Present Tenses
Every Halloween, my friends ___ a party.
have
Last Halloween, we ___ a horror movie. (watch)
watched
Complete: When I was little, I ___ believe in ghosts. (used to)
used to believe
Which adjective means “very big”: tiny, enormous or ridiculous?
Enormous.
Complete: This costume is ___ than mine. (funny)
funnier
Look! The children ___ their costumes right now. (choose)
are choosing
While we ___ home, we saw a strange light. (walk)
were walking
Choose the correct option: We (used to / would) live in a house with a garden, but now we live in an apartment.
used to live. “Used to” describes a past state.
Choose the correct word: The cake tasted awful / disgusting / amazing. It was so good that we ordered another one.
Amazing.
Complete: That was the ___ movie I've ever seen. (bad)
worst
Choose the correct sentence: A) I am loving this movie. B) I love this movie.
B) I love this movie. “Love” is a state verb here.
When the door opened, the children ___ a scary story. (tell)
were telling
Complete: Every October, my grandfather ___ tell us scary stories before bed. (would / used to / both)
would tell / used to tell. Both are possible for a repeated past action.
Complete the expression: I can't get my ___ around this difficult question.
head
Complete: The two costumes are equally ridiculous. This costume is just _________ that one.
as ridiculous as
Correct the mistake: She doesn't usually wears a costume.
She doesn't usually wear a costume. After “doesn't,” use the base form.
Correct the mistake: By the time we arrived, the party already started.
By the time we arrived, the party had already started.
Correct the mistake: I didn't used to like Halloween.
I didn't use to like Halloween.
I ___ my phone earlier, but luckily it didn't break.
dropped
The concert was so __________ that even the most experienced musicians in the audience were impressed by the performance. (ORDINARY)
Complete both sentences with the correct form of THINK: (1) I ___ this story is amazing. (2) I ___ about dressing up as a vampire at the moment.
(1) think (opinion/state); (2) am thinking (considering an idea/action).
Complete the story with the correct past forms: When I ___ (get) to the house, everyone ___ (leave). They ___ (go) home before midnight.
When I got to the house, everyone had left. They had gone home before midnight.
Rewrite using USED TO, keeping the meaning: When she was younger, she regularly went trick-or-treating. Start: She…
She used to go trick-or-treating when she was younger.
wave · spot · have · hang · turn · find
I couldn't __________ my way around the new town, so I had to use a map.
We usually __________ out at the shopping mall after school.
From the top of the tower, we could __________ the entire city.
She __________ me goodbye before getting on the bus.
1. find
2. hang
3. spot
4. waved
KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION. Complete the second sentence so it means the same as the first. Use the word GIVEN and do not change it:
The old house is scarier than the new house.
AS
The new house ________ the old house.
The new house isn't as scary as the old house.