Self Study Guide – Test Your English Grammar Part 14

I ______ to have an old Rolls-Royce.

When fashion changed I ______ to wearing short skirts.

Unfortunately we are less well-off now than we ______.

From now on, we won’t be able to go out as much as we ______.

In those days, trains ______ to have a guard in the last carriage.

I always buy tight jeans. I ______ them loose.

Jeans ______ just work clothes but then they began to appear on movie stars.

I never wore tight jeans before, but now I ______ them. It’s so stylish!

When we were little, we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle - we ______ call him Tortoise.

In earlier times, someone ______ home and was able to take proper care of the pets.

Before the train was invented people ______ travel mostly by horse.

Sean’s ______ with difficult kids.

I ______ sleeping on the floor.

Ancient people ______ to believe that the earth was flat.

I’m not sure where to turn. I ______ driving this way.

Although I come from Russia I ______ driving in London.

I ______ be shy when I was younger.

In the 19th century people ______ bigger families.

Aren’t you ______ this far? It’s only 5 miles.

When we were children we ______ go skating every winter.

I used to write my letters by hand, but now ______ I typing them.

I ______ to belong to a cycling club when I was young.

I used to travel to work by train, but the fares got too dear so now I ______ coming to work on my bicycle.

As a child, I ______ science fiction, and my mind was full of strange images.

When I was a boy, I ______ to visit my aunts in the country.