Mixed Tenses. 8 form.

Choose the correct answer.

Yesterday we had an interesting lesson. While some pupils              [read, were reading]) the text we                 [discussed, were discussing] the topic.

When the children              [played, were playing] in the garden suddenly it              [started, was starting] to rain.

The wind             [blew, was blowing] softly the whole evening.

He             [sailed, was sailing] in the ocean when a pirate ship               [attacked, was attacking] them.

He             [fished, was fishing] all afternoon.

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By the time we             [arrived, had arrived], everyone          [left, had left].

I             [finished, had finshed] this task a long time ago.

She           [told, had told] me she          [did, had done] it ages ago.

I              [didn't hear, hadn't heard] of it until you               [mentioned, had mentioned] it.

She           [lived, had lived]in Sweden before she          [went, had gone] to Norway.

All friends             [arrived, had arrived] by 7 o'clock.

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We             [have bought, bought, buy] a lot of beries from the wood. Let's make jam!

Look! Jane             [swims, is swimming, has swum]) across the river just now!

We have got some great plans. We                    [will spend, are going to spend, spend] in Spain.

My grandmother as a rule            [works, is working, has worked] at home.

I promise I            [send, will send, is sending] you the letter soon.

I am busy tonight, we              [will visit, are visiting, visit] a granny.

Choose the right form of the verb.

1. My friend           [likes, is liking, liked, has liked] pies very much.

2. When I met him in the street yesterdy, he            [eats, ate, was eating] a pie.

3. He told that he            [bought, has bpught, had bought] pie at the corner of the street.

4. Look! He           [eats, ate, is eating] a pie now again.

5. He just it            [bought, has bought, buys]at a bakery.

6. I            [bought, has bought, was buying]a pie yesterday. It was delicious!

7. Realy? I          [buy, bought, will buy]it tomorrow too!

Choose the right marker:

1. Look! Jane is swimmimg across the river           [just now, yesterday, tomorrow].

2. Nick had done his homework       [at, by, since] 7 o’clock yesterday.

3. He has         [just, usually, now] come back from the Crimea.

4. When you come to my place            [yesterday, now, tomorrow], I'll bring a book.

5. Mike eats ice-cream           [every day, yesterday, tomorrow].

6. I was watching TV                         [yesterday, today, from 5 till 7 yesterday].

7. I returted from the Caucasus                [today, two years ago, now].

Open the brackets using the correct form of the verb:

1. When we      (come) to the station, the train already             (arrive) and the passengers               (harry) to ocupy their seats in the carriages.

2.      you ever      (read) "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie? - No, I      not      (read) yet. I           (read) it tomorrow.

3. What      you       (do) at seven o'clock yesterday? - I              (watch) my favourite program.

4.    you always       (spend) summer at the seaside? - Yes, as a rule. But last summer I      (go) to the mountains but I              (not find) the rest there as pleasant as near the sea.

5. Where is your sister now? - She            (help) mother in the kitchen. She always       (help) mother in the kitchen.

6. Where     you       (go) to rest next summer? - I                  (not decide) yet. May be we            (visit) our relatives abroad.

Match these sentences with the tenses.