Exercise 10. Which one of the verbs given can complete all three sentences in each set?
1 used
to / will / would
a Most days
my father …get up first and make breakfast.
b When I
was training for the marathon, I …run over 100 kilometres a week.
c We went
back to Dublin to see the house where we… live in the 1960s.
2 needn't
/ mustn't / don't have to
a I'll be
quite late getting to London, but you…change your plans for me.
b I'm
afraid I owe quite a lot of money to the bank - but you… worry
about it.
c Next
time, read the small print in the document before you sign it. You …
make the same mistake again.
3 can
/ could / is (or
was)
able to
a Val had
always wanted to go scuba diving and …do so last summer.
b I hope
Jim … help you tomorrow.
c She
played the piano quite well even before she …read music.
(from:
Martin Hewings. English Grammar in Use –Advanced. Cambridge
University Press, 7th
ed.; Michael
Vince. Advanced
Language Practice. Macmillan, 2007)
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