Advanced English Grammar Test on Mixed Tenses 1

1. How can you imagine I will forget the first time I…………. a speech in front of so many people? No one could ever notice how fast my heartbeats were.

made

was making

have made

would make

2. Payphones ………… from fewer than 1000 to nearly 9000 covering virtually all urban, rural and market centres for the last three weeks.

were increasing

have increased

has increased

increased

3. The police ………… a noteworthy investigation into the causes of the last attempts to assassinate the head of the investigation.

are conducting

has been conducting

have been conducting

is conducting

4. Political history has always shown that when the military………….. control in a country, democracy can not be mentioned any longer.

have taken

is taking

takes

had taken

5. Jack……….. part in our conversation tonight due to the fact that he………..an appointment with his doctor.

isn’t taking / had made

isn’t going to take / has made

doesn’t take / has made

won’t take / makes

6. Phonetics, applicable to all human languages, ……….. the study of speech sounds and their production.

has been

have been

is

are

7. Life in villages of China ……….. around temples, where people……….. to ask for things.

revolves / go

were revolving / went

revolved / were going

has revolved / have gone

8. Measles ………… a disease that causes painful swelling in the neck.

are

was

have been

is

9. Over the years I………….. several articles and two books on animal-intelligence experiments and the controversy that……….. them.

am writing / is surrounded

will write / will be surrounding

have written / surrounds

wrote / has surrounded

10. I feel so exhausted. I………….. the garden for two hours and I………….. for single moment.

was weeding / didn’t rest

will weed / haven’t rested

have been weeding / haven’t rested

have weeded / had rested