Grammar in Action
Circle the correct words.
1 By the time Elisabeth remembered / had remembered to turn off the oven, the food had already burnt!
2 Nobody noticed that Jane wasn't feeling / hadn't been feeling happy for a very long time.
3 Peter took / was taking the dog for a walk every morning before breakfast.
4 The waitress was on the verge of/ was about to taking the order when the customers got up to leave.
5 Jacob promised he was going / would look into the matter, but he never did.
6 We were having / used to have a strict dress code at my school; jewellery and make-up for girls were strictly
prohibited.
7 At midday yesterday, my classmates and I had had / were having a picnic in the park with our teacher.
8 Was yesterday the first time you had ever been / were ever going to a cricket match?