UNIT 1

Grammar: More practice Name

 past tenses 

Narrative tenses used to and would

1 Choose the correct alternatives. 3 Write sentences with the opposite meaning using the
I lived / had lived in London for two months when I (1) correct forms of used to or would.
got / was getting a job in the café at the end of my road. I lived in the city. 
It (2) was / was being fun at first, but when it was busy, I didn’t use to live in the city.
it was really hard work. While I (3) was working / had 1 Matt had blond hair when he was little.
worked there, I (4) had met / met Pete. He worked in
the university, and he (5) said / was saying I should do
a course. At first, I (6) wasn’t / wasn’t being sure, but in 2 I always went swimming after school.
the end I (7) decided / had decided to apply for a place
to study languages and drama. A week later, I (8) heard /
was hearing that I (9) had been / have been successful. I 3 I never tidied my room when I lived at home.
(10) ’ve been / was a student for almost six months now,
and it’s great.
4 Claire used a computer when she was at school.
Time expressions
2 Write sentences using appropriate narrative tenses.
5 We didn’t often go to the beach at weekends.
I / see / Claire / before / I / go / swimming

I saw Claire before I went swimming.

1 as soon as / John / finish / work / he / go / shopping
6 The shops closed at five o’clock.




2 Maria’s phone / ring / while / she / watch / the film
4 Write sentences using used to or would. If there are two
possible answers, write both of them.
3 I / write / an email / to you / when / you / ring
we / play / on / the beach / for hours

We would play / used to play on the beach for hours.

1 my dad / have / long hair
4 I / never eat / snails / before / I / go / to France




2 Mark / not like / reading
5 as / the play / start / I / realize / I / forget / my camera




3 what / music / you / listen to / in the 1960s / ?
6 when / I / get home / I / have dinner




4 we / walk / to school / together / every day


5 you / live / here / as a child / ?


6 I / have / a good memory

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