4. In each sentence decide whether one, or both, of the alternative verb forms given are appropraite. Write o for one or b for both.

   1. In those days, I always used to get up/got up early in the morning. B

   2. When I got to the cinema Jack had been waiting/was waiting for me. ......

   3. We would always have/were always having breakfast in bed on Sundays. .....

   4. Mary was always falling/always fell ill before important examinations. .....

   5. My sister used to own/would own a motorcylce and sidecar. .....

   6. Pay no attention to Dave’s remarks. He wasn’t meaning/didn’t mean it. .....

   7. I fekt awful after lunch. I ate/had eaten too much. .....

   8. Brenda left/had left before I had time to talk to her. .....

   9. 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. .......

   10. Pauline has changed a lot. She didn’t always use to look/wasn’t always looking like that. ....

5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

   1. What were you doing (you/do) at ten o’clock this morning? – I ........................ (read) some important documents in my office.

   2. Why are you so disappointed? – Because I ..................... (hope) that I would pass the test, but I didn’t.

   3. Have you found your bag yet? – No, but I .................. (report) it stolen to the police yesterday.

   4. Did you enjoy the play last night? – No, even though I ............... (read) good reviews of it before I bought the tickets.

   5. Have you written your report yet? – I ...................(just/start) when you came in, actually.

   6. Sorry I’m late. – Where have you been? I.................. (expect) you an hour ago.

7. We ..................... (go) to an antique market yesterday. – ..................(you/buy) anything?

8. Were you surprised that the factory closed down? – Nto really. In fact, I .............. (know) it was going to happen.

9. Julia did well in the test, didn’t she? – Yes. She ..................... (study) very hard for it.

Other Ways of Expressing the Past

1. We use used to + infinitive to refer to past habits or states

They used to go swimming a lot (but they don’t now).

I did not use to/ I used not to travel a lot when I was younger.

2. We use would/used to for repeated actions or routines in the past

We would/used to eat out on Sundays.

Note: We do not use would with states verbs

T hey used to live in London NOT: They would live in London

We use be going to, be thinking of, be about to and be to have done to describe events intended to take place, but which did not happened

I was going to phone you, but I clean forgot.

I was thinking of going to Italy this year, but I have not decided.

I was about to do it, but I stated doing something else.

Jack was to have taken part in the discussion, but he fell ill.