Question

Test 16. Mixed tenses. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
A funny thing happened to me the other day. I (1) ………………….…………… (be) in a hurry to get to work and I found that my car wasn’t working. I (2) …………………… (have) to rush out of the house to catch the bus. While I (3) ………………….…………… (walk) along the street, I (4) ………………….…………… (notice) a woman of about my age on the opposite side of the road. I looked at her again and I (5) ………………….…………… (realize) that we (6) ………………….…………… (meet) before. She arrived at the bus stop a couple of seconds after me. ‘She must be catching the bus, too,’ I thought. We (7) …………………… (just miss) the previous bus and we had fifteen minutes to wait before the next one. I looked at the woman behind me again and I was sure that I (8) ………………….…………… (know) her.

‘Excuse me, have we met before? I’m sure that I (9) ………………….…………… (recognize) you,’ I said. She looked a bit surprised, but she (10) ………………….…………… (tell) me that her name was Angela Barker.

‘You (11) ………………….…………… (study) history at Liverpool University from 1985 to 1988!’ I shouted.

‘That’s right!" she replied, ‘And you’re Claire….?’

‘Lewis. Well, my name was Lewis but I (12) ………………….…………… (be) married now. What you (13) ………………….…………… (do) nowadays?’ I asked.

‘Well, I (14) ………………….…………… (work) in the Central Museum in town and I (15) …………………… (live) in this area, in George Street, for about three years,’ she replied.

‘You’re joking! I (16) ………………….…………… (not believe) you. I live round the corner from there. We (17) ………………….…………… (be) neighbours for three years and we (18)(never see) each other!’ I said.

‘I know, it’s incredible!’ she (19) ………………….…………… (agree), ‘And I’m glad that you spoke to me because I wondered why you (20) ………………….…………… (look) at me all the time!’

Answer 1

1 was

2 have

3 was walking

4 noticed

5 realized

6 met

7 just missed

8 knew

9 recognized

10 told

11 studied

12 am

13 did

14 worked

15 had been living

16 don't believe

17 had been been

18 hadn't seen

19 agreeded

20 was looking