Cecilia Daz T.

English Teacher and Translator

Date: August 20th, 2010. Class: 2B

MIXED TENSES I. Write the correct tense. (escriba el tiempo verbal correcto) 1. Andrew had finished lunch by the time they arrived. 2. I have a terrible headache. I took another aspirin. 3. A cold wind has blew for the last week. 4. Well meet in September when she comes back. 5. Maria was reading a comic when the teacher asked her to come to the blackboard. 6. You wont need the jacket. It is getting warmer. 7. Bryan had not arrived when the meeting started. 8. To be honest, I doubt she will be able to handle this properly. 9. They have dated for 5 years. 10. I am not surprised they have broken up. She never knew if she could trust him. 11. Call the police. Our apartment has been broken into. 12. She cant go hiking with us. She is working on her new book. 13. When you finished my dress I went to the party. 14. They have shouted for some time. 15. The letter is not being delivered today. II. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs and tenses in brackets. (complete las oraciones usando la forma correcta de los verbos y tiempos verbales en parntesis) 1. I ________ (start, past simple) looking for a new flat 2 weeks ago, but I still _________ (find, present perfect) anything suitable. I __________ (live, present continuous) with my parents these days. 2. We _______ (see, past simple) Mike yesterday, but Ann _________ (want, past simple) to meet him so we ___________ (cross, past simple) the street. 3. In a few minutes, the clock ____________________ (strike, present simple) 5 and I ____________________ (go, present simple). 4. Mrs Blake ____________ (arrange, present perfect) the flowers yet, but she _______________ (do, present continuous) it before she ________ (go, present simple) home. 5. Lets meet at the station. The train ___________________ (leave, present simple) at 7 p.m. 6. You __________________ (eat, present perfect) the whole pie! You _________________ (be, present continuous) sick. 7. She wont be able to come in the afternoon. She ________________ (see, present continuous) her lawyer at 4 oclock. 8. We _______________________ (still, play, present continuous) tennis. 9. They __________________ (date, present perfect) for 5 years before he finally ___________________ (propose, past simple) to her. 10. What____________________ (you, do, present continuous) the whole evening while we ____________________ (look for, present continuous) you? 11. When we ____________________ (go, past simple) to see him last night, he ____________________ (play, past continuous) computer games. 12. By the end of last year they ____________________ (finished, present perfect) three large projects. I ____________________ (be, negative present perfect) with them since last month, but I ____________________ (believe, present simple) they ____________________ (work, present continuous) on presentations at present.

Cecilia Daz T. English Teacher and Translator

Date: August 20th, 2010. Class: 2B

13. Look at that little boy in the corner. He ____________ (wait, present perfect) for three hours and no one __________ (come, present perfect) to take him home. 14. Look at this mess! You ___________ (always, leave, present continuous) your clothes all over the room! III. Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate tense. (escriba el verbo con el tiempo verbal que corresponda)

This 0 is (be, present simple) a true anecdote about Albert Einstein, and his theory of relativity. After having propounded his famous theory, Albert Einstein 1 ________ (tour, past simple) the various Universities in the United States, delivering lectures wherever he 2 ________ (go, past simple). He 3 ________(be, past simple) always accompanied by his faithful chauffeur, Harry, who 4 ________ (listen to, past continuous) each of these lectures while he 5 ________ (sit, present continuous) in the back row! One fine day, after Einstein 6 ________ (finish, present perfect) a lecture and 7 ________ (come out, present continuous) of the auditorium into his vehicle, Harry 8 ________ (address, past tense) him and 9 ________ (say, past simple), Professor Einstein, 10 ________ (hear, present perfect) your lecture on Relativity so many times, that if I were ever given the opportunity, I would be able to deliver it to perfection myself! Very well, 11 ________ (reply, past simple) Einstein, I 12 ________ (go, present continuous) to Dartmouth next week, and I am going to meet some young scientists there. They 13 ________ (know, present simple) me. You will deliver the lecture as Einstein, and I will take your place as Harry! And so it 14 ________ (go, past simple) to be... Harry 15 ________ (deliver, past simple) the lecture to perfection, without a word out of place, while Einstein 16 ________ (relax, past continuous) in the back row playing chauffeur. He 17 ________ (enjoy, past simple) a snooze for a change. After Harry 18 ________ (give, present perfect) the lecture, while he 19 ________ (descend, past continuous) from the podium, however, one of the research assistants 20 ________ (intercept, past simple) him, and 21 ________ (begin, past simple) to ask him a question on the theory of relativity.... one that 22 ________ (involve, past simple) a lot of complex calculations and equations. Harry 23 ________ (reply, past simple) to the assistant The answer to this question 24 ________ (be, present simple) very simple! In fact, its so simple, that I am going to my chauffeur answer it! IV. Some of the following sentences are correct and some have mistakes in them. Tick the correct ones and correct the ones with mistakes. (algunas de las siguientes oraciones estn correctas y algunas tienen errores. Haz un tick a las correctas y corrige las incorrectas) My brother and his fiance is getting married on Saturday. _____________________________________________________________________ Its three minutes to 8. We are going to be late. _____________________________________________________________________ They have leave home at 7 oclock and arrive to school at 8.30. _____________________________________________________________________ He has been eating three sandwiches and he be still hungry. _____________________________________________________________________

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Cecilia Daz T. English Teacher and Translator

Date: August 20th, 2010. Class: 2B

5. I have to sits down. I have runed for more than an hour. _____________________________________________________________________ 6. I found that ring while I was play in the sand with my nephew. _____________________________________________________________________ 7. When I checked your homework I noticed that you had problems with spelling. _____________________________________________________________________ 8. I am really angry. She is always borrow my clothes without asking me anything! _____________________________________________________________________ 9. A stitch in time is saving nine. _____________________________________________________________________ 10. She enrolled at university last year. Which subjects did she chosed? _____________________________________________________________________ 11. Why you lent her my earrings? I was going to wear them tonight. _____________________________________________________________________ 12. They had driving for only 10 minutes when they had a puncture. _____________________________________________________________________ 13. This is the best pizza I ever had. _____________________________________________________________________ 14. I were hoping to explain it to her, but she didnt listened to me. _____________________________________________________________________ 15. When she come the best roles is taken. _____________________________________________________________________