GRAMMAR QUIZ 1.

2 ● GROUP B

Name: __________________________________
Class: __________________________________
Total: _________/20
1.2 Present and past habits
1 Complete the sentences with will or would and
the verbs in the box.
go arrive bring
complain lock have
0 He will lock himself in his room and listen to
loud music – a typical teenager.
1 Nowadays, usually, I _________________ a
sandwich for lunch and then a big dinner.
2 He __________________ late for work most of
the time. It was really annoying.
3 We used to cycle to Norway and back in the
summer of that year. ( ) __________
4 She used to try hard to do better at school.
Now she just doesn’t care. ( ) ___________
5 I would like partying when I was in college but
now I prefer a quiet evening at home.
( ) ___________
6 John and his family would move into their
house three years ago. ( ) __________
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct form
of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present
Continuous or Past Continuous form to talk
about annoying habits.

3 After school, we __________________ to the
park and hang out. It was always a lot of fun.
4 When the dog gets hungry, he _____________
me his bowl. It’s so cute.
5 In high school I _______________ always
_______________ about the food in the
canteen.
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2 Mark the underlined parts of sentences as
correct (✓) or wrong (✗) (1 point). If the
sentence is wrong, write the correct verb form in
the space provided (1 point). You can get 10
points for this task altogether.
0 He used to go on a tour around Europe in
2010. (✗ ) went
1 Before his affair, I would hope that he would
change. But I don’t anymore. ( ) ___________
2 My aunt would often help me with my
schoolwork. ( ) ___________
0 She is always wearing (always / wear) clothes
that aren’t warm enough! She’s always
freezing!
1 The teacher ______________________
(always / give) us homework for the weekend.
It’s so cruel!
2 As a kid, I ______________________ (always /
lose) my winter gloves. My grandma hated it.
3 You ______________________ (always / tell)
jokes! We were never able to have a normal
conversation.
4 She’s such a pain in the neck, she ___________
____________ (always / try) to make other
people’s lives better with her unwanted
advice.
5 We ______________________ (always / get)
ourselves into trouble when we were together.
Ahh, those were the days!
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