ACTIVITY 123:For questions 1-7 correct the mistakes in the
highlighted phrases.
Type your answers inside the blank boxes. Then check the correct answers.
1.
My brother climbed a tree when
he slipped and fell. was climbing
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2.
My grandfather
would look
much younger than his age until he had a stroke last year.
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3.
Most days we rode our bikes to school, but sometimes
we were
catching the bus.
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4.
One day our car
used to break down
in the fast lane of the motorway.
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5.
Emily s grandparents
would live
in an old farmhouse in the heart of the countryside.
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6.
I'd hidden
in the bushes for over an hour before I realized that everyone else had
gone home.
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7.
When we got home from school in the evening, our
parents still
worked.
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Narrative tenses, used to and would
ACTIVITY 124:
Complete the text with the correct form of the
verbs in blue capitals. Use a narrative tense, would or used to.Then check the correct answers.
THE SPIDER
When I
BE
little I
SHARE a bedroom with
my sister Catherine. As I was eight years her junior, I
obviously
GO to bed earlier
than her. As soon as I
CLEAN my teeth, my
mum
LIE on my sister's
bed and sing me nursery rhymes until I
FALL asleep. One
night when my mum
SING for about five
minutes, she suddenly
STOP. I
LOOK over at her and
saw that she
STARE at something
on the ceiling above my head. Without raising her voice,
she
TELL me to go
downstairs where my dad
WATCH TV. Later she
told me she
SEE a big hairy
spider climb out of the air grille and make its way
along the wall. I
NOT SLEEP much that
night, as you can imagine!
