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ODF4 Unit 3 Grammar Practice

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Grammar practice

Talking about past habits and changing states


1 Rewrite the sentences. Use used to or would. Use would whenever possible.
1 When he was in his twenties, my father worked in South Africa.
When he was in his twenties, .
2 At elementary school, I took the bus home every day.
At elementary school, .
3 At college, we had lectures every morning.
At college, .
4 In my first summer job, I often came home for lunch, but I can’t do that in my new job.
In my first summer job, ,
but I can’t do that in my new job.
5 My sister was very good at soccer before she broke her leg.
before she broke her leg.
6 When I was very young, I didn’t have long hair.
When I was very young, I .

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of be used to or get used to and the verbs in
parentheses. Use negative forms if necessary.
1 If you move overseas, you’ll have to (buy) things with a different
currency.
2 I like my part-time job, but I (get up) early, so I feel tired all the
time.
3 Amelia lives in Paris. At first, she had problems with the language, but she
(speak) French all the time now.
4 After our vacation to Europe, it took me a while to (be) back at
school again.
5 We (sleep) on a hard bed. That’s why we couldn’t get to sleep last
night.
6 Don’t worry. Your new phone is simple to use. You (make) calls
on it in no time.
7 Last winter in Sweden, I (ski) to school! It was a lot of fun.
8 At first, the students didn’t like the new classroom, but in the end, they
(do) activities in it.

3 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.


1 When I started to work here, I needed a lot of help, but now I have no problems. I used to do /
am used to doing / will get used to doing all the work on my own.
2 He used to read / is used to reading / is getting used to reading several books a month, but he
doesn’t have time any more.
3 We were surprised to see her driving. She didn’t use to have / wasn’t used to having /
didn’t get used to having a car when we first met her.
4 I am afraid I will never used to work / be used to working / get used to working in this place.
I simply don’t know how to operate these machines. They are too complicated.
5 Every time we visited New York, we used to stay / were used to staying /
were getting used to staying at the George Hotel. It closed down two years ago.
6 I didn’t use to serve / am not used to serving / didn’t get used to serving so many customers,
but I intend to work hard and get better at it.

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Grammar practice

Narrative tenses
4 Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative past simple, past continuous, or past
perfect form of the verbs below.

call do finish make miss clean reach travel

1 I first met Sophie while we a sponsored walk to raise money for


charity.
2 By the time we the top of the mountain, it was getting dark.
3 While Andy across Russia, he met a lot of interesting people.
4 Karen walked all the way home because she the last bus.
5 Anna was sleeping when I her earlier. Her phone was turned off.
6 Tom and Joanna playing tennis when we arrived. The tennis
court was empty.
7 Joe couldn’t go out until he his room, which was really messy.
8 We had nothing to eat because we any sandwiches to bring
with us.

5 Complete the short story with the past simple, past continuous, or past perfect form of the
verbs in parentheses.

The Ghost
I1 (stay) at an old hotel in Massachusetts when
I2 (see) a ghost for the first time.
It 3 (appear) in the corner of my room while
I4 (get) dressed.
I5 (never / see) a ghost before, so naturally,
I6 (not know) what to do.
I 7
(decide) to leave the room quietly.
As I 8 (walk) down the stairs,
I 9
(pass) an old woman.
I 10 (see) her the night before,
but I 11
(not speak) to her before this moment.
“I think I’ve seen a ghost,” I said. “12 (she / stand)
by the bed when you 13
(notice) her?” the old woman
asked. I 14 (nod) my head. “Oh, that’s Olivia. then.
Don’t worry. She’s a very friendly ghost!”

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Grammar practice

6 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.


1 At the end of the day, we were upset because we had lost / had been losing 3–0.
2 The children were tired because they had played / had been playing on the beach all day.
3 Tom couldn’t walk because he had broken / had been breaking his leg.
4 Anna was embarrassed because she hadn’t listened / hadn’t been listening to the teacher, so
when he suddenly asked her a question, she had no idea what the answer was.
5 There was no sign of Jack when we got to the house. He had already left /
had already been leaving.

7 Answer the questions with your own ideas. Write full sentences.
1 Which elementary school did you use to go to?

2 What did you find difficult to get used to when you started high school?

3 What were you doing at eight o’clock this morning?

4 What had you done today before you read this question?

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