Used to ACADEMIA STUDY & SURF

A Complete the sentences with used to and the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Then tick (3) the sentences that are true for you.
used to work
1 My mother ...................................... (work) at a clinic. ......

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2 My father ...................................... (have) long hair. ......
3 My grandparents ...................................... (listen) to music on the radio. ......
4 My parents ...................................... (live) in London.
5 My friend ...................................... (play) tennis.
6 My neighbour ...................................... (ride) a motorbike.
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7 I ...................................... (wake up) very early.
8 Our family ...................................... (go) to Turkey on holiday.

B Write sentences with the words below to compare what people used to do and what they
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1 write letters / send e-mails

People used to write letters. Now they send e-mails.
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2 call from home / call from anywhere

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3 travel by horse and cart / travel by car

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4 listen to the radio / watch TV

5 play games outside / play computer games

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6 only cook on fires / cook on stoves

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7 make clothes by hand / make clothes in factories

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8 grow their own vegetables / buy vegetables

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C Complete the sentences with used to and the verbs in brackets.
used to wear
1 When Grandma was a girl, she ...................................... (wear) long dresses.
2 Ron ...................................... (not like) swimming, but now he swims every day.
3 Before Steven’s accident, he ...................................... (work) in a factory.
4 Where ...................... you ...................... (go) to school when you were young?
5 What music ...................... teenagers ...................... (listen) to in the 1950s?
6 A hundred years ago, people ...................................... (not travel) in aeroplanes.

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Used to – Answers
A 1 used to work
2 used to have
3 used to listen
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used to live
used to play
used to ride
used to wake up
used to go
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B 1 People used to write letters. Now they send e-mails.
2 People used to call from home. Now they call from anywhere.
3 People used to travel by horse and cart. Now they travel by car.
4 People used to listen to the radio. Now they watch TV.
5 People used to play games outside. Now they play computer games.
6 People only used to cook on fires. Now they cook on stoves.
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7 People used to make clothes by hand. Now they make clothes in factories.
8 People used to grow their own vegetables. Now they buy vegetables.

C 1 used to wear
2 didn’t use to like
3 used to work
4 did … use to go
5 did … use to listen
6 didn’t use to travel

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