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1. a. checks b. are listening c. Do you believe d. am 1. a. has been working b. have you watched c. have always
preparing e. rains enjoyed d. has boosted e. Have you ever tried f. have 1. a. had never heard b. hadn’t anticipated c. had always
2. a. hope b. are c. am doing d. am working e. am attending voiced / have been voicing g. have revealed; has been loved d. had never been e. had climbed f. had had g. had
f. is going g. is h. don’t have i. am sending j. practise k. reading h. hasn’t visited i. have already passed j. Have you written h. Had you spoken i. had already become
am working l. am learning m. try n. do o. are p. Are you ever won k. Have you seen l. have been organising 2. a. Louise had hung her clothes, but she hadn’t tidied up her
spending q. miss m. Have you solved / Have you been solving n. has asked / room. b. Louise had fed the fish, but she hadn’t recycled the
3. a. John doesn’t watch Stranger Things every Friday. has been asking o. has raised p. have been waiting q. has rubbish. c. Louise had listened to jazz music, but she hadn’t
b. We aren’t watching Netflix at the moment. c. The series finally become r. has only studied s. have just phoned watched TV.
doesn’t start at 9 pm and finish at 10 pm. d. Stranger Things t. hasn’t joined u. has received v. has known w. has 3. a. had never been b. had just arrived c. Had they
doesn’t take place in Hawkins. e. The cast isn’t filming right already been running x. have you used y. have sold prepared d. had hired e. hadn’t had f. had organised g. had
now. f. People aren’t looking forward to the next season of sung h. hadn’t dreamt
the show. g. The fourth season of Stranger Things doesn’t
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2. a. him b. her, them c. us d. us / me e. you f. me / us 1. a. had been living b. had been hiding c. had been thinking
WORKSHEET 2 3. a. her b. our c. His d. Its e. her / my / our d. had been drinking e. hadn’t been working f. had they
1. a. 2 b. 1 c. 1 d. 2 4. a. yourself b. themselves c. herself d. myself e. himself been dancing
2. a. 1 b. 2 c. 2 d. 1 2. a. She had been working for that campaign for two years
3. a. were you talking, walked b. was fixing, offered when she was promoted. b. I had been studying all day so I
c. arrived, opened d. had e. were you doing, called WORKSHEET 9 was tired. c. We had been living in London for two years when
4. a. saw b. didn’t see c. ran d. were going e. was running 1. a. the most useful b. harder c. the worst d. bigger our local initiative was accepted. d. She had been studying
f. looked g. was living h. had i. was j. ran k. happened e. friendlier / more friendly f. the most amazing English for three years when she took the exam.
l. was chatting m. was going n. stopped o. realised p. was 2. 3. a. had been preparing b. had been working c. had been
doing q. called out r. spent arguing d. had been cleaning
4. a. He had been walking in the rain. b. She had been using
the oven. c. She had been practising every day for weeks.
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1. a. I know the answer to that question. b. I don’t have / had been watching their house.
