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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

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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

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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