Mixed Tenses – English Grammar Test for A1
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(a) are doing
(b) do
(c) did
2 My aunt ___ in a hospital.
(a) works
(b) is working
(c) work
3 Yesterday I ___ a new hat.
(a) buy
(b) bought
(c) am buying
4 Look! The dog ___ into the garden.
(a) is running
(b) runs
(c) ran
5 I think I ___ the blue one.
(a) will take
(b) am going to take
(c) take
6 We ___ a party next Saturday; it’s already planned.
(a) will have
(b) are going to have
(c) have
7 ___ you at home last night?
(a) Was
(b) Were
(c) Are
8 He ___ coffee; he hates it.
(a) don’t drink
(b) doesn’t drink
(c) isn’t drinking
9 Please be quiet. The baby ___.
(a) is sleep
(b) is sleeping
(c) sleeps
10 They ___ to the beach last weekend.
(a) go
(b) went
(c) are going
11 There ___ any milk in the fridge yesterday.
(a) wasn’t
(b) weren’t
(c) isn’t
12 She ___ a book now.
(a) reads
(b) is reading
(c) read
13 My parents ___ in Canada.
(a) are living
(b) lives
(c) live
14 Be careful! You ___ your phone.
(a) are going to drop
(b) will dropped
(c) drop
15 ___ I carry this for you?
(a) Shall
(b) Do
(c) Am
16 Last night we ___ a taxi home.
(a) take
(b) took
(c) taking
17 He ___ a doctor.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) am
18 What time ___ the museum open?
(a) does
(b) do
(c) is
19 Listen! Someone ___ at the door.
(a) knocks
(b) knocked
(c) is knocking
20 We ___ a new car next year; we have the money saved.
(a) are going to buy
(b) will buys
(c) buy
21 I ___ to bed at 10 p.m. every day.
(a) goes
(b) am going
(c) go
22 Where ___ you born?
(a) were
(b) are
(c) was
23 It ___ a lot in my city in summer.
(a) is raining
(b) rains
(c) rained
24 She ___ her keys this morning but found them later.
(a) is losing
(b) loses
(c) lost
25 I ___ my cousin tomorrow at 10; it’s on my calendar.
(a) am meeting
(b) will meet
(c) met
26 ___ your sister play the piano?
(a) Is
(b) Do
(c) Does
27 He ___ to the party because he was sick.
(a) didn’t go
(b) doesn’t go
(c) wasn’t go
28 They ___ lunch right now. Call back later.
(a) have
(b) are having
(c) had
29 I ___ the housework later; not now.
(a) will do
(b) am doing
(c) do
30 I think it ___ cold tomorrow.
(a) is going to be
(b) will be
(c) was
Answer
1 (a) are doing – “Right now” → present continuous (am/is/are + V-ing).
2 (a) works – General job fact → present simple; third-person singular +s.
3 (b) bought – “Yesterday” → past simple; buy → bought.
4 (a) is running – “Look!” signals action in progress → present continuous.
5 (a) will take – Spontaneous decision/neutral prediction → will + base verb.
6 (b) are going to have – Planned event/arrangement → be going to.
7 (b) were – Past of be with you → were.
8 (b) doesn’t drink – General dislike → present simple negative: doesn’t + base.
9 (b) is sleeping – Ongoing action now → present continuous.
10 (b) went – “Last weekend” → past simple of go.
11 (a) wasn’t – Uncountable noun milk → there wasn’t (past).
12 (b) is reading – “Now” → present continuous.
13 (c) live – General fact; plural subject “parents” → live (not lives).
14 (a) are going to drop – Clear present evidence → be going to.
15 (a) Shall – Polite offer with I/We at A1: “Shall I…?”
16 (b) took – Finished past time “last night” → past simple.
17 (a) is – “He is a doctor.” Be verb agrees with singular subject.
18 (a) does – Question in present simple: What time does + base verb.
19 (c) is knocking – “Listen!” → action happening now → present continuous.
20 (a) are going to buy – Intention/plan already decided → be going to.
21 (c) go – Habit/routine → present simple; I go.
22 (a) were – Past of be in the question with you → were.
23 (b) rains – General truth about weather → present simple; it + -s.
24 (c) lost – Completed action earlier today (“this morning”) → past simple.
25 (a) am meeting – Fixed future arrangement (time set) → present continuous for plans.
26 (c) Does – Present simple question with third-person singular subject.
27 (a) didn’t go – Past simple negative: didn’t + base verb.
28 (b) are having – Action at the moment → present continuous.
29 (a) will do – Decision/promise made now about the future → will + base.
30 (b) will be – Opinion/prediction about the future → will + base.