Events described with the present perfect simple may be recent, or not. The present perfect continuous is used for an action in progress. It suggests that the action is unfinished, or recently finished. | GRAMMAR 29 VE RB AD J ECTI VE PREPOSITION Look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct and some have a word which should not be there. Tick each correct line. If a line has a word which should not be there write the word in the space. Brothers and sisters When I was young I had argued with my brothers and sisters all the time. I used to share with most of my toys with my brother but he specialised in to keeping them for himself. When I asked about him for anything he simply used to refuse to give it to me and then I became and very angry with him. Our sisters blamed for everything on us when our parents accused us of quarrelling all the time. My brother and I got up annoyed about this but only succeeded them in making matters worse. Our parents didn t approve of our quarrelling so much and insisted us on not taking sides. They either laughed about it or told us to forgive and each other for everything. Soon we became ashamed of quarrelling and became good at last getting on well with each other. .hW. . . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . U . 12 . 13 . 14 . 15 . Key points 1 Check verbs and adjectives in a dictionary to be certain which prepositions follow them. 2 In some cases different prepositions give different meanings. 3 Note the difference between used to see Grammar 1 and be used to. I used to go to the beach every weekend when I was a child. This is a habit in the past which is no longer true. To is part of the infinitive to go in this sentence. I am not used to getting up so early in the morning. If you are used to something you have done it many times so that it no longer seems surprising or difficult. In this case to is a preposition and getting up is the noun form of the verb gerund . SEE ALSO Grammar 30 Consolidation 6 175 Put one suitable word in each space. Parents and children I was reading an article last week in which the writer describes how her children had changed as they 1 . grew. up. When they were small she had to 2 .up
