

• broke

• had broken

I ..... to the spa tonight.

• going to go

• will go

• am going

I left him because I .... her to never talk to him again.

• I promised

• I had promised

• promise