a- Rewrite the sentences using the words given.

(Use between two and five words)

Eg. He was in the shower when the phone rang (having)

While he _ _ was having _ _ a shower, the phone rang.

1- They were teachers before they left the city (used)

They _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ teachers before the left the city.

2- They had the TV on when I arrived. (watching)

I arrived while _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TV.

3- She always goes to the gym in the mornings. (used)

She _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gym in the mornings.

4- When she was younger she usually went to the gym in the mornings. (used)
When she was younger she _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ gym in the mornings.

5- Winter is a very rainy season. (rain)

It _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in winter

6- They aren’t good at singing. (not sing)

They _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ very well.

7- I can never win a chess match against him (always)

He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ against me.

8- Yesterday he didn’t post your letter. (forget)

He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ yesterday.

9- When they saw me yesterday, I was at the groceries. (buy)

Yesterday when they saw me, I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ some fruit.

10- Every day I wake up at 7 am. (used)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _early in the mornings.
 b- Choose one of the following words to fill in the blanks “used to” – “would” – “be
used to + ing” and add also the verb in brackets in its correct form.

Eg. We_ _ used to visit_ _ our cousin David every week. (visit)
We _ _ would visit _ _our cousin David every week – (in this case, this is also a correct
answer)

1- Tom _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a waiter, but now he’s a taxi driver. (be)

2- I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ to classical music very often. (not listen)
3- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ ___ _to collect stamps when you were young (you / collect)
4- We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a lot of emails because we have a lot of customers (receive)
5- We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a lot of letters, but now we send e-mails. (write)
6- They _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bread from the bakery (buy) but now they _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (bake)
their own bread.
7- My boss _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _a lot, but now he’s much calmer. (shout)
8- When you were in kindergarten, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the same school as you? (she / go)
9- When I was living in Mar del Plata I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (not spend) very much time in the
garden because I preferred going to the beach.
10- We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (drive) to work, but now we _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (take) the
train.
11- My grandma _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ tea because she preferred coffee (not drink)

c- In six of the lines there is an extra word. Write the extra word at the end of the line.
If there is no extra word write a cero (0)

Eg: One day the last week, my cousin and I went to town. _ the _ _ _ _
needed a new pair of shoes and my cousin wanted to get _ _0 _ _ _ _

1- some trainers. lt wasn't be easy for us to find the right ______

2- shop because we didn't know where to go. We had used ______

3- to go to town every one weekend when we were young ______

4- because we didn't use to have a cinema in our ______

5- neighbourhood. Most of the shops seemed to be new and ______

6- everything was strange. We were asked someone where to go ______

7- and he told us about the best shoe shop in town. The man ______

8- looked like someone I was being at university with and I ______

9- asked his name. He was my old friend! We did went to a ______

10- café to talk. We were so happy and talked so much that we forgot
all about our shoes! _____

d- Read the story and correct the underlined words

Eg: Many years ago when I (0) live _ _was living_ _ in England, I (1) use to go _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for a

walk very early in the morning. It was so early that most people (2) were being _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ still

in bed. One day while I (3) walking _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ along a street near the park, I (4) was seeing _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ a man coming towards me. It was my first time I this area so I (5) didn’t knew _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ him. He said: “Good morning,” and I said the same to him. Every day after that we greeted

each other.

A year afterwards, I (6) was going _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for an interview for a new job with a finance

company. When I saw the other applicants, I (7) wasn’t’ thinking _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I would get the job,

but to my surprise I (8) was doing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ because the general manager was the early walker I

spoke to every morning.