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2 GRAMMAR EXTENSION
1 Use the words to make sentences. Use the past
simple and past perfect once in each.
0. We / arrive / they / already / start / eat
When we arrived they had already started eating.
1. He / not laugh / at / joke / he / hear it / before
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2. She / leave / stage / as soon as / finish / song
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3. They / already / sell / dress / I / return / shop
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4. The train / already / leave / we / arrive / station
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5. The teacher / stop / exam / just after / I / finish
writing
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2 Complete the sentences with the past simple or
continuous form of the verbs below.
have | wait | not listen | walk | repair | see
0. My brother was having breakfast when I left for
work.
1. I’m sorry, I _______________________. Could
you say that again please?
2. What were you doing when I
____________________ you this morning?
3. Dad burnt his hand while he
_____________________ the car.
4. As Kevin ___________ his dog he found £10.
5. They sang while we __________ by the pool.
3 Complete the story with the verbs below in the
correct past form.
not buy | decide | lay | open | appear
never read
It was my brother’s birthday last Monday. By
lunchtime I still 0 hadn’t bought him a present, but
suddenly I had a bright idea. I 1_____________ to give
him a book that 2_________________ in my room for
a long time but that I 3______________. Later, he
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__________________ the present when a strange
look 5 _______________ on his face. “This is the book
I got you for your birthday last year!” he exclaimed.
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4 Complete the text with the verbs below in the
present simple or with used to.
have | like | spend | have | be
not listen to
0. I used to have a pet spider as a child.
1. I didn’t _______________ dogs, but I do now.
2. Clair _____________ a large collection of dolls.
She’s thinking of selling them.
3. My dad _________________ the local golf
champion in the 1980s.
4. Kids today ______________ folk music much.
5. ________ they _____________ a lot of time
together as kids?
5 Complete the sentences with the verbs below and
would if possible; if not, use used to.
go | live | return | cycle | get up | have
0. When I was younger, I would go swimming every
Sunday.
1. Years ago we ___________________ a dog.
2. Grandma ________________________ early.
3. She _________ to the same hotel every year.
4. Before I had a car, I _____________ to work.
5. We ______________________ in that house.
6 Correct the mistakes.
0. I would know how to get there, but I don’t now.
I used to know how to get there, but I don’t now.
1. He was getting out of the car when he was
slipping and fell.
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2. It wasn’t the first time she had been riding a
scooter.
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3. You already went out when I called.
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4. I didn’t usually like dancing, but I do now.
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5. Why was she being so sad yesterday?
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Answer Key

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1. He didn’t laugh at the joke because he had 1. use to like

heard it before. 2. has
2. She left the stage as soon as she had finished 3. used to be
the song. 4. don’t listen to
3. They had already sold the dress when I 5. Did; use to spend
returned to the shop.
4. The train had already left when we arrived at
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the station.
5. The teacher stopped the exam just after I had 1. used to have
finished writing. 2. would get up
3. would return
4. would cycle
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5. used to live
1. wasn’t listening
2. saw
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3. was repairing
4. was walking 1. He was getting out of the car when he was
5. were sitting slipping slipped and fell.
2. It wasn’t the first time she had been riding
ridden a scooter
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3. You had already went gone out when I called.
1. decided 4. I didn’t usually use to like dancing, but I do
2. had been lying now.
3. had never read 5. Why was she being so sad yesterday?
4. was opening
5. appeared

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