I.E A.C.

R Fifth grade
PRACTICE
Name: ………………………………………………………………………. Grade: ……..

I. – Complete these sentences. Then compare with a partner.

1. In primary school, I used to …………………………………………..

2. I used to be ………………… but I’m not anymore.
3. When I was a Kid, I used to play …………………………………….,
4. After school, my best friend and I used to …………………………..

II. - Pair work: Add three questions to this list. Then take asking and answering the questions to your
partner.

1. What sports or games did you use to play when you were younger?
2. Did you use to have a nickname?
3. Where did you use to spend your vacations?
4. …………………………………………………………………………………….
5. …………………………………………………………………………………….
6. …………………………………………………………………………………….

III. – Write five sentences about yourself, when you were a child (using used to).

1. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. ……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. ……………………………………………………………………………………………

IV. – Complete the sentences with used to ……. + a suitable verb.

1. Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.
2. Liz ……………………. A motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.
3. We came to live in Lima a few years ago. We ……………………… in Tarapoto.
4. I rarely eat ice- cream now but I ………………………….. it when I was a child.
5. Jim ……………………………… my best friend but we aren’t friends any longer.

V. - Brian changed his lifestyle. He stopped doing some things and started doing other things:
Smoking
Studying hard going out in the evening
He stopped Going to bed early He started
running three miles every morning spending a lot of money

Miss. Sharon Carola Ruiz García

 I.E A.C.R Fifth grade
 Write sentences about Brian with used to and didn’t use to.

1. He used to study hard.

2. He didn’t use to smoke.
3. …………………………………………………………………………….
4. ……………………………………………………………………………..
5. ……………………………………………………………………………..
6. …………………………………………………………………………….

VI.- Compare what Carol said five years ago and what says today:

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

I travel a lot of. I’m a hotel I eat lots of cheese now My dog died two years ago
receptionist
I work very hard these days I read a newspaper every
I play the piano I’ve got lots of day.
friends. I don’t know many
I haven’t been to a
I’m very lazy I never read
Newspapers. I work in a bookshop now party for ages.
I don’t like
cheese. I don’t drink tea
I don’t go away much I haven’t played the
I have a dog. I go to a lot of parties these days. piano for years.

Tea is great! I like it now

 Now write sentences about how Carol has changed. Use used to / didn’t use to / never used to in the
first part of your sentence.

1. She used to travel a lot but she doesn’t go away much these days.
2. ………… ……………………………………… but ……………………………………………….
3. ………….……………………………………… but ……………………………………………….
4. ………….……………………………………… but ……………………………………………….
5. ………….……………………………………… but ……………………………………………….
6. ………….……………………………………… but ……………………………………………….
7. ………….……………………………………… but ……………………………………………….
8. ………….……………………………………… but ……………………………………………….
9. ………… ……………………………………… but ……………………………………………….
10. ………….……………………………………… but ……………………………………………….

Miss. Sharon Carola Ruiz García