Spotlight_9_3-grammar-check

Read the story and complete the gaps with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous. What do you think Harry did after that?

1. was telling

9. didn’t believe

2. said

10. heard

3. was walking

11. looked

4. noticed

12. screamed

5. were shining

13. could

6. saw

14. were circling

7. were flying

I think Henry saw Scary Sally and ran to tell his Dad.

8. chased

Find the correct item.

Read and match. Then put the verbs in bold in the correct tense.

2 – d. Mike had lunch and then did the washing-up.

3 – a. Daniel had already got to the airport when he realized he had left his passport at home.

4 – b. Sarah’s clothes were wet because she had been walking in the rain.

5 – e. Julia was sleeping when a loud noise woke her up.

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.

had been working

broke down

was mopping

was cutting

Were you sleeping

happened

was flying

had passed

had cleaned

came

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.

waited

opened

was making

hadn’t been/didn’t go

(had) spent

Correct the mastakes.

doing

were

had twisted

lived

had cooked

Read the email and put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense.

1. had been studying

2. entered

3. sat

4. were wearing

5. handed out

6. were writing

7. had broken

8. had been making

Use the phrases to prepare a short story. Tell the class. Use connectors ( and, because, but ) where the dashes (-) are.

Make sentences based on each person’s comment using used to or didn’t use to .

I used to drive to work.

I didn’t use to go jogging every day.

I didn’t use to have a rabbit.

We used to live in a flat.

I didn’t use to cook every day.

Sarah Stevens moved house last year. Now she lives in the countryside.

Complete the gaps using used to/didn’t use to and the verbs in brackets. Then say in which sentences you could also use would .

1. used to rent

2. used to/would take

3. didn’t use to buy

4. used to/would go

5. didn’t use to have