WOULD / USED TO
USED TO / BE USED TO / GET USED TO (1)
USED TO / BE USED TO / GET USED TO (2)
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS (1)
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS (2)
100

Which sentence is NOT correct? Why?

My grandmother would have long, fair hair.  
 We would go swimming every Friday.    
 We would go to the zoo every summer.  

My grandmother would have long, fair hair. It's a sentence about the state of something.

100

 I find it hard _____ to the dark evenings in winter.

used

get used

to get used

to get used

100

This is a new machine and I _________ not ___________ it yet


This is a new machine and I AM not USED TO it yet

100

Michael didn’t want to see the movie because he _______ the book yet. (not read)

HADN'T READ

100
I ______________ (study) all day, so I was tired.

HAD BEEN STUDYING

200

Which sentence is correct? Why?

 I never use to like cabbage.  

 I didn’t used to like cabbage.  

I didn’t use to like cabbage.   

I didn’t use to like cabbage.   Drop 'd' when using 'didn't 

200

It took me a while to get used to ____ on a continental keyboard.

type

typing

typing

200

When you are in a foreign country, it’s often difficult to______________ the food


When you are in a foreign country, it’s often difficult to GET USED TO the food

200

I ________________ (wait) for you for two hours before you arrived!

HAD BEEN WAITING

200

She ________________________________ (work) in that company for twenty years when she was made redundant.

HAD BEEN WORKING

300

Which words go in the space?
My granddad _______ us stories about his life as a policeman.

 used to tell  

 use to tell  

 was used to tell   

used to tell  

300

 I _____ to being spoken to like that!

am not used

don't get used

used

am not used

300

She became a big star but never _____________ (live) in the limelight


She became a big star but never GOT USED TO LIVING in the limelight

300

I _____________ (have) a McDonalds burger for ages before I took my nephew out for lunch last week.

HADN'T HAD

300

When I arrived at the cinema, the film ____________________ (already/start).

HAD ALREADY STARTED


400

Which word goes in the space?
My mum _____ my hair in the kitchen.

 would use to cut  

 would cut  

 would to cut  

would cut

400

I like it now, but I ____.

didn't use to

didn't used to

didn't use to

400

It's hard to ________  changes


It's hard to GET USED TO changes

400

After the company _____ Joe, he began to work on his first project. (hire)

HAD HIRED

400

We were late for the plane because we ____________________ (forget) our passports.

had forgotten

500

What does this sentence mean?
I didn’t use to smoke.

 I smoked in the past but now I don’t.  

I smoke now, but I didn’t in the past.  

 I smoke now and I also smoked in the past.   

I smoke now, but I didn’t in the past.  

500

He never _____ behave like that.

used

used to

used to

500

We ______ (eat) out every Saturday. (PROVIDE TWO POSSIBLE OPTIONS AND EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM).

1) We ARE USED TO EATING out every Saturday.  

2) We USED TO EAT out every Saturday.

1) It's something you regularly do in the present.
2) It's a past habit that no longer holds in the present.

500

Bill __________ for years before he finally _______. (smoke/ quit)

HAD BEEN SMOKING / QUIT

500

I ________________________________ (run), so I was hot and tired.

HAD BEEN RUNNING