Mixed Tenses Multiple Choice Test 5

Oh, no! My favourite dish _____.

I _____ to speak to her about this situation after I _____ with her instructors about it.

I _____ to the bazaar and back by the time you _____ here.

The amount of time _____ on cooking is not at all proportional to the amount of time we _____ to eat what is prepared.

The interesting ideas _____ by my students could not _____.

During the emergency, they _____ to restore electricity with the help of an emergency backup system that the engineers _____ many years earlier.

Many people _____ the extracts of various plants to help people who _____ ill.

The librarians at our town library _____ the books and records in alphabetical order so that we _____ them more easily.

Photocopying sendees _____ available just about everywhere these days.

Steven and Joseph _____ that they _____ more than they had originally _____.

Many teenagers in this country _____ to spend their summer holidays relaxing and enjoying themselves. They _____ work.

Every year the alumni of our high school and university _____ to a gathering of old classmates.

Although the carpenter _____ to deliver my order in one month’s time, he _____ actually _____ until two months later.

We _____ lunch at McDonald's but it was so crowded that we _____ to go to Pizza Hut instead.

As the weather _____ exceptionally cold, the farmers _____ difficulty harvesting their crops.

The new strains of bacteria that _____ in recent research, _____ by the scientists of the Johnson Foundation, who _____ these bacteria will be helpful in the struggle against certain types of insects.

After I _____ home, I _____ my wallet to make sure I _____ my money.

My children _____ to have pancakes for breakfast but I can only _____ them on Sunday mornings.

The new city council _____ to make an amendment to the law which _____ the opening of shops on Sundays

The garden party at the Jones's _____ the best party I _____ to recently.