MIXED TENSES QUIZ

Yesterday the meeting ______at 10 o'clock.

• begin

• begun

• began

• has begun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Look at these clouds, it _______very soon!

• will rain

• is raining

• rains

• has rained

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I _______ here for ten years now.

• lived

• am living

• lives

• have lived

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I am sorry, we ______ women's underwear in this store.

• aren't selling

• didn't sell

• don't sell

• have sold

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

They were watching television when suddenly someone ______ at the door.

• knocks

• have knocked

• was knocking

• knocked

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Lorena can't pick up the phone because she ______a shower.

• is taking

• has taken

• will take

• was taking

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When she came into the office, I ______to the manager.

• has talked

• was talking

• talked

• am talking

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Valerie ________a lot before she got married.

• has travelled

• is travelling

• travels

• travelled

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

They didn't take my comments seriously. In fact, ...

• they were thinking I joked

• they thought I joked.

• they were thinking I was joking.

• they thought I was joking.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Simon ______ quietly on the sofa when David ______ and scared him.

• read – was appearing

• had read - appeared

• read - appeared

• was reading – appeared

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D