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    This document contains 11 sentences with mixed verb tenses that need to be corrected to the appropriate simple, continuous, perfect, or future tense. The tenses that need to be filled in range from present to past to future. Some examples include "We often spend our summer holiday abroad" and "While she was crossing the road on Monday morning a car knocked her down." The document provides context clues about the timing of events to help determine the correct verb form.

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    This document contains 11 sentences with mixed verb tenses that need to be corrected to the appropriate simple, continuous, perfect, or future tense. The tenses that need to be filled in range from present to past to future. Some examples include "We often spend our summer holiday abroad" and "While she was crossing the road on Monday morning a car knocked her down." The document provides context clues about the timing of events to help determine the correct verb form.

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    4. MIXED TENSES ELECTIVA IV FLORENCIA

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    MIXED TENSES ELECTIVA IV

    I Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets Present Simple / Continuous, Past Simple /
    Continuous, Will Future, Going to future
    1. We often (spend) ……………….....……………. our summer holiday abroad. Last year we (go)
    …………….........………….. to Spain but this year we (go) ……………………….......... to Greece. My
    mother (book) ……..………...........………….. a hotel on Crete last week. We (leave)
    …………………........…… on 5 July. The plane (take off) ……………….........……… at 11 a.m.

    2. A: Why (you, cry) ………………………………............……?


    B: Because this morning someone (steal) ……......…………………… all my money while I (shop)
    ………….........……………. . Now I can't pay the bills.
    A: Don't worry. I (lend) ……………………………. you as much as you need.

    3. Peter (work) …………………………….............. for a big company making furniture. He (begin)


    ………..................……..
    working there 3 years ago. He (not earn) …………....…………………….. much so he (look) …………….
    ……………………… for another job as soon as possible.

    4. My mother (fall) ……………………………. ill last week and I (make) …………….....…………….. all the
    meals instead of her. She still (not feel) ……………………………….. well so she (see) …………..
    ……………………. a doctor tomorrow. I hope she (get) ….........…………………….. better soon.

    5. When I (get up) …………….............…………….. this morning it (rain) …………………...........……..


    Now the sun (shine) …………….................……. so I (go) …………….............………… for a walk. I (be)
    ……………………..........… back in an hour.

    6. Jenny (invite) ……………….......… me to her birthday party. It's on Saturday. I (buy)


    ……………………………. her a book.

    7. I (meet) …………………….........… Brenda 5 years ago while I (work) …………….....……………. as a


    waitress. We soon (become) ……………………….....… friends and now we (think) ……….......……....
    ………… of moving in together. We (rent) ……………………………........ a flat somewhere in the centre
    of London.

    8. A: Your room is in a mess! When (you, last tidy) ……………...……………………….. it?


    B: I don't know…. But I (tidy) ……………………......………… it this afternoon, I promise!

    9. We (buy) ……………………….....….. this car 20 years ago. It's so old now that it (break)
    ……………................….. down very often. We (save) …………………....……… money because we (buy)
    …………………...........………. a new one.

    10. Brad (fly) ………………….......……….. to London next week. He (meet) ………………….....………..


    his brother there. They (not see) ………………………...…….. each other very often, maybe once or twice
    a year. They last (meet) ……………………….............… for their mother's birthday five months ago.
    11. While she (cross) ………………………...............… the road on Monday morning a car (knock)
    …..................……………
    her down. Someone (call) ………….................…………….. the ambulance and they (take)
    …….................................……
    her to hospital. Doctor says she (stay) ……….....………………….. there for at least a week. I think I
    (visit) ……………………………… her tomorrow.

    12. Father (lose) ……………….............…..…. his job when the factory (close) ………..…...................……
    down. Now he (look) ……………………….................… for a new job but if he doesn't find one soon, he
    (start)…………………………….. his own business.

    II Use the right tense of the verbs in brackets:


    1. Mike (live) ...................................... in London with his girlfriend Fiona but he (grow
    up) ....................................in Oxford. He (meet) ................................ Fiona at university while he
    (study) ..................................... medicine. He (now, look) .......................................... for a job.
    He hopes he (get) ..................................... a job as a doctor in the local hospital soon. Fiona
    (find) ...................................... a job in a bank two years ago and she (work) ...............................
    as an accountant. Mike and Fiona (get) .................................... married next month. Soon after
    the wedding they (buy) .................................. a bigger flat.

    2. Pamela is 12 and she (like) ................................. music very much. She


    (play) .................................... the piano and the violin. She (start) .....................................
    playing the piano at the age of six. She (have) ........................... her first concert when she
    (be) ......................... nine. She (learn) .................................. to play the guitar now. She hopes
    she (play) ....................................... in the London Philharmonic Orchestra some day.

    3. A: Why (you, make) ......................................... a cake?


    B: I (have) ...................................... a birthday party tomorrow evening. I
    (invite) .................................. all my friends but I doubt everybody (come) .................................
    . Anyway, you (come) ....................................., right?
    A: Of course! I wouldn't miss it. I (enjoy) ................................. your last party so much!

    4. We (eat) ................................... out last Friday. We (go) .................................... to the new


    restaurant in Portobello Road. When the waiter (bring) .................................... us the menu, we
    (order) ..................................... . I (have) ...................................... soup, roast potatoes and
    chicken because I (like) ................................ meat. My mum (be) .......................... a vegetarian
    and she (not eat) ................................... meat so she (choose) ................................ fish instead.
    While we (eat) .................................., a gipsy (come) ..................................... to our table, selling
    roses. My dad (buy) ................................... one for me and one for my mum. At the end of the
    meal we (be) ............................ so full that we (decide) .................................... to walk home
    instead of taking a taxi. The meal was delicious and I'm sure we (eat) .......................................
    there again. In fact, I (invite) .......................................... my boyfriend to lunch there next week!

    5. Anthony usually never (arrive) ..................................... home after midnight but last night he
    (get) ................................... home very late. When he (want) .................................... to unlock
    the door, he (realize) ............................... he (not have) ................................... the key. He
    (ring) ................................... the bell but his parents (sleep) ................................ and they (not
    hear) .................................. . Fortunately, Anthony (find) .................................. an open window
    through which he (climb) ................................... into the house.

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