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English Verb Forms and Usage Guide

The document provides a list of verb forms, including base, -ing, past simple, and past participle forms. It also includes various sentences demonstrating the use of past tenses and the phrase 'used to' for expressing past habits or states. Additionally, it highlights corrections of common grammatical errors in sentence structure.
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English Verb Forms and Usage Guide

The document provides a list of verb forms, including base, -ing, past simple, and past participle forms. It also includes various sentences demonstrating the use of past tenses and the phrase 'used to' for expressing past habits or states. Additionally, it highlights corrections of common grammatical errors in sentence structure.
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Base form -ing form Past simple Past participle

[Link] marrying married married

2. fight fighting fought fought

3. die dying died died

4. meet meeting met met

5. retire retiring retired retired

6. think thinking thought though

t7. Stop stopping stopped stopped

8. ride riding rode ridden

9. fall falling fell fallen

10. learn learning learned/learnt learned/learnt

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1. My parents bought a house just after they got married
2. John had got engaged before he left university
3. Liam inherited a lot of money and emigrated to Australia
4. Did Pam phone while you were watching television?
5. I opened the door and stepped outside. It was raining.
6. I didn't know where you were because you didn't phone
7. I had had this watch for two years when the battery ran out
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1. Why did you be angry with Mary? → Why were you angry with Mary
2. Had you eaten before you went out? → ✓
3. I couldn't go out until I had did my homework. → I couldn't go out until I had
done my homework.
4. It wasn't rain when we left the house. → It wasn't raining when we left the house.
5. I wasn't feeling well this morning. → ✓
6. We was eating when you phoned. → We were eating when you phoned.
7. Where had you lunch? → Where did you have lunch?
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• Jason had been to Italy.

• Jason hadn't been to Italy.


• Had Jason been to Italy?

• Tom grew up in London.

• Tom didn't grow up in London.


• Did Tom grow up in London?

• Her parents split up last year.

• Her parents didn't split up last year.


• Did her parents split up last year?

• Harry was living in Scotland.

• Harry wasn't living in Scotland.


• Was Harry living in Scotland?

• Sally had eaten lunch.

• Sally hadn't eaten lunch.


• Had Sally eaten lunch?

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1. I couldn't pay for the pizzas because I had lost my money at home
2. I put on my coat and left
3. You didn't understand the question because you weren't listening
4. When we woke up, everything was white because it had snowed during the night
5. I borrowed my brother's jacket because I had lost mine
6. It was a really cold day, but the sun was shining.

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• die → died
• live → had lived
• spend → had spent
• live → had lived
• have → had had

• live → was still living.


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1. I know this town well. We used to visit here a lot when I was younger
2. You used to love swimming. Why don't you like it now?
3. Your dad is fantastic at football. Did he use to play a lot?
4. Our town used to have good sports facilities, but now there's a great new sports
centre.
5. She sounds American. Did she use to live in the USA?
6. I used to argue a lot with my dad, but we get on really well now.
7. He speaks Spanish really well because he used to go to university in Madrid
8. I didn't use to be interested in films, but I go to the cinema a lot now.
9. My mum used to make dinner every night, but now my dad cooks at weekends
10. My grandparents didn't use to go abroad at all, but these days, they often visit other
countries.

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1. (sea) We didn't use to live near the sea, but we live near it now
2. (glasses) I didn't use to wear glasses, but I wear them now
3. (milk) I used to drink milk, but I don't drink it now
4. (dogs) I used to be afraid of dogs, but I'm not afraid of them now.
5. (stamps) He used to collect stamps, but he doesn't collect them now.
6. (teacher) She used to be a teacher, but she isn't one now
7. (Japanese) She didn't use to speak Japanese, but she speaks it now.

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1. (eat) I used to eat a lot of sweets


2. (wear) I used to wear colorful clothes
3. (play) I used to play hide-and-seek with my friends
4. (like) I used to like watching cartoons.
5. (be afraid) I used to be afraid of the dark.
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1. Did she use to live in London?->No, she used to live in Paris.


2. Did she use to have short hair?->Yes, she used to have short hair.
3. Did she use to work in a shop?->No, she used to work in a hotel.
4. Did she use to play football at weekends?->Yes, she used to play football at
weekends.
5. Did she use to wear a tracksuit?->Yes, she used to wear a tracksuit.
6. Did she use to go skiing in the winter?->Yes, she used to go skiing in the winter.
7. Did she use to sleep in a hotel?->No, she used to sleep in a tent.

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1. She moved to Canada two years ago, but she hasn't got used to living in a cold
country
2. I used to get angry a lot, but I'm much calmer now.
3. They used to like the same music, but they don't now
4. I like your new glasses. Have you got used to wearing them
5. I hated this flat when we moved in, but I have got used to it now.

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