Question 104

Which sentence about past habits contains a tense-choice error?

When we were children, we would have a tandem in the shed.Correct answer
On cold evenings, Dad would warm our gloves beside the stove.
This field used to belong to the railway company.
After a year on the island, Theo is used to travelling by boat.

Explanation

Possessing a tandem is a state, so habitual would cannot express that meaning of have; used to or the past simple is needed. Warming gloves is a repeated action, belonging describes a discontinued state with an appropriate form, and present familiarity with boat travel correctly takes be used to plus an ing-form.

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