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REVIEW: present simple x past simple x used to

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Last week, I _______ my friend Harry and we _______ about the Australian Open tennis final.

a)

see / talk

b)

saw / talked

c)

am seeing / talk

d)

used to see / are talking

2.

Azra _______ blonde hair, but now she has brown hair because she _______ it yesterday.

a)

is having / used to dye

b)

had / is dying

c)

used to have / dyed

d)

has / dyes

3.

A: What _______ you _______ last weekend?

B: I _______ volleyball and basketball.

a)

do ... do / play

b)

are ... doing / am playing

c)

did ... use to / used to play

d)

did ... do / played

4.

A famous computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee _______ the World Wide Web in 1989.

a)

invents

b)

invented

c)

used to invent

d)

is inventing

5.

I _______ home this morning at half-past seven. I _______ at school at quarter to nine.

a)

left / arrived

b)

leave / am arriving

c)

am leaving / are arriving

d)

left / used to arrive

6.

A: What did you _______ with your sick dog?

B: We _______ him to the vet.

a)

does / take

b)

do / took

c)

doing / takes

d)

did / are taking

7.

A: Did Nur call you yesterday?

B: No, she _______ call me.

A: I guess she _______ busy.

a)

didn' use to / wasn't

b)

don't / —

c)

doesn't / is

d)

didn't / was

8.

We _______ talent shows on TV, but now, we _______ them twice a week.

a)

didn't use to like / watch

b)

aren't liking / are watching

c)

didn't like / watched

d)

don't like / used to watch

9.

Mike and Sue _______ at home last night, and they _______ a wildlife documentary.

a)

stay / watch

b)

are staying / used to watch

c)

stayed / watched

d)

stays / are watching

10.

A: Didn't Paulie _______ wear glasses?

B: Yes, he did. Now he wears contact lenses.

a)

used to

b)

use to

c)

use

d)

used

11.

Yesterday, Geoff _______ at the airport at half-past ten, and his plane _______ off at quarter past eleven.

a)

arrive / take

b)

arrives / takes

c)

arrived / took

d)

is arriving / is taking

12.

A: Where did you _______ most of your time in Paris?

B: Around the Eiffel tower in the Field of Mars. Also, I _______ the Louvre Museum and the Notre Dame Cathedral.

a)

spending / visit

b)

spent / am visiting

c)

spend / visited

d)

spends / used to visit

13.

Carrie _______ at the supermarket five years ago, but she works at the library now.

a)

used to work

b)

works

c)

is working

d)

work

14.

The fireman _______ the door. Then he _______ the family out of the burning building.

a)

break / takes

b)

broke / took

c)

is breaking / used to toke

d)

breaks / is taking

15.

I _______ to help Mandy with her problems, but she _______ my advice.

a)

are trying / used to take

b)

tries / isn't taking

c)

tried / didn't take

d)

used to try / takes

16.

I always _______ ketchup with my spaghetti because I think it gives an extra taste.

a)

has

b)

am having

c)

have

d)

had

17.

My friend _______ a lot every day. I don't know how she doesn't get a sore throat!

a)

talks

b)

talk

c)

talked

d)

used to talk

18.

I sometimes _______ to the office when it's not raining.

a)

walked

b)

walk

c)

walks

d)

used to walk

19.

The cat usually _______ its basket when it is hungry.

a)

left

b)

leave

c)

used to leave

d)

leaves

20.

I don't like that man because he often _______ at me.

a)

laughed

b)

laugh

c)

laughs

d)

used to laugh