GRAMMAR PRACTICE 2
1B-Present tense contrast
1. Complete the table with the -ing form, past simple and past
participle form of the verbs.
Base form -ing form Past simple Past participle
1 marry marrying married married
2 fight fighting fought fought
3 die dying died died
4 meet meeting met met
5 retire retiring retired retired
6 think thinking thought thought
7 stop stopping stopped stopped
8 ride riding rode ridden
9 fall falling fell fallen
10 learn learning learned/learnt learned/learnt
2. Circle the correct answers.
1- My parents bought a house just after they got married.
2- John had got engaged before he left university.
3- Liam inherited a lot of money and emigrated to Australia.
4- Did Pam phone while you were watching television?
5- I opened the door and stepped outside. It was raining.
6- I didn't know where you were because you didn't phone.
7- I had this watch for two years when the battery ran out.
3. Some of the verb forms and tenses in the sentences are incorrect.
Rewrite them correctly. Tick the correct sentences.
1) Why were you angry with Mary?
2) Had you eaten before you went out?
3) I couldn't go out until I had done my homework.
4) It wasn't raining when we left the house.
5) I wasn't feeling well this morning.
6) We were eating when you phoned.
7) Where did you have lunch?
4. Write the negative and interrogative form of the sentences.
2- Tom grew up in London.
→ Tom didn't grow up in London.
→ Did Tom grow up in London?
3- Her parents split up last year.
→ Her parents didn't split up last year.
→ Did her parents split up last year?
4- Harry was living in Scotland.
→ Harry wasn't living in Scotland.
→ Was Harry living in Scotland?
5- Sally had eaten lunch.
→ Sally hadn't eaten lunch.
→ Had Sally eaten lunch?
5. Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the past simple,
past continuous or past perfect.
1) I couldn't pay for the pizzas because I had left my money at home.
2) I put on my coat and went out.
3) You didn't understand the question because you were not listening.
4) When we woke up, everything was white because it had snowed during the
night.
5) I borrowed my brother's jacket because I had lost mine.
6) It was a really cold day, but the sun shone.
6. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple,
past continuous or past perfect.
When Sarah Knauss 1) died on 30 December 1999, she 2) had lived in
Pennsylvania, USA, where she 3) had spent all her life. At the time of her death,
only one person 4) had lived longer. Sarah 5) had one daughter, who still 6) lived
when Sarah died.
1D – Used to
1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of used to.
1) I know this town well. We used to visit here a lot when I was younger.
2) You used to love swimming. Why don't you like it now?
3) Your dad is fantastic at football. He used to play a lot?
4) Our town used to have good sports facilities, but now there's a great new
sports centre.
5) She sounds American. She used to live in the USA.
6) I used to be interested in films, but I go to the cinema a lot now.
7) We used to argue a lot with my dad, but we get on really well now.
8) He speaks Spanish really well because he used to go to university in Madrid.
9) My mum used to make dinner every night, but now my dad cooks at
weekends.
10) My grandparents used to go abroad at all, but these days, they often
visit other countries.
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of used to. Use the
word in brackets and any other necessary word.
1) We didn't use to live near the sea, but we live near it now.
2) I didn't use to wear glasses, but I wear them now.
3) I didn't use to drink milk, but I don't drink it now.
4) I used to be afraid of dogs, but I'm not afraid of them now.
5) He used to collect stamps, but he doesn't collect them now.
6) She used to be a teacher, but she isn't one now.
7) She didn't use to speak Japanese, but she speaks it now.
3. Complete the sentence in five different ways with used to.
(affirmative or negative) and the verbs in brackets.
1) I used to eat a lot of candy.
2) I didn't use to wear glasses.
3) I used to play outside every day.
4) I used to like going to the zoo.
5) I was afraid of the dark.
4. Look at the pictures of Jackie twenty years ago. Complete the
questions with the correct form of used to and the verbs below.
Then write the answers.
1) Did she use to live in London?
No, she used to live in Paris.
2) Did she use to have short hair?
Yes, she used to have short hair.
3) Did she use to work in a shop?
No, she didn't use to work in a shop.
4) Did she use to play football at weekends?
Yes, she used to play football at weekends.
5) Did she use to wear a tracksuit?
No, she didn't use to wear a tracksuit.
6) Did she use to go skiing in the winter?
Yes, she used to go skiing in the winter.
7) Did she use to sleep in a hotel?
No, she didn't use to sleep in a hotel.
5. Tick the correct phrase to complete the sentences.
1) She moved to Canada two years ago, but she living in a cold country.
a - didn't use to.
2) I angry a lot, but I'm much calmer now.
a – used to get.
3) They like the same music, but they don't now.
a - used to
4) I like your new glasses. wearing them?
b - Have you got used to
5) I hated this flat when we moved in, but I it now.
b - have got used to
