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1 Write the verbs or tenses you use 3 Complete the gaps in the dialogue. Use the verbs in
to talk about: brackets in the correct form of the past simple or past
continuous or use the prompts.
1 a single action in the past
........................................................................ A Yesterday, I 1.................. (see) the new library was open so
2 actions in progress in the past I 2.................. (go) in.
........................................................................ B 3..................................................... (you / get) any books?
3 habits, repeated actions and states A Yes, I 4.................. (choose) four books but you 5..................
in the past (modal verb) take out up to six.
........................................................................ B ................................................ (you / obligation) be a member?
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4 habits and repeated actions in the past A Yes. I 7.......................................... (obligation) fill in a form and
........................................................................ they 8.................. (give) me a card straight away.
5 ability and permission B How much 9..................................................... (it / cost)?
........................................................................ A I 10................................... (absence of obligation) pay – it’s free.
6 obligations imposed by another person B I 11....................................... (go) to a library near my house but
........................................................................ it 12....................................... (close) last year.
7 obligations the speaker thinks are A You really 13.................. (obligation) try this new one. It’s got
necessary a great choice of books. I 14.................. (meet) Sophie there.
........................................................................ It was funny, I 15.......................................... (look) at the novels
8 absence of obligation and I 16.......................................... (put) my hand out to take
........................................................................ a book when the book suddenly 17.......................................
9 written rules and instructions (disappear). I 18.......................................... (feel) a bit annoyed
........................................................................ but then I 19....................................... (see) it was Sophie.
10 prohibition We 20.......................................... (laugh) about it when a man
........................................................................ asked us to stop making a noise!
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2 Find and correct the mistakes. 4 Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning.
Use no more than three words.
1 We would spend a day at the London
Olympic Park last summer. 1 Tristan played badminton regularly but he stopped last year.
2 All travellers are having to scan their Tristan ..................................................... badminton regularly
tickets to enter this area. but he stopped last year.
3 I was losing my wallet at the sports 2 Show your passport here. It’s obligatory.
centre yesterday. You ..................................................... your passport here.
4 When I was a child, I was using love 3 My teacher forced me to read the classics.
fairy stories. My teacher ..................................................... the classics.
5 Little Samuel could to read and he’s 4 My friends started watching the film before I arrived.
only four. My friends ..................................................... the film when
6 You mustn’t pay to use the library – it’s I arrived.
free. 5 The PE teacher didn’t let us stay in the gym at break time.
7 Did the teacher would read stories We ..................................... stay in the gym at break time.
to the class at primary school? 6 My cat used to sleep on my bed all day.
8 Drivers don’t have to pass red traffic My cat ..................................................... on my bed all day.
lights. 7 Joining the fitness club is optional.
9 We used to play tennis yesterday You ..................................................... join the fitness club.
afternoon when it started to rain. 8 Oliver came out of the library and he met Harry.
10 Did Robert used to living in Italy? Oliver ..................................................... of the library when he
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5 Rewrite the verbs in italics using the past continuous, used to or would, if possible.
If not possible, leave them in the past simple and put a ✓.
When I was a child I 1loved ..................................................... watching television. Every day, my sister and I 2watched
.............................................. children’s programmes in the afternoon. One day, we 3enjoyed ..................................................
our favourite programme when our mum suddenly 4changed ..................................................... the channel to watch the
news. My sister and I 5started ..................................................... crying but mum 6told ..................................................... us to
look at the pictures. There 7was ................................................. our dad on TV! He 8talked .................................................... to
the interviewer and he 9showed ........................................... her the lab where he 10worked ................................................... .
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6 Complete the gaps in the dialogue using the correct form of verbs of obligation, where possible.
Write no more than four words in each gap.
A 1..................................................... out with us tonight? B At ten o’clock on Fridays.
B Tonight? No, I can’t. It’s Wednesday and my A Ten o’clock! 6..................................................... (your
parents 2..................................................... me go out on parents) you get up early, too?
school days. B Well, I’ve got a Saturday job and I 7...............................
A Oh. That’s a pity. 3..................................................... you be late. What about you?
go out on Fridays? A I 8.............................. to be home by midnight – but I
B Yes, they do but I 4..................................................... be 9
................................ make any noise when I get
back late. home. Once I made a noise and woke my mum up
A What time 5..................................................... be home? and she 10.............................. me go out for a month!
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7 Complete the gaps with one word.

BADMINTON
Badminton is a racket sport, similar to tennis. A high net divides the court and there’s one player on either side. One
player has 1................. hit the shuttlecock over the net to the other player. The other player 2................. return it to the
first player. Players mustn’t 3................. the shuttlecock hit the floor or land outside the lines on the court. Players
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................. hit the shuttlecock more than once before it goes over the net. A shuttlecock isn’t a ball and it can’t bounce
but it 5................. go faster 6................. a ball. Badminton players must be very fit, strong and agile. It’s also important
that they can hit the shuttlecock with great precision. 7................. are two versions of the game: singles and doubles.
Badminton has 8................. a Summer Olympic sport 9................. 1992. 10................. it’s also a fun outdoor game to play in
the garden or on the beach – you don’t 11................. to be very athletic to play this type of badminton!
The origins of the game 12................. back a long way. People in Britain were 13................. a type of badminton at the
beginning of the 19th century. British army officers in India 14................. to play it in the 1870s.

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8 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

1 Last year, I use to watch lots of films.
2 You must not to take these books out of the library.
3 Do all skiers has to wear a helmet?
4 I was going home when I was falling off my bike.
5 When the teacher came into the classroom, the students reading.
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