Moving into a Shared Flat

I moved into a shared flat three weeks ___.

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Correct answer: ago

I moved into a shared flat three weeks ago. Ago follows a completed amount of time measured back from the present.

Before that, I ___ to live with my parents.

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Correct answer: used

Before that, I used to live with my parents. Used to takes a base verb and describes a past habit or state.

Now I have to ___ my own washing.

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Correct answer: do

Now I have to do my own washing. This is the established combination or expression required by the sentence.

My flatmates are friendly, ___ we have different routines.

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Correct answer: although

My flatmates are friendly, although we have different routines. This conjunction introduces a full clause expressing contrast.

One of them works ___ night.

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Correct answer: at

One of them works at night. Use at for clock times or night, on for named days, and in for parts of the day.

We try not ___ make noise in the morning.

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Correct answer: to

We try not to make noise in the morning. The construction requires a to-infinitive.

There is ___ space in the kitchen than I would like.

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Correct answer: less

There is less space in the kitchen than I would like. Use less for an uncountable quantity and fewer for plural countable items.

We bought a shelf ___ store our cups.

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Correct answer: to

We bought a shelf to store our cups. A to-infinitive expresses the purpose of an action.

The landlord said we ___ put it beside the fridge.

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Correct answer: could

The landlord said we could put it beside the fridge. A modal verb is followed by the base form of the main verb.

I helped my flatmate carry ___ upstairs.

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Correct answer: it

I helped my flatmate carry it upstairs. Use an object pronoun as the object of a verb or preposition.

We have already ___ a cleaning plan.

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Correct answer: made

We have already made a cleaning plan. A perfect construction uses have/has/had followed by a past participle.

I am responsible ___ the bathroom this week.

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Correct answer: for

I am responsible for the bathroom this week. This word completes the prepositional pattern in the sentence.

We don't have to ___ everything every day.

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Correct answer: clean

We don't have to clean everything every day. A modal or have to is followed by the base form of the verb.

If we all help, the flat ___ stay tidy.

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Correct answer: will

If we all help, the flat will stay tidy. In a first conditional, if + present can be followed by will + base verb for a real future possibility.

Living here is becoming ___ each week.

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Correct answer: easier

Living here is becoming easier each week. Use the comparative form to compare two things, often with than.