Advanced grammar U2 Saints and Sinners | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Correct it : When I was a kid I would love dancing.

When I was a kid I used to love dancing.

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Correct it : I´m use to driving a big car.

I´m used to driving a big car.

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Narrative tenses : I ... (not sleep) well for weeks, so I ... (decide) to go and see my doctor.

I hadn´t been sleeping well for weeks, so I decided to go and see my doctor.

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Pauline has changed a lot. She didn´t always use to look / wasn´t always looking like that.

didn´t always use to look

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Rewrite the sentence so it contains : GOING I intended to call you yesterday, but I forgot.

I was going to call you yesterday but I forgot

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Rewrite the sentence so it contains ALWAYS Paul had the irritating habit of making trouble

Paul was always making trouble.

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Rewrite the sentence so it contains- BE Diana wasn´t always as rude as that.

Diana didn´t use to be as rude as that

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Rewrite the sentence so it contains BY THE TIME Susan booked out before we got to her hotel.

By the time we got to the hotel Susan had booked out.

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Rewrite the sentence using the word in parentheses so that the meaning stays the same >> I was sure we would find the wallet. (bound)

We were bound to find the wallet.

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Rewrite the sentence using the word in parentheses so that the meaning stays the same >> We expected him to arrive soon. (would)

We thought/assumed he would arrive soon.

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Rewrite the sentence using the word in parentheses so that the meaning stays the same >> He had a plan to start a business. (going to)

He was going to start a business.

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Complete the sentence >> I was about to ... when ...

(possible answer) I was about to leave when the rain began.

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Complete the sentence >> They were going to ..., but ... .

(possible answer) They were going to get married, but he lost his job.

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Peter decided he ______ to France on holidays will go /would go |/went

would go

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I ___________ to the party, but Peter made me come wouldn't go /wasn't going to go /wasn't going

wasn´t going to go

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I was sure that Kate ___________ by the time I arrived would leave |/would be leaving / would have left

would have left

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