Grammar LEVEL TWO

For Tutorial Use

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Mixed Tenses (Final Exam Review)

Use time word(s) or other verb(s) around each question to help you decide the correct verb form. e.g. 1. He ________ (shop) in the souk every Friday.(“Every +time” indicates a habit.

Therefore, we use simple present. And the subject is “he”. So the answer is shops.) 2. He _______ (decide) to buy the car after he looked at it.(The second verb in this

sentence tells us that this is an event that took place in the past. So the answer is decided.

Exercise: Write the correct verb form to complete the paragraph below.

Caroline and Pearson Brown are two teachers. They (1)__________ (teach) business English. They enjoy (2)___________ (try) different ways to help their students. In 1998, they (3)_____________ (start) some online lessons. They were hoping (4)______________ (help) the students they had at that time with these lessons. To their surprise, very quickly people in different parts of the world (5)___________ (begin) to use their lessons too. Since then, their online lessons _(6)________________ (be) very successful and popular. Now almost 20,000 people (7)___________ (use) their lessons every day.

A free English lesson (8)____________ (send) out by email most weeks and the person who receives it (9)______________ (not have) to pay anything. If you (10)____________ (be) interested in receiving their free lessons, you (11)_______________ (go) to their website ( www.better-english.com ) and fill in the form on their homepage. After they receive your application form, one of them (12)______________ (send) you an email right away with a link. All you have to do then is click on that link and start (13)________________ (receive) their free lessons.

14. Who sends out a free English lesson weekly?

________________________________

ANSWER KEY

Mixed Tenses

Grammar LEVEL TWO

For Tutorial Use

21Mixed Tenses (Final Exam Review)

Use time word(s) or other verb(s) around each question to help you decide the correct verb form. e.g. 1. He ________ (shop) in the souk every Friday.(“Every +time” indicates a habit.

Therefore, we use simple present. And the subject is “he”. So the answer is shops.) 2. He _______ (decide) to buy the car after he looked at it.(The second verb in this

sentence tells us that this is an event that took place in the past. So the answer is decided.

Exercise: Write the correct verb form to complete the paragraph below.

Caroline and Pearson Brown are two teachers. They (1)_teach_ (teach) business English. They enjoy (2)_trying_ (try) different ways to help their students. In 1998, they (3)_started___ (start) some online lessons. They were hoping (4)_to help___ (help) the students they had at that time with these lessons. To their surprise, very quickly people in different parts of the world (5)_began____ (begin) to use their lessons too. Since then, their online lessons _(6)_have been___ (be) very successful and popular. Now almost 20,000 people (7)__use____ (use) their lessons every day.

A free English lesson (8) is sent __ (send) out by email most weeks and the person who receives it (9)_doesn’t have___ (not have) to pay anything. If you (10)__are____ (be) interested in receiving their free lessons, you (11)_can go__ (go) to their website ( www.better-english.com ) and fill in the form on their homepage. After they receive your application form, one of them (12)_will send__ (send) you an email right away with a link. All you have to do then is click on that link and start (13)_receiving/to receive_ (receive) their free lessons.

14. Who sends out a free English lesson weekly?

__Caroline or Pearson Brown__

Mixed Tenses