Mixed tenses
Correct or incorrect?
Air travel
Double tense
Definition
100

By the time I arrived at the station, the train __________ (already/leave).

had already left

100

I was tired yesterday. 

correct

100

The document you receive after you check in that allows you to board the plane.

boarding pass

100

I____(driving) on the highway for miles when I _________(realize) I was on the wrong one!

I´d been driving/realized

100

A verb tense which is used to show that a completed action took place at a specific time in the past.

Past Simple, Simple Past

200

I __________ (study) for two hours when she called me

had been studying

200

GIVE 200 DOLLARS TO ONE GROUP. 

HEHEHE

200

People that help you and offer service on the plance

cabin crew

200

I _____ (write)my essay for an hour when I ______(decide) to take a break.

I´d been writing /decided

200

Is used to describe one action that happened before another action in the past.

 Past Perfect Simple

300

They __________ (play) football when it started to rain.

were playing

300

When I opened the document, I saw that I was forgetting to save yesterday’s work!

incorrect/ I´d forgotten

300

GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!! 

300

I ____(be)disappointed the show was cancelled – I _____ (look) forward to it for weeks.

was/I’d been looking

300

YOU CAN STEAL 300 FROM ONE GROUP 

400

I ________ (not come) to the party because Sheila hadn’t told me about it.

didn´t come

400

I ate dinner when she was calling me.

incorrect/was eating when she called

400

This item must be fastened around your waist during takeoff and landing for safety

seat belt

400

Sylvia ______(swim) so her hair ___(be) wet.

had been swimming/was

400

A verb tense which is used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.

Past perfect continuous

500


MUAHAHHA

500

By the time Doris got to the party, everyone gone home. 

incorrect had gone

500

This part of the plane provides the power needed for the flight

engine

500

YOU WIN ONLY 100 DOLLARS. GREEDY 

went/ hadn't been sleeping

500

IF YOU CAN GIVE ME ONE SENTENCE USING PAST PERFECT I WILL GIVE YOU 600 DOLLARS. 

HEHE