English for Exams Karen Kovacs

Exercise A
1 d; 2 f; 
3 g ; A 
b; 5 C; 6 h; 7 
a; 8 e
Pronunciation: Past tense 
- e d
 endings 
Exercise 8
1 enjoyed / d /
worked / t /
acted / i d /  
Exercise 9
/ d / : loved; played; aged; cycled; 
seemed; 
agreed; answered; breathed
/ t/ la u g h e d ; thanked; wished; 
helped; asked; matched
Answer key

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/id /a c c e p te d ; decided; hated; 
needed; wanted; pretended
Grammar: Past tenses, 
u s e d to
 and 
w o u ld
Exercise 13
1 a used to to describe a past habit: used to take me 
to school
b used to to describe a past state: I used to live quite 
far from my school
3 a would to describe a past habit: he would push my 
bike home
b The strong form of would is / w u d / . The weak 
form is / w a d / . You can also use the contraction 
'd, e.g. / 'd / a i d / .
Exercise 14
1 a the past sim ple used to describe a past state:
when I was little 
b the past sim ple to describe a past habit: my 
granddad let me cycle 
c the past sim ple to describe a single completed 
action: I looked back
2 a I w o u ld ... gotng go w ith him to the local park
(should be would + infinitive] 
b I would own owned/used to own a horse (can t 
use would to describe long-lasting situations or 
past states]
c I used to see saw Sam at the cinema [m ust use 
past simple for single completed actions in the past]