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Test 4: The past continuous and the past simple; 'Used to'
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Test 2: The present perfect and the past simple
Test 3: Comparative and superlative adjectives; 'Too' and 'enough'
Test 4: The past continuous and the past simple; 'Used to'
Test 5: The future
Test 6: Reported speech
Test 7: The first conditional
Test 8: Modals for possibility; 'Have to'
Test 9: Indefinite pronouns; Question tags
Test 4:
The past continuous and the past simple; 'Used to'
Choose the correct answer.
We
...
were going
went
did go
on a first aid course yesterday.
I'm sorry to bother you.
...
You were doing
Did you do
Were you doing
something important?
...
Did the Wright brothers make
Were the Wright brothers making
Did the Wright brothers made
the first aeroplane?
I
...
read
was reading
did read
a book when my headache started.
When I
...
was seeing
seen
saw
the doctor he wasn't wearing his white coat.
Dad was making a new tree house when he
...
was hurting
hurt
hurted
his hand.
When they interviewed the actor she
...
worked
was working
is working
somewhere in Europe.
I
...
wasn't speaking
didn't speak
not speaking
on my mobile when I met you.
The electricity
...
didn't go
wasn't going
was going
off when you were doing your homework!
The car
...
did stop
did stopping
stopped
when the boy ran out.
...
Did you watch
You were watching
Were you watching
TV when they interviewed our teacher?
...
Were you seeing
You did see
Did you see
Dad when he was wearing the carnival costume?
...
Are the tourists travelling
Were the tourists travelling
Did the tourists travel
to London when the car broke down?
Were they playing basketball when it started to rain?
...
No, they didn't.
Yes, they did.
Yes, they were.
Did Columbus discover America when he was looking for a way to get to India?
...
Yes, he did.
No, he wasn't.
Yes, he was.
When you were making the cake
...
did you put in
were you putting in
you were putting in
all the ingredients?
When she was young, Mum
...
used to play
used to playing
used playing
a lot of tennis.
People
...
used driving
used to drive
were driving
cars which used a lot of petrol.
Before the museum opened we
...
didn't using to
didn't use to
weren't used to
know much about the history of our town.
...
Did they use to
Were they used to
Did they using to
go to the same school?
I eat lots of fruit and vegetables now. I
...
didn't use to
used to
wasn't using to
until I found out about healthy eating.
Did you use to dream of being an actor when you were a child?
...
No, I didn't.
Yes, I did use.
No, I used not.
In the past, did people use to travel as much as we do now?
...
No, they weren't.
No, they didn't use.
No, they didn't.
Before you put in the solar panels, did the house use to be very expensive to heat?
...
Yes, it used.
No, it wasn't.
Yes, it did.
Before television was invented,
...
were people used to listen
did people use to listen
used people to listen
to the radio more?