haven’t got any brothers or sisters. c. The train to Lisbon
leaves at 7:00 am every day. d. We are looking after my
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we were preparing a fabulous treat to surprise our parents 1. a. Researchers have done lots of research on the teenage
from 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm. f. The boys didn’t go to football brain recently. b. My brother has just finished arguing with my
practice last Saturday. g. Where did you have a karate parents again. c. My friends and I have organised three
competition last month? h. Yesterday, at 8:00 pm, we were parties so far this month. d. My best friend has been to Spain
having dinner. i. He was studying all afternoon and doing on holiday and returned last night. / My best friend went to
research for the group work. j. While the teacher was Spain on holiday and returned last night. e. I have never lied
explaining the new grammar point, my partner and I were to my parents about anything important. f. My friends and I
chatting. k. While I was having a shower, the phone rang. have already enrolled in our local gym to work out. g. It smells
3. big – bigger than – the biggest; angry – angrier than – the like cake. Anna has just made a cake again! h. Simon made
angriest; bad – worse than – the worst; little – less than – a new podcast about being a teen yesterday. i. They have
WORKSHEET 4 the least; friendly – more friendly / friendlier – the most been listening to music all afternoon. j. Who has been using
1. a. Have you ever told b. has decided c. have influenced friendly / friendliest; good – better than – the best; lazy – my favourite sweater again? I’m sick to death of this. k. My
d. have kept e. Have you already finished lazier than – the laziest; good-looking – more good-looking younger brother has believed in Father Christmas for three
2. a. already b. since c. yet d. never e. just, for f. yet than – the most good-looking; caring – more caring than – years now. l. Being a teenager is more difficult than being an
3. a. She has been moody since the Rock in Rio concerts in the most caring; busy – busier than – the busiest; hard – adult nowadays. m. Studying grammar is the most difficult
Lisbon. b. Has Mark ever had mood swings? c. Why have harder than – the hardest; impatient – more impatient than part of learning English. n. My best friend was angrier than I
teenagers missed lifechanging opportunities lately? d. His – the most impatient; interesting – more interesting than – had expected when I told her I had lied. o. The harder you
teenage brother hasn’t made any sensible decision so far. e. the most interesting; heavy – heavier than – the heaviest; far study, the better results you’ll get in the test. p. The more tired
Carly has just eaten a cheeseburger. f. Have you always had – further / farther than – the furthest / farthest; old – older I feel, the more I want to sleep. q. By the time I arrived home,
a good relationship with your parents? than – the oldest; impulsive – more impulsive than – the my family had already made dinner. r. My friend bought a
4. a. Sandra has owned her iPad for 4 years. b. How long most impulsive; tall – taller than – the tallest new pair of trainers today because she had seen them on
have you lived with your boyfriend? c. Laura hasn’t finished sale the day before. s. When she arrived at the conference,
(eating) her breakfast yet. d. I have written two emails so far it had already begun. t. My sister and I had been doing our
this morning. e. The company has built 100 houses until now. WORKSHEET 10 house chores all day, so we were really tired. u. We had been
2. a. 8 b. 7 c. 6 d. 5 e. 3 f. 1 g. 2 h. 4 dreaming of starting our own YouTube channel for as long as
3. a. The less, the better b. The louder, the less c. The we could remember. v. All my friends had been telling me to
WORKSHEET 5 younger, the faster d. The more popular, the more attractive smarten up for a while before I finally realised that it was time
1. Past Simple: ago, last, in 2020, yesterday, then, today, at e. The stricter, the more rebellious f. The fewer, the higher to change my ways. w. She had been looking for her keys for
the time; Present Perfect: lately, since, recently, for, never, g. The sillier, the more h. The older, the less i. The more hours before she finally found them. x. I had been thinking
today, just, yet careful, the safer j. The later, the later k. The more, the of getting a part-time job for quite some time before I
2. a. was b. decided c. have always been d. have lived better l. The harder, the more tired m. The longer, the more managed to find one. y. Dad had been cleaning the garage
e. was f. chose g. felt h. wanted i. spent j. learned / learnt comfortable n. The easier, the higher all day, so he felt tired.
k. was l. have become m. have made
3. a. Luna has lived on a farm for 13 years. b. She hasn’t
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Luna a few / some minutes ago. d. We haven’t found the 1. a. awful: opinion; b. old: age; c. woolly: material; d. big: 1. a. had been organising b. had come up c. had expected
right summer course for us yet. e. Luna and her parents size e. young: age; f. black: colour: g. leather: material; d. had been advertising e. had hired f. had been g. had
haven’t gone for long walks since she was a child. h. French: origin been thinking h. had had i. had decided j. had been
2. Value / Opinion: (beautiful), good, ugly, tasty, bad rehearsing
Size: short, tall, small, huge, big 2. a. They finished the project after they had worked on it for
WORKSHEET 6 Shape: round, square, rectangular a year / had been working on it for a year. b. He didn’t know
1. a. has been playing b. has been practising c. have been Age / time: ancient, new, modern, old about the test because he hadn’t been to school in 2 weeks.
downloading d. have been waiting e. have you been Colour: black, yellow, white c. I told him that we had met before. d. He was so exhausted
watching Origin: Greek, Thai, English, French because he had been playing video games all night long. e.
