Mixed Tenses 1

Which of the followings are the time markers of Present Perfect Tense?

(you can choose more than one)

• since

• for

• ever

• yet

• ago

I _______ (HAVE) the same car for more than ten years. I am thinking about buying a new one

Please be quiet! John ____ (SLEEP).

Our grandmother ___________ dinner from twelve till three yesterday.

• has cooked

• was cooking

• had cooked

• cooked

Yesterday at 8 o'clock we ____________ TV with some friends.

• watched

• were watching

• are watching

• would watch

When Airi _______ at school, she realized she _______ her textbook.

• arrived, had forgotten

• had arrived, forgot

He ________ a new car yesterday.

• buys

• buy

• bought

• was buying

Listen!  Someone ________________ loudly.

• shout
• shouts
• shouted
• is shouting

Choose the most suitable form of verb for the sentence below.

They ________ each other for a long time.

• are knowing

• have knowing

• know

• knew

• have known

3. By that time, everybody ........................................ asleep.

• was

• were

• has

• had