Use of English 02A

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 Robert didn't smoke before but now he smokes like a chimney.

__________________________________________________________________________ .

2 We lived near the mountains, and sometimes our elder brother took us climbing.

__________________________________________________________________________ .

3 In the 1980s only a small number of people knew how to use the Internet, now it's very different.

__________________________________________________________________________ .

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 She __________ (not know) anything about love until she met Henry.

2 I couldn't answer the phone because I __________ (have) a shower.

3 I __________ (find out) that my sister was in love with a fifty-year-old history professor.

4 Margaret overslept that morning because she __________ (forget) to set her alarm clock.

5 When I __________ (see) her for the first time she __________ (wear) a white dress and black high-heeled shoes.

6 They __________ (get) married two months after they announced their engagement.

7 We arrived at the station late. The train __________ (leave) five minutes before.

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 book or film about life in the west of the USA.

2 A _________________ is a film in which characters and scenes are drawn.

3 A _________________ is a book or film about a crime.

4 A _________________ story or film is about events in the future or other worlds.

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

(5 points)

1 Somebody who is i__________ can think of ideas or things which are different and interesting, and sometimes do not exist in real life.

2 The story was so complicated that it was difficult to follow the p__________ .

3 I am a__________ convinced that Mary hasn't broken the window.

4 When his last relationship ended, Tom wanted to find another girl and quickly f__________ in love again.

5 Something not interesting is b__________ .

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