2. a. Has it been raining the whole week? b. Mark has been Material / Type: plastic, rubber, wood, leather, glass They accepted my idea after our teacher had approved it. f.
learning to play the violin for 6 years. c. We have been Purpose: sleeping, tennis, riding She found out about the party because someone had told her
watching this series on HBO. d. They have not been studying 3. a. a red convertible sports car b. a priceless old English about it yesterday. g. She was crying because she had been
languages since 2001, but since 2004 . dictionary c. an amazing Korean pop band d. a long black quarrelling with her best friend Maria for hours.
3. a. I have been cleaning my room the whole morning. b. He and white silk dress e. a cool new black gaming headset f.
has been planning his holiday for months. c. They have been a magnificent ancient Roman fountain g. a beautiful thin
painting their house since last month. d. The boys have been silver laptop h. a vintage black leather motorcycle jacket i. WORKSHEET 16
waiting to buy a Maroon 5 album for ages. e. Joan has been an engaging recent social project j. a famous young 1. a. hadn’t bought b. had listened c. hadn’t ignored d. had
chatting on the internet all afternoon. American comedian looked at e. wouldn’t break down f. wasn’t g. would give h.
4. a. have you been living b. Have you been waiting had played i. could go
c. have you been running d. have you been doing e. Have 2. b. If only I could see you today. c. If only I had known what
you been shouting f. Have you been working g. Have you to tell him. d. If only I didn’t always forget his birthday. e. If
been thinking of only my parents would trust me more. f. If only I could
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remember his telephone number. g. If only my back didn’t Mr Smith. He must be his son. g. Would you open the door picture was sold to The Sun by the paparazzi. i. The US
hurt so much. h. If only someone would help me do my for me, please? h. When I’m older, I’d love to be a computer President was asked a difficult question by the host. j. A
homework. i. If only I hadn’t forgotten our date yesterday. j. programmer. i. We are going on a weekend break to the difficult question was asked to the US President by the host.
If only I had bought some milk. Netherlands. j. My parents went to the Louvre to see the k. The students were taught some advertising tricks (by
Mona Lisa. k. I’m going to see her on Saturday in London. them). l. Some advertising tricks were taught to the students
(by them).
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e. saying f. Trying g. having h. going i. not recording 1. a. to b. towards c. around d. around e. along f. from, to WORKSHEET 31
j. hearing g. from 1. a. It’s cold in here. I will close the window if you don’t mind.
2. a. 3 b. 2 c. 6 d. 4 e. 7 f. 5 g. 1 2. a. In, in b. on c. at d. on, on e. at f. on g. in b. I promise we will help you next Tuesday after school. c.
3. a.imitate – imitating b. move – moving c. whiste –whistling 3. a. at b. in / at c. at d. in / at e. at f. on g. on / in h. on, Jon is meeting Barbara at 6pm after school in that nice café!
d. receive – receiving e. learn – learning f. Speak – on i. at j. at k. on l. on m. in n. at o. in d. If it rains, you always get wet. e. If we had more money,
Speaking we would buy a new house. f. Unless you work hard, you
won’t be good at any sport. g. That answer is very inaccurate!
