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"Used To" & Past Tenses

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When I was a child, my hair used to be much blonder than now.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

2.

I never used to go to football. I hate it. I can’t understand why people like it.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

3.

I used to like his music before he went all hip-hop. But now … !

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

4.

We used to visit my grandmother every weekend. I love listening to her stories.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

5.

'Didn't you use to wear glasses?' 'Yes, but I had an operation on my eyes.'

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

6.

I used to walk to school. I don't like using public transport and my mum doesn't have a car any more.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

7.

He lived in Brazil until he was seven. He (a)   (speak) Portuguese, but he's forgotten a lot of it now.

8.

We (a)   (have) smartphones, or even internet in our houses. To go online you had to go to an internet café or library or something.

9.

She (a)   (smoke) but she's given up now. She's really healthy these days.

10.

We (a)   (play) together when we were children, but I don't see them much any more.

11.

You used to live on the same road as me! (a)   (you / buy) sweets in that shop on the corner?

12.

She (a)   (do) any sport at all, but now she's in the basketball team and she loves it.

13.

We always (a)   (sit) on the bridge with our legs hanging down, and throw sticks into the river.

14.

I didn't recognise him because of his new beard. He (a)   (have) a beard! He looks completely different now.

15.

Natalia ________ all her money.

a)

use

b)

spend

c)

spent

d)

wash

16.

My mom_________ to pay the internet.

a)

forget

b)

forgot

c)

make

d)

clean

17.

She_______ in a bank for 2 years.

a)

work

b)

sleep

c)

worked

d)

played

18.

They ________ a pizza for me.

a)

cooked

b)

make

c)

bake

d)

cooks

19.

I _________ Rocío yesterday.

a)

slept

b)

met

c)

was

d)

were

20.

Marcos _________ off his bike.

a)

fell

b)

feel

c)

fall

d)

felt

21.

The beds were very comfortable, I _____ well.

a)

sleeped

b)

slope

c)

slept

d)

slipped

22.

Where ____________ your last holiday?

a)

did you spend

b)

did spend

c)

do you spend

d)

you spent

23.

He _______ happy with the result.

a)

weren't

b)

wasn't

c)

isn't be

d)

not be

24.

They ______ a sandwich to the picnic yesterday.

a)

bring

b)

bringed

c)

bought

d)

brought

25.

My dad _______ me how to ride a bike.

a)

taught

b)

thought

c)

teach

d)

show

26.

I ____ for the exam for three hours.

a)

studyed

b)

studies

c)

did studied

d)

studied

27.

Hello Anna, what _______ (you / do) when I called you last night?

a)

do you do

b)

did you do

c)

didn't do

d)

were you doing

28.

While they were watching TV, their kids ________(sleep)

a)

sleeped

b)

slept

c)

was sleeping

d)

were sleeping

29.

I was listening to the radio when you ________(call) me.

a)

called

b)

calt

c)

were calling

d)

was calling

30.

When he opened the window, it __________ (snow).

a)

was snowed

b)

was snowing

c)

were snowing

d)

snowed

31.

(she / go) ________out to dinner when you saw her?

a)

Did she gone

b)

Did she went

c)

Were she going

d)

Was she going

32.

Her plane didn't landed yet when we________ (arrive) at the airport.

a)

were arrived

b)

arrived

c)

was arriving

d)

arrivent

33.

She met them at the station while she _________ (wait) for her train.

a)

was waiting

b)

were waiting

c)

waited

d)

wanted

34.

How many people ___________(stand) in front of the company when she arrived?

a)

were standing

b)

was standing

c)

standed

d)

stantsted

35.

She missed the bus because she __________ (argue) with one of her friends.

a)

were arguing

b)

was arguing

c)

argued

d)

arguered

36.

I couldn’t answer your call because I __________(drive).

a)

were driving

b)

drived

c)

drove

d)

was driving

37.

I couldn’t answer your call because I __________(drive).

a)

were driving

b)

drived

c)

drove

d)

was driving

38.

He had an accident while he ___________(play) rugby with his friends.

a)

were playing

b)

was played

c)

was playing

d)

played

39.

While he __________(do) his homework, I was reading a magazine.

a)

was doing

b)

done

c)

did

d)

were doing

40.

While I was swimming in the river, I ___________(see) some frogs.

a)

seen

b)

saw

c)

seed

d)

was seeing

41.

My mom_________ to pay the internet.

a)

forget

b)

forgot

c)

make

d)

clean