Exercise 6a. Put the words in brackets in the correct form.

1. My parents were very strict with me when I was young.
2. Peter gets special treatment because he knows the boss.
3. I've heard him be rude to her on a number of occasions.
4. He was notorious for his violent and threatening behavior.
5. He had gained a reputation as an entertaining speaker.

Exercise 6b. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

1. I don't know where my wallet is. I wish I knew where my wallet was.
2. Michael is playing with the older boys in the park. I wish Michael were not playing with them.
3. Things are not good in this country. I hope everything gets better.
4. I am tired of hearing your screaming. It is time you stopped screaming in my car.
5. I can't go to the pool with my friends because I can't swim. Oh, I wish I could swim.

Exercise 7. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form using the structure used to, be/get used to.

1. European drivers find it difficult to drive on the left when they visit Britain.
2. See that building there? I used to go to school there, but now it's a factory. 
3. I've been at this company a couple of years. I get used to going to work by bus.  
4. When I first arrived in this neighborhood, I used to live in a house. I had always lived in apartment buildings.
5. Working till 10 pm isn't a problem. I am used to finishing late. I did it in my last job too.
6. I can't believe they are going to build an airport just two miles from our new house! I don't want to live in a noisy place. 
7. His father used to smoke twenty cigars a day - now he doesn't smoke at all!
8. Whenever all my friends went to discos, I never used to go with them, but now I enjoy it.
9. I have been driving for almost a year now. 
10. When Max went to live in Italy, he got used to living there very quickly. He's a very open-minded person.