Grammar Challenge

Used to
Practice activities

British Broadcasting Corporation 2007

BBC Learning English Grammar Challenge

Used to
Quiz 1:
All the people here have changed in some way. Match the beginnings of the sentences
to the correct endings.

1.

I was very healthy when I was

younger because

a.

she didn't use to like animals.

2.

Her hair looks fabulous short but

b.

they used to live in a tiny flat.

3.

He's so much healthier now but

c.

she used to have really long hair.

d.

they used to live in New York.

e.

he used to smoke 20 a day.

4.

5.

It's strange that she works with

dogs now because.
Now he never goes to sunny
places on holidays but

6.

I love Thai food now but

f.

I used to cycle everywhere.

7.

They live in a huge house now but

g.

I didn't use to like spicy food.

h.

he used to love beach holidays.

8.

They moved to the countryside a

few years ago even though.

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Used to
Quiz 2:
Read the sentences and decide whether the form is correct or not.
1. We used to go everywhere together. Now he won't even speak to me.
a. Correct
b. Wrong
2. Every day now I uses to ride my bike to school.
a. Correct
b. Wrong
3. They didn't use to drink alcohol.
a. Correct
b. Wrong
4. We used to have a dog when we were young.
a. Correct
b. Wrong
5. She didn't used to smoke.
a. Correct
b. Wrong
6. They used to living in Singapore.
a. Correct
b. Wrong

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Used to - Answers
Quiz 1:
Match the beginnings of the sentences to the correct endings.

1.

I was very healthy when I was

younger because

f.

I used to cycle everywhere.

2.

Her hair looks fabulous short but

c.

she used to have really long hair.

3.

He's so much healthier now but

e.

he used to smoke 20 a day.

a.

she didn't use to like animals.

h.

he used to love beach holidays.

4.

5.

It's strange that she works with

dogs now because
Now he never goes to sunny
places on holidays but

6.

I love Thai food now but

g.

I didn't use to like spicy food.

7.

They live in a huge house now but

b.

they used to live in a tiny flat.

d.

they used to live in New York.

8.

They moved to the countryside a

few years ago even though

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Used to - Answers
Quiz 2:
Read the sentences and decide whether the form is correct or not.
1.

We used to go everywhere together. Now he won't even speak to me.

a.

Correct Well done - the form is 'used to' + base form of the verb.

b.

Wrong Sorry - the form 'used to' + base form of the verb is correct.

2.

Every day now I uses to ride my bike to school.

a.

Correct Sorry - the form is wrong. There is no present tense form of 'used to'.

b.

Wrong Well done - there is no present tense form of 'used to'.

3.

They didn't use to drink alcohol.

a.

Correct Well done - the negative form is didn't use to + base form of the
verb.

b.

Wrong Sorry -the form is correct. In the negative, it's 'didn't use to' + base
form of the verb.

4.

We used to have a dog when we were young.

a.

Correct Well done - the form is 'used to' + base form of the verb.

b.

Wrong Sorry - the form is correct. It's 'used to' + base form of the verb.

5.

She didn't used to smoke.

a.

Correct Sorry the negative form is didn't use to'. Not 'didn't used to'

b.

Wrong Well done - the negative form is didn't use to + base form of the
verb.

6.

They used to living in Singapore.

a.

Correct Sorry we don't use the verb+ing form after 'used to'

b.

Wrong Well done the form is wrong. We don't use the verb+ing form after
'used to'

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