Mixed 12 Tenses Exercises

In recent decades, the efficiency of the United Nations ................. by a growing number of countries.

• A) will have been questioned

• B) would be questioned

• C) has been questioned

• D) had been questioned

• E) was questioned

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

2. We ................. no problems whatsoever with the dam since it ................. forty years ago.

• A) had / has been constructed

• B) were having / was being constructed

• C) have had / was constructed

• D) had had / had been constructed

• E) are having / is constructed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

3. Before I got to the end of his article, I felt I knew everything there ______ about the North America Free Trade Agreement.

• A) had known

• B) was to know

• C) is known

• D) is being known

• E) has to be known

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

4. It seems likely that by the end of the week, the costs involved in the construction of the bridge ................. by the Ministry.

• A) would have been announced

• B) have been announced

• C) would be announced

• D) are being announced

• E) will have been announced

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

5. One feels that there ................. any noticeable improvement in the human rights problem in Africa until all the African countries ................. their economic difficulties.

• A) cannot be / will overcome

• B) hasn’t been / had overcome

• C) won’t be / overcome

• D) wouldn’t be / would be overcome

• E) wasn’t / have overcome

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

6. The Etruscans, who ................. a great part of Italy about 900 B.C., ................. from Asia Minor.

• A) had colonized / originally came

• B) colonized / had originally come

• C) were colonized / have originally come

• D) have colonized / originally come

• E) were colonizing / might originally come

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

7. The orders were that we ................. the area within hours to prevent further loss of life

• A) had evacuated

• B) have to evacuate

• C) will have evacuated

• D) shall have to evacuate

• E) had to evacuate

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

8. As I ................. you yesterday, the undersecretary ................. over this afternoon’s discussions

• A) have told / was presiding

• B) told / will be presiding

• C) would have told / had presided

• D) will tell / has presided

• E) would tell / has been presiding

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

9. For a hundred years or so, some critics ................. that poetry is dying, and all that time poets ................. poems that later generations recognize as great.

• A) have maintained / have been writing

• B) maintained / wrote

• C) had maintained / were writing

• D) maintain / are writing

• E) would maintain / had been writing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

10. What I ................. is that we ................. to think seriously about a thorough reform in the legal system.

• A) have proposed / should have begun

• B) had proposed / were beginning

• C) am proposing / begin

• D) was proposing / have begun

• E) proposed / had begun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D