Use of English 02B

A Rewrite the following sentences with used to/didn't use to or would/wouldn't. In some cases both used to and would are possible.

(3 points)

0 My father often worked overtime when he was younger.

_ My father used to work overtime when he was younger_______________.

1 Every time he came to visit me in Warsaw my friends gave a party.

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2 When Susan was a student she never talked about her friends behind their backs.

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3 They had many friends in their hometown but now in London they feel very lonely.

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B Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous or the Past Perfect.

(8 points)

0 We __ went____ (go) to France just after the school ended.

1 In 1965 my parents __________ (move) into what __________ (be) a storage space before. This was their first home.

2 I was very nervous because I __________ (not give) a speech to a big audience before.

3 I'm sorry I couldn't talk when you called yesterday. I __________ (have) a big argument with my sister.

4 For the first time we were not late. The performance __________ (begin) when we arrived at the opera

house.

5 Tom decided to break up with Lucy because she __________ (let) him down many times.

6 We didn't have much time to talk. He came in just as I __________ (leave).

7 I __________ (not know) anything about Greek cuisine until I went to Athens last year.

C Choose the types of stories and films from the box to complete the definitions. There are more expressions in the box than you need.

(4 points)

autobiography, cartoon, horror story, ghost story, thriller, science fiction, spy story, western, travel story

0 An __autobiography__ is a story of a person's life, written by that person.

1 A _____________ is a story or film which makes people laugh and has a happy ending.

2 A _____________ is about a period of fighting between countries or states.

3 A _____________ is a book or film which makes people frightened and in which characters are vampires or imaginary monsters.

4 A _____________ is a film in which characters and scenes are drawn.

D Complete the sentences with appropriate words. The first letter of each word is provided.

(5 points)

1 Everybody admired her o_____________ performance as Ophelia.

2 The children were e_____________ excited about their trip to Disneyland.

3 He is such an attractive young man that most girls f_____________ for him the moment they set eyes on him.

4 Romeo was certainly the most difficult p_____________ in the play.

5 I'm not easily frightened but the film was so s_____________ that I kept my eyes closed most of the time.

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