Grammar and vocabulary unit 1

used to 4 Complete the sentences and questions with the

past simple or past continuous form of the
1 Complete the sentences with used to or didnt verbs.
use to and the verbs.
Was your dad (your dad / be) happy when
My dad didnt use to drive (not drive) to work.
Fabregas scored the winning goal?
1 My gran _________________________ (wear)
1 They ____________________ (live) in London
platform boots in the 1970s.
when the new millennium began.
2 Children _________________________ (not play)
2 What were you doing when Barack Obama
with electronic toys.
____________________ (win) the election?
3 My dad _________________________ (have) a
3 I ____________________ (wait) for the bus and I
black and white TV.
was listening to my mp3 player.
4 I _________________________ (not speak) to my
4 I went upstairs and ____________________
friends on a mobile phone.
(close) the door.
5 My mum met my dad while she
Past perfect and past simple ____________________ (work) in a bank.
2 Choose the correct forms.
Our clothes had been / were wet because it Nouns: generations
had rained / rained.
5 Match 15 with af to make nouns.
1 I hadnt left / didnt leave England before I
cra a om
had gone / went to Spain last year.
1 fas b ace
2 The teacher had been / was angry because
2 de c ze
Kate hadnt done / didnt do her homework.
3 bo d get
3 When I had got / got on the bus, I discovered
4 pe e hion
that I forgot / had forgotten my money.
5 gad f ath
4 The school had been / was quiet because all
the students had gone / went home.
Uses of get
6 Complete the sentences with the words in
Past simple and past continuous the box.
3 Tick (9) the correct sentences.
a bus a driving licence a present
We were watching the Olympics when Michael better dark together
Phelps won his first Olympic medal. 9
Joe wants his own car but he needs to get
1 I was reading my book and I was eating some
a driving licence.
chocolate.
1 I was ill, but Im getting ______________ now.
2 Mozart died while he was writing an important
2 Im tired. Im going to get ______________ home.
piece of music.
3 Yesterday my friends and I got ______________
3 We moved to Madrid when my dad was getting
for a drink.
a new job.
4 Dont forget to get ______________ for John.
4 Paul won the lottery while he studied at
Its his birthday tomorrow.
university.
5 The tennis match stopped because it was
5 Helen turned off the TV and went to bed.
getting _______________.

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