Mixed tenses

When I last saw him, he _____ in London.

• has lived

• is living

• was living

• has been living

We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.

• don‟t see

• haven‟t seen

• didn‟t see

• hadn‟t seen

The train ______ half an hour ago.

• has been leaving

• left

• has left

• had left

While her husband was in the army, Mary ______ to him twice a week.

• was reading

• wrote

• was written

• had written

I couldn‟t cut the grass because the lawn mower ______ a few days previously.

• broke down

• has been broken

• had broken down

• breaks down

I have never played badminton before. This is the first time I _____ to play.

• try

• tried

• have tried

• am trying

The boy was so lazy that he couldn‟t stay up late to learn his lessons.

• The boy was lazy enough not to stay up late to learn his lessons.

• The boy was too lazy to stay up late to learn his lessons.

• The boy was lazy enough but he stayed up late to learn his lessons.

• The boy was lazy enough to stay up late to learn his lessons.

After (leave) (1) school when she was 18, Laura (go) (2) to Bristol university for three years. While she (be) (3) at university, Laura (join) (4) a university folk group and started singing. It was at this time that she (write) (5) her famous song “The Price of Peace”.

According to some scientists the earth is losing its outer atmosphere because of ______ . (pollute)

If she wins the prize, it (be) _________________ because she (write) _____________ very well.