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WORKSHEET 18 1. a. 4 b. 2 c. 1 d. 3 e. 5 washed this morning. j. A new phone was given to her for her
1. to Infinitive: good, agree, continue, difficult, decide, 2. a. 2 b. 3 c. 3 d. 3 e. 2 birthday by her parents.
important, would like, need, want, forget, nice, learn, stop, 3. a. will meet b. will probably go c. are you wearing / are k. Anna and I were told a bunch of lies by our best friend.
hope bare Infinitive: make, would rather, hear, should, might, you going to wear d. will do e. is going to begin / begins
had better, must, could, can f. will be g. am going to go / am going h. leaves i. won't tell
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g. not try h. make i. work j. to make k. to help l. exercise going to rain n. will help o. will you be 1. About – dream, complain, worry; At – look, laugh, aim; For
m. find – wish, blame; From – borrow, choose; In – participate,
3. a. to stay / to keep you company? b. think / say so? c. me believe; Of – approve, consist, suspect; On – insist, depend;
to do? d. you do that. e. (please) call a taxi, (please)? f. not WORKSHEET 26 To – listen, admit, belong; With – begin, agree
complain g. to hear that h. not go i. to be surprised / startled 1. a. heat, boils b. enters, goes off c. write, buy d. press, 2. a. of b. from c. at d. with e. about f. on g. at
at the news. j. start at once. turns on 3. a. to b. about c. to d. for e. on f. to g. for h. on i. about
2. a. 4 b. 3 c. 1 d. 2 4. Personal answers
3. a. 1 b. 3 c. 2 d. 2 e. 1
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1. a. to believe b. to learn c. Studying d. to buy e. to go hometown, he wouldn’t have bought today’s newspaper. b. WORKSHEET 33
f. watching g. think h. practising she had worked hard, she would have been promoted. c. If 1. a. 1 b. 3 c. 1 d. 1 e. 2 f. 1 g. 3
2. a. to be b. share c. hearing d. to raise e. speaking I were you, I would complain to the manager. d. If the 2. a. who b. which c. where d. whose e. who f. when
f. develop g. learning h. to switch i. having j. becoming computers don’t go on sale, I can’t buy a new one. e. If Paul g. where h. when i. where j. which k. which l. which
3. a. explaining the difference between these two grammar hadn’t posted an offensive comment online, he wouldn’t have
points again. b. forgetting to watch the remake of the got hate mail. f. If you had phoned me, I would have given
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French. d. to speak more foreign languages. e. to sit the 1. a. She’s the girl whose brother created an augmented
Spanish exam. f. to learn five different languages in two reality app. b. He’s the IT technician who works with my
years. WORKSHEET 27 brother. c. Have you met the new IT teacher who / that
1. a. 1 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 1 f. 1 g. 2 h. 3 started teaching us last week? d. That’s the shop where I
2. a. a lot of / lots of b. much c. many d. any e. any f. Few bought my first PC. e. Look at my new trainers which / that I
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1. a. could b. can c. should d. mustn’t e. should f. must / any m. a few Space X was launched for the first time.
g. couldn’t h. will i. might j. shouldn’t 2. a. My friend Isabel, whose father is a Robotics engineer,
2. a. couldn’t go abroad on an exchange programme. b. can wants to make robots. b. That young man is the leader of the
use a smartphone really well. c. might understand tourists if WORKSHEET 28 new project, which is very innovative. c. Technology, whose
they speak English. d. mustn't copy in tests. 1. a. unbelievable b. incorrect c. review d. disappeared evolution is overwhelming, may be daunting. d. Mobile
2. a. adorable b. forgetful c. teacher d. argument phones, which are addictive, are very popular among
3. a. impossible b. dangerous c. unhappy d. appearance youngsters. / Mobile phones, which are very popular among
WORKSHEET 21 e. impatient f. helpful g. dishonest h. unknown youngsters are very addictive. e. Henry, who is very creative
1. a. beautiful b. late c. rarely d. incredibly e. sad 4. a. disagree b. singer c. unusual d. enjoyable and bold, is an original thinker. Henry, who is an original
f. patiently g. hardly h. fluently e. international f. illegible thinker, is very creative and bold f. The conference which
2. a. My best friend always listens to music on his phone while taught me a lot about holograms was in Germany. / The
he works to concentrate. b. Larry has this unrealistic dream conference which was in Germany taught me a lot about
of playing in a band. c. I spent the day doing my project WORKSHEET 29 holograms.
