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Unit 5

Habits and Characteristic Behaviour 1. Complete using used to, to be / get used to:
a) People in the USA ..... (drive) long distances. b) In the 1950s, people ..... (go) to the cinema more often than they do today. c) Sorry I'm late - I ..... (not, take) the bus to get to work. d) We ..... (not, spend) our holidays abroad. e) He never ..... (live) in the city. He missed his country cottage so much! f) I don't think I'll ever ..... (drink) tea with my meals. g) You ..... (do) much sport when you were at school?. h) In the old days, there ..... (be) much less traffic on the roads. i) She ..... (smoke) too much, but she's given it up now. j) He ..... (play) in front of the audience?. He sounded very nervous.

2. If possible, complete the sentences with either will or would. If it is not possible, use the past simple.
1. Around 2 o'clock every night, Sue ............ talking in her sleep. It's very annoying.(start) 2. As soon as he woke up he ...........things ready for breakfast. (get) 3. He ........... work in 1963 as an assistant to the managing director. (begin) 4. After I read about the place in a magazine, I ........... to visit Madagascar myself. (want) 5. When I was younger I ........... hours just kicking a ball around the garden. (spend) 6. Even when it's freezing cold, some people ........... just jeans and a T-shirt. (wear) 7. When I was at school all the children ........... in silence when the teacher came into the room. (stand up) 8. Everywhere she went, people ........... her name and ask for her autograph. (call out) 9. Jack ........... three days ago from a holiday in France. (return) 10. 1 usually get up late, so most mornings, I ........... just a cup of tea for breakfast. (have) 11. There's a boy in my maths class who ........... the most ridiculous questions. (ask) 12. She ........... all her closest friends and relatives to her 50th birthday party last summer. (invite)

3. Complete these sentences with will, would or used to. If more than one answer is possible, write them both.
1. I ........... like going to pop concerts when I was a teenager. 2. Business people ........... watch what their competitors are doing with great interest. 3. The country now known as Myanmar ........... be called Burma. 4. My father didn't know that we ........... borrow the car when he was at work. 5. When I was a child, summers ........... be warmer and winters colder than now. 6. Accidents........... happen in the home, however safe we try to make them. 7. When the weather was good, we ........... go walking in the hills every weekend.

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1. Look at the following text and retell the story using the past simple, used to or would. As a boy, I liked going for long walks, especially on summer mornings. We lived in the country, and the hills behind our house were beautiful. I got up early, and without waking my parents, I crept out of the house. Once I walked for twenty miles, and my parents got very worried. We had a dog called Rex, and together we climbed the hills while the rest of the world was sleeping. I loved those days, so innocent, so carefree. I went back there last year; but it wasnt the same. 2. Rewrite the sentences below so that they express a criticism. e.g. My dad mends his motorbike in the living room. > My dad will mend his motorbike in the living room. a. My brother leaves the cap off the toothpaste.
b. My sister often borrows clothes without asking.

c. Uncle Tom smokes cigars in the kitchen.

d. Our great-grandma didnt use to turn on her hearing-aid.

e. My grandpa used to chew tobacco in bed. 3. Rewrite the following sentences, using will or would. If the sentences seem to express the speakers annoyance, underline the modal verb to show that it is stressed. a. My grandfather sat in his rocking chair for hours, watching the fire and sucking on his pipe.
b. My grandmother used to get very cross because he put his muddy boots on the table.

c. My dog is so intelligent, I dont have to tell her when its time to go for a walk. She gets the lead and she tugs at my trousers until I stand up. d. But she runs in other peoples gardens and pulls up their flowers. e. When my aunt, whos a bit deaf: wants some peace, she takes the batteries out of her heanng-aid. it works! Its impossible to get through to her. f. But she forgets where she puts the batteries1
g. My first boyfriend was an incurable romantic. He bought me flowers every Friday, and he wrote poems about us.