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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: 156   TENSE REVIEW (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous). Rules + Ex + KEY. Level: intermediate Age: 10-100 Downloads: 142   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