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2009
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1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 After the horrifying monster …, everyone thought they were safe.
A had been disappearing
B has disappeared
C had disappear
D had disappeared
2 ‘He had been working on his time machine … 1762.’
‘When did he finally finish it?’
A already
B just
C since
D for
3 Cameron … for months, so he wasn’t surprised when he won the tennis match.
A had been practise
B had been practising
C has practised
D had practise
4 Joe had … watched two episodes of the
Doctor Who
series when I arrived at his house.
A since
B already
C for
D after
5 She … the dinner, so she decided to go have a rest for ten minutes.
A had cooked already
B already had cooked
C had already cooked
D had already been cooking
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6 Rose Tyler had … turned twelve when she started secondary school.
A before
B after
C for
D just
7 Karen … her father for a month so she was very happy to see him.
A hadn’t been seeing
B hadn’t saw
C hadn’t seen
D had seen not
8 ‘Cindy had been sleeping … three hours when she awoke in a panic.’
‘Really? Why?’
A since
B just
C for
D already
9 ‘Sarah had been watching a scary sci-fi film in the living room when she … an odd sound coming
from the kitchen.’
‘Goodness. She must have been horrified.’
A had been hearing
B had heard
C had hearing
D heard
10 Sherry had been working in TV adverts … she was seven years old.
A since
B for
C after
D just
11 Mum … the house all day and she looked exhausted.
A had been clean
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B cleaned
C had been cleaning
D had cleaned
12 I had forgotten to walk the dog … I went to bed last night.
A after
B since
C just
D before
Marks / 12
2. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.
1 ‘… to panic about exams when you were in secondary school?’
‘Yes. Always.’
A Would you
B Did you used
C Did you use
D You used to
2 They … enjoy hearing horrifying stories about aliens attacking the planet.
A use to
B would
C would to
D used to
3 My brother … like science-fiction films when he was young but he loves them now.
A didn’t used to
B would not to
C didn’t use to
D would not
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4 He … believe anything that grown-ups told him when he was a teenager.
A didn’t used to
B used to
C would to
D would not to
5 ‘My grandmother told me that she … live in a haunted house in Scotland.’
‘Do you believe her?’
A used to
B would
C use to
D would to
6 The room over there on the left … the kitchen.
A would be
B used to be
C use to be
D used to being
7 ‘…visit other countries when they were younger?’
‘Yes. They went all over the world.’
A Did your parents use to
B Would your parents to
C Did your parents used to
D Were your parents used to
8 ‘I … that our team could beat their team but now I do.’
‘What changed your mind?’
A would not believe
B would not to believe
C didn’t used to believe
D didn’t use to believe
9 … what they saw on TV was real when they were children?
A Would they think
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B Did they use to think
C Would they to think
D Did they used to think
10 Every night when he got home, my uncle … at the table and read horror stories.
A use to be sitting
B used to be sat
C would sat
D would sit
11 ‘He … hate being beaten at football.’
‘Well, you can’t win all the time.’
A used to
B would
C would to
D use to
12 My sister … dislike vegetables when she was a baby.
A would not
B didn’t use to
C didn’t used to
D would not to
Marks / 12
3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence using the word given.
1 My cousin often saw aliens in his garden.
My cousin ………………………….. aliens in his garden.
USED
2 Children sometimes visited the haunted house on the corner.
Children ………………………….. the haunted house on the corner.
WOULD
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3 Did your mother usually bake a birthday cake for you?
Did your mother ………………………….. a birthday cake for you?
USE
4 I watched a horror film on TV then I had supper.
I had supper ………………………….. a horror film on TV.
AFTER
5 My sister refused to eat vegetables when she was little.
My sister ………………………….. vegetables when she was little.
WOULD
6 She came in the door then she heard the phone ring.
She ………………………….. in the door when she heard the phone ring.
JUST
7 We were playing outside but then it began to rain.
We ………………………….. it began to rain.
WHEN
8 Her father always said that he could build a time machine.
Her father ………………………….. that he could build a time machine. USED
Marks / 8
4. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
1 Darlene
would hate/used to hate
missing her favourite TV series when she was younger.
2 I
was reading/had read
a scary book when the front door opened.
3 She had
just/since
walked into the kitchen when her brother started screaming.
4 She had been living in the house
already/for
five years before she saw the ghost.
5 My family
would enjoy/used to enjoy
going for long drives on Sundays.
6 Stella
didn’t use to like
/
didn’t used to like
going to sleep over parties.
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Did he used to always/Did he always use to
beat you at games when you were children?
8 My grandfather
would live/used to live
in a big dark scary house.
Marks / 8
Total Marks / 40