MIXED TENSES ( exercise 16)
Jose: ______________ (you ,study) at this university ?
Are you studying
Jose: ________________ (you\study) a lot of English before you ___________ (come) to the United States ?
Did you study \ had you studied came
Ali:Yes,I ____.___________ you ?
am are
Jose : I ______________ ( be ,not ) sure. Probably by the time I ____________ (return) home,
am not return
Ali: I ________________ (study) English.
am studying
Jose: I ___________ (take) chemistry,math,psychology,and American history.
am taking
Jose: You _______ (be ) lucky.
are
Ali: How long _____________ ( you ,plan) to be in the U.S ?
are you planing
Ali: What ___________ ( you ,take )?
are you taking
Jose: I am taking chemistry,math,psychology,and American history.What _____________ (take,you)?
are you taking
Ali:I have been here since the beginning of this semester.Actually ,I ______________ (arrive) in the United States six months ago
arrived
Jose:You are lucky.When I ___________ (come) to the United States , I ____________ (study,never) any English at all.
came had never studied
Ali: Yes, I ____________ (study) English for ten years in my own country.
has studied\studied
Ali:I ______________ (be)here since the beginning of this semester.
have been
Jose :Yes ,I _____________ (be) here since last September.
have been
Ali: Actually,I arrived in the United States six months ago , but I ____________(study) English at this university only since January.
have been studying
Jose:How long ____________ (you,be) here?
have you been
Ali: I ____________ (hope) to be finished with all my work in two and half years.
hope
Ali: Before that I ___________ (live) with my brother in Washington D.C.
lived
Ali:I am studying English.I__________________ (need) to improve my English I ____________ (take) regular acedemic courses next semester.
need take
Ali: And also I spent some time in Canada a couple of years ago . I _____________ (pick) up a lot of English while I ____________ (live) there.
picked was living \ lived
Jose: You _______ ( speak ) English very well.
speak
Ali: And also I ______________ (spend) some time in Canada a couple of years ago .
spent
Jose: So I had to spend a whole year studying nothing but English before I ____________ (start) school
started
Jose :Yes ,I have been here since last September. Before that I___________ (study) English at another school.
studied
Jose: Probably by the time I return home , I ______________ ( be) here for at least five years. How about you ?
will have been