Mixed tenses exercises

Marked grammar tests with answers and recommended grammar lessons to improve your English.

Mixed tenses - test 1:

Present simple and continuous + Going to + Future simple (pdf)

Key with answers 1

Mixed tenses - test 2:

Past simple and continuous + Present perfect + Past perfect (pdf)

Key with answers 2

Mixed tenses - test 3:

Future continuous + Future perfect (pdf)

Key with answers 3

Tenses in time clauses and conditional sentences - test 4:

Time clauses + Conditionals (pdf)

Key with answers 4

Tenses in the reported speech and passive voice - test 5:

Reported speech + Passive voice (pdf)

Key with answers 5

Other forms - test 6:

Modal verbs + Imperative + Gerund vs infinitive (pdf)

Key with answers 6

See more pdf exercises which compare English tenses below.

Present simple vs continuous PDF

She works in the garden on Saturdays. - She is working in the garden at the moment.

Present simple + continuous for future PDF

The new shop opens on Monday. - I am going on holiday next week.

Past simple vs continuous PDF

He wore a cap in winter. - He was wearing a cap when I saw him.

Future simple vs continuous PDF

He'll drive to Paris next summer. - He'll be driving to work at 7 o'clock.

Will + going to + present continuous PDF

I hope I'll see Joe soon. - I'm going to see Joe soon, I need his help. - I'm seeing Joe at 11.15.

Present perfect simple vs continuous PDF

I've already tried it. - I've been trying it since the morning.

Present perfect vs past simple PDF

I've just moved to Dover. - I moved to Dover last year.

Past perfect simple vs continuous PDF

After we had left the office, it started to rain. - The road was wet because it had been raining.

Past perfect vs Past simple PDF

When I met her, I had been in the hotel for a week. - When I met her, she smiled at me.

Future perfect simple vs continuous PDF

They will have sent it by Friday. - They will have been travelling for a month by Friday.

Future perfect vs Future continuous PDF

In a ten years' time astronauts will have reached Mars. - In a ten years time people will be travelling to the Moon.

Mixed tenses in passive voice PDF

Exercises with answers comparing passive forms of all tenses.

Mixed tenses in reported speech PDF

"I went home." - He said he had gone home. "We'll help you." - They said they would help me.

Mixed tenses in reported questions PDF

"Where are you?" - He asked me where I was. "What did he do?" - He wanted to know what he had done.

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