yesterday. / Yesterday, I spent the day doing my project. d. 1. a. Passive b. Passive c. Active d. Active e. Active 3. a. The first robots, who which didn’t look human, amazed
Learning the lyrics of songs is an extremely easy way to learn f. Passive g. Passive h. Active i. Passive j. Active many people. b. The girl which who is interested in working
English. e. Blackpink is a famous South Korean girl group 2. a. accesses b. is accessed c. haven’t been checked with you is on the phone. c. I'll never forget the day which
pop band. f. I never listen to music when I study. g. He has d. haven’t checked e. is read f. read g. was initially called when I saw the Mona Lisa . d. Elon Musk, who whose money
recently taken his dog to school. h. initially called i. was texted j. texted k. are now acquiring is being invested, is a technology entrepreneur. e. That’s the
3. a. Who is the most attractive person in the world? b. She / have now acquired l. are now being acquired / have now room which where all the production directors work. f. I must
drives her car carefully. c. He painted the house quickly. d. been acquired phone Ricky, whose who is helping me with my project.
My father is happily married. e. That car is slow. f. She runs 3. a. Traditional newspapers are read by my dad. b. A great
quickly. g. John plays the guitar very skillfully. series was watched by Jenny. c. A wider audience can now
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e. famous f. easily g. shocked h. eagerly i. elderly j. soft journalists. e. The news will be broadcast. f. A famous TV 1. a. so b. Due to c. Consequently, d. because of e. As a
k. simply anchor was seen by me. g. Online reviews are not usually result f. Thanks to
read by my class. h. Was this sketch drawn by Sue? 2. a. Therefore, b. because c. due to d. As a result, e. as,
because f. so g. For this reason, h. due to i. as, because
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1. a. the b. The c. a d. the e. the f. a g. an h. an i. the WORKSHEET 30 friend. b. Because the HP printer was less expensive, I
2. a. an b. the c. – d. a e. the f. the g. – h. a i. a j. – 1. a. I was told a lie by the broadcaster. b. He wasn’t sent a bought it. / I bought the HP printer because it was less
k. a l. a m. the n. the o. - p. a q. a r. the s. a t. – u. - welcome email (by me). c. We were shown the way by the expensive. c. You've failed the test. Therefore, you’ll have to
v. a w. an x. the y. a z. the TV presenter. d. I was given a vintage radio by my father. e. do it again. d. Since my sister was in a bad mood, we had a
3. a. I’d love to meet a the Pope… b. The Elvish is a fictional He has been asked a favour by the politician. f. You will be bad time during lockdown! e. We moved as our house was
language created by Tolkien. c. When the Welsh immigrated given some tips by the editor. g. She has been sent a nice very small. f. The bosses didn’t pay their taxes.
to the Patagonia mountains, they left traces of their language postcard by the BBC. h. You will be drawn a draft by the Consequently, the government fined them.
there. d. He is the first one in the family to graduate… e. cartoon designer. i. We have been written a letter by the
She is going to ask for the a book on her birthday. f. I heard columnist. j. It was written in a biased way by the journalist.
that there are over 400 snow-related words in a Scotland. k. They weren’t given her password (by her). l. She was sent WORKSHEET 36
the pictures by the photo editor. 1. a. to b. of c. of d. of e. on f. for g. of h. at i. of j. for
2. a. Jen was given a first edition of Vogue magazine by John. k. for l. to m. with n. of o. of p. on q. to r. at
WORKSHEET 23 b. A first edition of Vogue magazine was given to Jen by 2. a. absent from b. satisfied with c. keen on d. successful
1. a. My cousins enjoy speaking online with their Korean John. c. My grandparents were lent an iPad by me. d. An in / good at e. ready for f. afraid of g. bad at h. capable of
friends about K-pop. b. You could ask me for help, you know? iPad was lent to my grandparents by me. e. The journalist i. famous for j. ready for k. good at l. disturbed by m. proud
c. I’d rather meet and work at home, it’s quieter! d. At some was told the truth by the witness. f. The truth was told to the of n. dependent on o. worried about
private schools, students must wear uniforms. e. You should journalist by the witness. g. The Sun was sold the
ask for more time to finish the project! f. He looks exactly like scandalous picture by the paparazzi. h. The scandalous
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1. a. 2 b. 1 c. 2 d. 1 e. 1 f. 2 1. a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1
2. a. embarrassed b. overwhelming c. exciting d. alarming 2. a. in order b. so c. not d. to e. so / so that
e. confused f. boring 3. a. I am trying to save money in order to buy a state-of-the-
3. a. interested b. amazing c. exhausted d. excited, exciting art screen. b. She prefers using ergonomic earbuds while
e. satisfied f. shocked running so as not to lose them. c. He works intensively in
4. a. W – annoying b. R c. R d. W – disappointed order to finish his invention on time for the exhibition.
