| In each sentence decide whether one, or both, of the alternative verb forms given are appropriate. Write O for one or B for both.
a) In those days, I always used to get up/got up early in the morning. …
b) When I got to the cinema Jack had been waiting/was waiting for me. …
c) We would always have/were always having breakfast in bed on Sundays. …
d) Mary was always falling/always fell ill before important examinations. …
e) My sister used to own/would own a motorcycle and sidecar. …
f) Pay no attention to Dave's remarks. He wasn't meaning/didn't mean it. …
g) I felt awful after lunch. I ate/had eaten too much. …
h) Brenda left/had left before I had time to talk to her. …
i) The explanation was simple. In 1781 HMS Sovereign, on her way back from India, had sighted/sighted an empty boat drifting off the African coast. …
j) Pauline has changed a lot. She didn't always use to look/wasn't always looking like that. …
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.
| a) I intended to call you yesterday, but I forgot. going
I call you yesterday, but I forgot.
| | b) Sylvia asked if I wanted more pudding, but I said I couldn't eat any more. had
When Sylvia offered enough.
| | c) Owing to illness, Sally was unable to sing the solo, as arranged. have
Sally was but she fell ill.
| | d) Diana wasn't always as rude as that. be
Diana rude.
| | e) We've changed our minds about going to Rome, as originally intended. intending
We we've changed our minds.
| | f) When I lived in London cycling to work was part of my daily routine. used
When I lived in London I day.
| | g) I might possibly go to the theatre tonight. wondering
I going to the theatre tonight.
| | h) I had to go past your house so I decided to drop in. passing
I so I decided to drop in.
| | i) About 100 people were waiting for the late bus. arrived
By about 100 people waiting.
| | j) What were you doing at the moment of the explosion? occurred
When what were you doing?
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Complete the text by writing one word in each space.
| When I was a young man I spent a year in France, studying French at the University of Grenoble. Every Friday I (1) … eat at the Alps cafe. I didn't (2) … to spend much money, as I (3) … not afford it, but it was a little tradition of mine to eat there. Anyway, I'm going to tell you a true story which happened on one occasion when I (4) … eating there. I remember I was having a pasta dish at (5) … time. A beautiful girl came up to me and said, 'I was (6) … if you wanted to walk with me in the park?' I had never seen her (7) …, so I was rather taken aback. I was (8) … to go with her when I noticed a tough-looking man was watching our every movement. (9) … my discomfort, the girl whispered to me, in English, 'Park - five minutes!', and then disappeared. Well, my bill (10) … ages to arrive, and by the time I (11) … to the park, there was no sign of the girl. I asked an old lady (12) … was sitting there if she (13) … seen a young girl waiting around. I described the girl to her. The old lady said that the girl (14) … had to rush to the railway station, and that I (15) … to follow her there urgently. She had also left me a note. It said, 'I will explain everything. Meet me on platform 6.'
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