1

Underline

the

correct

word

or

phrase

in

each

sentence.

a)

When

you

passed

the

town

hall

clock,

did

you

notice/were

you

noticing

what

time

it

was?

b)

Last

night

my

neighbours

were

shouting/would

shout

for

hours

and

I

couldn't

get

to

sleep.

c)

When

you

lived

in

London,

did

you

use

to

travel/were

you

travelling

by

bus?

d)

Everyone

was

having

a

good

time,

although

not

many

people

danced/were

dancing.

e)

Jill

was

really

hungry

because

she

didn't

eat/hadn't

eaten

all

day.

f)

Before

we

went

to

the

theatre,

we

called

in/had

called

in

at

George's

cafe

for

a

pizza.

g)

It

took

a

while

for

me

to

notice,

but

then

I

did.

Everyone

stared/was

staring

at

me.

What

had

I

done

wrong?

h)

Nobody

bothered

to

tell

me

that

the

school

decided/had

decided

to

have

a

special

holiday

on

Friday.

i)

I

was

trying/tried

to

get

in

touch

with

you

all

day

yesterday.

Where

were

you?

j)

A:

Excuse

me,

but

this

seat

is

mine.

B:

I'm

sorry,

I

didn't

realise/hadn't

realised

that

you

were

sitting

here.

2

Underline

the

correct

word

or

phrase

in

each

sentence.

a)

Once/Afterwards

I'd

read

the

manual,

I

found

I

could

use

the

computer

easily.

b)

It

was

more

than

a

month

before/until

I

realised

what

had

happened.

c)

I

managed

to

talk

to

Carol

just

as/while

she

was

leaving.

d)

It

wasn't

until/up

to

1983

that

Nigel

could

afford

to

take

holidays

abroad.

e)

George

always

let

me

know

by

the

time/whenever

he

was

going

to

be

late.

f)

I

was

having

a

bath

at

the

time/that

time,

so

I

didn't

hear

the

doorbell.

g)

We

bought

our

tickets

and

five

minutes

after/later

the

train

arrived.

h)

According

to

Grandpa,

people

used

to

dress

formally

those

days/in

his

day.

i)

Everyone

was

talking

but

stopped

at

that

time/the

moment

Mr

Smith

arrived,

j)

The

letter

still

hadn't

arrived

by/until

the

end

of

the

week.

16

GRAMMAR

3

P

A

S

T

TIME

3

Decide

if

the

verb

form

underlined

is

correct

or

not.

If

it

is

correct,

write

a

tick.

If

not,

correct

it.

Text

1:

The

train

(1)

ground

to

a

halt

at

a

small

station

miles

from

London,

and

it

(2)

became

apparent

that

the

engine

(3)

had broken down

.

Everyone

(4)

was

getting

their

cases

down

from

the

luggage

racks,

and

we

(5)

were waiting

on

the

platform

in

the

freezing

wind

for

hours

until

the

next

train

(6)

was turning up

.

1

...\/.

3

5

2

4

6

Text

2:

The

mysterious

disappearance

of

Professor

Dawson

(1)

was

on

Inspector

Corse's

mind.

Six

months

before

the

Professor's

disappearance,

he

(2)

was

receiving

a

letter

from

Jean

Dawson,

the

Professor's

wife.

In

the

letter,

Jean

(3)

accused

her

husband

of

plotting

to

murder

her.

Gorse

(4)

considered

what

his

next

step

should

be

when

the

phone

rang.

It

was

Sergeant

Adams

from

the

Thames

Valley

police

force.

A

fisherman

(5)

discovered

a

body

in

the

River

Thames,

and

it

(6)

fitted

the

description

of

the

Professor.

1

3

5

2

4

6

4