Mixed tenses multiple choice

____ I was entering the room, the phone rang.

• When

• Just as

• At the time

• An hour ago

It ____ just before the war when Colin received a letter from Germany.

• had been

• was

• is

• has been

• should be

Students ____ to each other when the director wanted them to help him.

• were talking

• have talked

• have been talking

• are talking

• talk

When he ____ a schoolboy in Ohio, Jeffrey caught a wounded falcon in the roof.

• has been

• is

• was

• had been

• would be

Jane ____ always ____ her room untidy these days.

• was / leaving

• -- / leaves

• is / leaving

• -- / left

• was / left

We ____ your size at the moment, but we can order it for you.

• haven't had

• didn't have

• aren't having

• don't have

• won't have

We ____ for Alexandria for our holiday tomorrow morning.

• leave

• are leaving

• left

• go

• are going

I ____ the garden but I couldn't find the spade.

• am digging

• was going to dig

• dug

• has dug

• will have dug

Last year I ____ camping with my friends for the last time.

• went

• go

• am going

• was going

• have gone

Of course you can use my summer house in the country. But when you ____ there next month, remember that it ____ for five months.

• will get / hasn't been cleaned

• are getting / isn't going to be cleaned

• are going to get / will not be cleaned

• have got / hadn't been cleaned

• get / will not have been cleaned