Mixed Verb Tenses Exercises 1

Tenses Explanations:
Verb Tenses Chart

Tenses Exercises:
Mixed Tenses Exercises 1 (mixed)
Verb Tenses Exercises 2 (advanced)
Mixed Tenses Exercises 3 (mixed)
Mixed Tenses Exercises 4

Drag and Drop Exercises:
Suitable Tense Completion 1 (Beginners)
Suitable Tense Completion 2 (Beginners)
Suitable Tense Completion 3 (Intermediate)
Suitable Tense Completion 4 (Intermediate)
Suitable Tense Completion 5 (Advanced)
Other Drag & Drop Grammar Exercises

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All Tenses Exercises

A) Complete the following exercise with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

1. Hi, I (be) Matt Rotell, a friend of Alice's.

2-3. Oh, yes. Alice (mention) you the other day. Gee, you

    (not look) like a detective.

4. Well, that's good, I (guess).

5-6. I'm curious. Tell me, how you (decide) to become

    an undercover cop?

7-12. Well, when I (be) a kid, I (love) to read detective

    novels. By the time I (be) ten, I (read) every book

    in the Hardy Boys series. I (know) that I (want) to

    get into law enforcement.

13. But according to Alice, you (attend) law school

    nowadays.

14-18. Right. I (get) married last month. I (not mind)

    being on the police force when I (be) single, but ever since I

    (meet) Nicole, my wife, I (want) to do

    something less dangerous.

19-21. I (understand). By the way, you

    (have) any luck yet with those counterfeiters?

22-24. Well, I (follow) them for more than a month now, but

    so far I (not be able to) catch them in the act.

    Sometimes I (worry) that by the time they're caught, I'll have

    my law degree and I'll be defending them!

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