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