e. W – confusing f. R d. They love going to TEDx summits to listen to the brilliant
speakers. e. She stopped speaking so that the scientist
could address the audience.
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1. a. that they hadn’t spoken since the previous June. b. that to worry about parking. b. You should read techy articles in
she was really tired of seeing him play video games all order to keep updated. c. I always set my alarm in advance
afternoon. c. that she would never forget how kind she had not to oversleep. d. She worked hard on the project so that
been to her. d. that the international economic crisis would she could get a good mark. e. I wrote a very impactful speech
get better the following year / the year after. e. that she didn’t to draw people’s attention to the cause. f. They phoned their
like watching sci-fi movies. f. that Samuel hadn’t bought the parents via Skype so that they could see each other.
new equipment he had asked him to. g. that the weather
would be worse the following week / the week after. h. that
she was going to miss the first part of his speech.
2. a. He said: “My family is living in a smart home now”. b. My
friend explained: “The new student is keen on these video
games.” c. Mum said: “Your brother is going to take you to
the next International Robot Exhibition.” d. Anna said: “I
really enjoy participating in gaming tournaments.” e. Rita
complained: “My friends didn’t visit me last week.”
3. a. He said told her that he missed her. b. She said that
she worked in a bank. c. Ryan informed we us he had bought
the tickets. d. She say said that she hadn’t played any
games. e. Joseph informed she her that he was arriving. f.
She said that she hadn’t played VR games before. g. Mother
said that she can could read when she was three. h. Kate
said that she lost her tablet yesterday the previous day / the
day before. i. I told his him that I couldn’t stay out late.

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1. a. how we were. b. if / whether they could visit SpaceX.
c. where she had been. d. what they were doing. e. if /
whether I was going to buy a new smartphone. f. why you /
I hadn’t phoned him. g. whether / if he had a drone.
2. a. not to enter that room. b. not to be late. c. to stop staring
at her. d. not to be angry with him. e. to leave her alone. f.
to watch out. g. to close the door behind me. h. not to leave
without cleaning their rooms. i. not to forget to bring her
laptop the following day / the day after.

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1. a. 3 b. 1 c. 2 d. 1
2. a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 1 e. 4
3. a. for b. out c. on d. over e. through f. up g. off h. after
i. up j. off k. for / up l. out of m. down

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1. a. 1 b. 2 c. 1 d. 2 e. 2
2. a. live b. used c. drive d. walking e. have f. got
3. a. T b. F c. T d. T e. NG f. NG
4. a. get used / be used to living b. used to go c. wasn’t used
to working / didn’t use to work d. has been used to repairing
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1. a. Sarah, who lives next door, is a really nice person!
b. Do you remember the year when we dressed up as clowns
for Carnival? c. He was fired because of the poor quality of
his work. d. I was feeling rather tired last night, so I went to
bed early. e. Mike told me that he wants to get a new job. f.
She asked us if / whether we liked going to that school rather
than our previous school. g. The man asked us not to speak
so loudly in the library. h. Tom asked us where we lived so
that he could come round for a visit. i. When we were
younger, we didn’t use to have so much homework, did we?
j. I think my sister used to spend more money on clothes
before she started working. k. My cousins are still getting
used to living in the country. It’s a big change!

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