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EXERCISE: Miscellaneous tenses

1. She ---- has sold was selling sold has been selling her car three weeks ago.

2. She ---- is having has been having has had had her car for 2 years.

3. She ---- studies will study is studying has been studying English since she was fourteen.

4. Where is Roger ? You know he ---- is going goes has gone will go to Brussels on Fridays

5. I want to see her when she ---- left leaves will leave will be leaving .

6. Don’t forget your umbrella ! Look at the sky : it ---- will rain rained is going to rain was raining !

7. If you don’t pass your test, you ---- won't want wouldn't shall not get the job.

8. She told me that she ---- will apologize apologizes had apologized has apologized to him earlier that day.

9. While she was sleeping in the garden and her boyfriend ---- will do had done did was doing the washing up, someone threw a book through the window.

10. What ---- do you think are you thinking have you thought you thinking about ? You look absent-minded.

11. They ---- run had run ran have run out of petrol while they were crossing the desert.

12. If you were 16, you ---- will have should have have would have the option of taking your driving test.

13. By next month, we ---- have received will have received would have received received the result of the test.

14. They ---- watched were watching had been watching have been watching television for five hours when it suddenly blew up.

15. What time ---- have you usually do you usually have are you usually having do you have usually breakfast ?

16. As soon as you ---- arrived will have arrived will arrive have arrived , we will sort out the documents

17. What ---- are you doing do you do you do were you doing for a living ?

18. If I hadn’t called an ambulance, she ---- would die would have died will die is dead .

19. I don’t know what I’ll have for lunch, I ---- will not make up didn't make up don't make up haven't made up my mind yet.

20. Over the last few days, the children ---- will behave have behaved behave are behaving very well.

21. Whenever she ---- will try to was trying to has tried to tried to tell me the truth, she cried.

22. I wish I ---- had have will be having am having enough money to go on a cruise.

23. How long ---- do you wait have you waited have you been waiting are you waiting for the Thalys ? for 1 hour ?

24. The whole team are relieved : the boss ---- has just found would just find just finds is just finding the virus.

25. Actually, I ---- haven't been buying don't buy didn't buy hadn't bought a Beatle. It was too expensive.

26. ---- Had you heard Are you hearing Do you hear Have you heard from him lately ?

27. What ---- did you were you doing would you have been doing would you have done yesterday night when I called you ?

28. What’s the most painful experience you ---- would ever have will ever have had did ever have have ever had ?

29. Last month the price of petrol ---- rose has risen has been rising is going to rise an all-time high.

30. It’s high time you ---- have will have had are having a shave !

31. How long ago ---- have Lady Diana died would Lady Diana die will Lady Diana have died did Lady Diana die ?

32. I tried to phone you five times before midday. Where ---- were you are you have you been will you be this morning ?

33. I’ve already tried to phone you five times this morning. Where ---- were you are you have you been will you be ?

34. They ---- don't speak are not speaking haven't spoken didn't speak to each other since they had a quarel.

35. ---- Will the student meet Would the student meet Did the student meet Hasn't the student met the boss yet ?

36. I ---- have caught caught will catch had caught some fish just before in the lake over by the woods.

37. ---- Have you ever visited You ever visited Will you ever have visited Have you ever gone Los Angeles before ?

38. I ---- have been went will go would go abroad last year.

39. - How long ---- do you study did you study have you been studying are you studying French ? - For 5 years.

40. Why is Greg in London ? He ---- will go goes is going has gone on business.

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Analyse : Jean Schumacher   Réalisation informatique : Boris Maroutaeff Dernière mise à jour : 13/09/2001