Mixed tenses
“They ___ (play) football every weekend.” [present simple]
play (present simple)
“You ___ study more for the test.” (advice)
should
“If it rains, we ___ stay inside.” (1st conditional)
will
“The cake ___ (make) by my grandma.” (present simple passive)
is made
“He said, ‘I am tired.’ → He said he ___ tired.”
was
“She ___ (eat) lunch when I arrived.” [past continuous]
was eating (past continuous)
“She ___ be at home. The lights are off.” (speculation)
can't / must not / mustn't
“If I were rich, I ___ travel the world.” (2nd conditional)
would
“This song ___ (write) in 1985.”
was written
“She asked, ‘Do you like apples?’ → She asked if I ___ apples.”
liked
“I ___ (never/see) that movie before.” [present perfect]
have never seen (present perfect)
“He ___ be the new teacher. He has a badge.” (deduction)
must
“If he had studied, he ___ passed the test.” (3rd conditional)
would have
“The homework ___ (not finish) yet.” (present perfect passive)
has not been finished
“The girl ___ won the prize is my friend.”
who
“We ___ (study) for two hours before the test started.” [past perfect]
had studied (past perfect)
“We ___ be late if we don’t leave now.” (possibility)
might
“If you touch a hot stove, it _____ you.” (zero conditional)
burns
“The story ___ (tell) by my dad, but now my mom was telling it.” (past perfect passive)
had been told
“That’s the book ___ I told you about.”
that / which
“By 6 p.m., we ___ (finish) cooking dinner.” (future perfect)
will have finished
“She ___ forgotten to bring the poster for our presentation, but I'm not sure.” (past speculation)
may/might have
“If she had taken the metro, she ___ (arrive) on time.”
would have arrived (2nd conditional)
“The school ___ (renovate) next year.”
will be renovated
“She said, ‘I have done my homework.’ → She said she ___ done her homework.”
had