CAE Talking About the Past

She was going to work/thinking to work/to have worked in her mother’s business, but decided instead to continue her studies.

I remember that concert. It was the first time I’ve seen/ I’d seen/I was seeing the band play live.

I _____________ (never/kiss) anyone until I _____________ (meet) you.

I used to get so annoyed with him. He _____________ (always/lose) things.

It’s years since I’ve ridden/I haven’t ridden/I rode a bike. I’m not sure if I could do it now.

She _____________ (eat) a particularly large meal and she suddenly started to feel sick.

You know that book you _____________ (tell) me about last week? Well, I _____________ (buy) it. Look.

When I was a teenager I used to know/would know/ knew the words to all The Beatles songs.

It looks as if he _____________ (cry) again. His eyes are all red and puffy.

I’d like to have travelled/have liked to travel/have liked to have travelled more when I was younger.

Marjorie _____________ (leave) when Paul _____________ (arrive).

After he’d done/Having done/Being done it once, he was happy to give another presentation.

I hated that school. If I _____________ (not do) my homework, they used to punish me. If I _____________ (do) it, they’d tell me to do it again.

That’s the third time I _____________ (have) to tell you to stop shouting!

I’d rather my parents didn’t make/wouldn’t have made/hadn’t made me go to piano lessons when I was little.