Unit  5  ; Revision  2nd  year  Secondary    Term  1         Grammar

Used to + verb  ( no ending )

e.g. 1- Hamad used to be a farmer but he is retired now .

       2- Hamd used to look after his father’s sheep.

                  3- His mother used to make remedies .

(   1  ) - Use    ( used to  )

  e.g. 1- Everyone listened to stories . Everyone used to listen to stories .

 

a-    We ( lived ) in a traditional house .

…………………………………………………………………………………………

b-    A well (  supplied )  the whole village .

………………………………………………………………………………………..

c-    It ( was )  a desert in Hamad's youth .

…………………………………………………………………………………………. .

d-    The family ( travelled  )on foot before they got a car .

………………………………………………………………………………………….

 

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    (  2  ) – Choose the correct word :

a- His mother used to  ( make  - makes   - making )  remedies .

b- We used to ( lives   - live  - living  ) in a traditional house .

 

    (  3  ) -  Correct .

a-    He ……………………….. to look after his father’s sheep .                       ( use  )

b-     Khalid used to ………………..…..a student at an agricultural   college .  ( was )

 

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The Past Perfect

                                 Had  + past perfect  ( e.g. had written )

e.g. 1- By 717 AD, Islam had reached the border of Europe .

           Islam had reached the borders of Europe by 717 AD.

 


        Islam had reached          717                 now

                   B                                 A                   now

e.g. 1 - Hamd had been a farmer before he retired .

            Before he retired , he had been a farmer .    

 

     (  1  ) – Choose the correct word :

a-    They  ( had used  - has used  - have used ) oil lamps before they got electricity.

b-    Before he retired , Ahmad ( has been  - had been – is ) a farmer .

c-    Before they ( move  - moving  - moved ) to a modern house, they had lived in a      traditional house .

            (  2  ) – Correct the verbs  :

a-    Before they ……………………… to a modern house , they had lived in a     traditional house .                                                         (  move  )

b-    By 717 AD , Islam ………………………. Europe .     (  reach  )