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Downloadable worksheets: MIXED TENSE EXERCISES - SIMPLE PRESENT/ PRESENT CONTINUOUS/ SIMPLE PAST/ PAST CONTINOUS/PRESENT PERFECT/PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS Level: intermediate Age: 13-17 Downloads: 279   MIXED TENSES (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous). Rules + Ex + KEY. Level: intermediate Age: 11-100 Downloads: 153   TENSE REVIEW (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous). Rules + Ex + KEY. Level: intermediate Age: 10-100 Downloads: 138   Past simple tense Level: elementary Age: 8-14 Downloads: 105   past perfect Level: intermediate Age: 11-14 Downloads: 76   Mixed exercises: PAST SIMPLE Level: elementary Age: 11-17 Downloads: 34

FCE Grammar Exercises� Review of past tenses - 1 � 1. Please choose the most suitable verb form for the sentence � a) I was walking down the street yesterday. I passed the supermarket and suddenly remembered I�was forgettinghad forgottenforgot my keys � b) While I�was watchinghave watchedwatched the film, there was a power-cut � c) Did you know that�I�used to bewould behad been an airline pilot � d) By the time we ran back to the flat to close the window, the bird had escapedhas escapedescaped � e) Who drovehad drivenwas driving�the bus at the time of the accident? � f) She was so angry she missed the party, the only reason she didn't go because no-one�was tellinghas toldhad told about it� � g) I�used to playwas playinghave played a lot more football than I do now � h) My girlfriend�wenthad beenwas going to the restaurant before, so she knew exactly what to order. � i) I forgot to tell you, yesterday while I had walkedwalkedwas walking, I saw that American man you like. � j) What on earth�had been doingdid you dowere you doing when I walked into your room yesterday? � � 1. Please choose whether the underlined verb form�is suitable or unsuitable � a) While we had dinner, the plumber knocked on the door. UnsuitableSuitable � b) We didn't go to this restaurant before. UnsuitableSuitable � c) Apart from the delays at the airport, they were enjoying their holiday last year. UnsuitableSuitable � d) I didn't know you had bought a new house. UnsuitableSuitable � e) What did you wear to the wedding last week. UnsuitableSuitable � f) When I woke up in the morning I remembered exactly what happened. UnsuitableSuitable � g) 'What a disaster of a week�!' the woman thought. Everything had gone wrong! UnsuitableSuitable � h) We all wanted to believe her but we suspected she was lying. UnsuitableSuitable � i) Were you walking to work everyday when you lived in Spain? UnsuitableSuitable � j) We tried to cook yorkshire puddings, but we didn't really know what we were doing. UnsuitableSuitable � � � � by Oliver Smith �