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.

have made

would make

made

was making

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

has been

are

have been

is

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

has increased

increased

have increased

were increasing

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

has revolved / have gone

revolved / were going

revolves / go

were revolving / went

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

am writing / is surrounded

wrote / has surrounded

will write / will be surrounding

have written / surrounds

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

have taken

is taking

had taken

takes

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

won’t take / makes

isn’t taking / had made

isn’t going to take / has made

doesn’t take / has made

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

has been conducting

is conducting

have been conducting

are conducting

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

is

are

was

have been

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

will weed / haven’t rested

was weeding / didn’t rest

have weeded / had rested

have been weeding / haven’t rested