Mixed Tenses

We use the past simple for...

• activity in progress in the past

• actions that follow each other in narration in past

• a past habit

• a past action completed before another action in the past

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

My friend ..... to music every evening.

• listened

• is listening

• listens

• will listen

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

Danny .... a book this evening.

• is reading

• will read

• reads

• is going to read

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

We use the will future for...

• a planned arrangement in the future

• a future fact

• a spontaneous decision

• a prediction based on one's own opinion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

Listen! Mr Jones .... the piano.

• plays

• has played

• is playing

• played

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

I ... to the cinema yesterday.

• went

• have gone

• go

• will go

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

Peter ... 13 in two years.

• will turn

• is going to turn

• turns

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

She ... her arm two weeks ago.

• breaked

• broke

• had broken

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

I ..... to the spa tonight.

• going to go

• will go

• am going

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

I left him because I .... her to never talk to him again.

• I promised

• I had promised

• promise

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B