TEACHER’S FILE Top Teen 10

GRAMMAR WORKSHEETS

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET 16 Module 3 – Technological frontiers

USED TO
A. Match the beginnings of the sentences to the correct endings.
Cell phones used to be enormous,
1 a now we are addicted to them.
expensive and uncool,

They used to be called ‘brick’ phones, 2 b just because they were wireless!

We used to call them ‘portable’, 3 c as they were as big and heavy as bricks.

Women used to find them quickly inside nowadays we feel helpless if we leave them
4 d
their handbags, but at home.

We used to live without cell phones, but 5 e

now they are so small and light that it is
difficult to find them when they ring!

We used to manage without them, but 6 f

but now they are extremely thin, cheap and
fashionable.

B. Fill in the blanks with be/get used to.

1. In the days before we had laptops, people ____________________ leaving work

in the office. Nowadays they ____________________ bringing it home.
2. When tablets appeared, computer addicts ____________________
reading and answering emails while travelling to work.
3. They ____________________ doing that repeatedly.
4. Long ago people ____________________ depending a lot on technological devices. (negative)
5. They ____________________ living healthy lives and now they ____________________ typing
on the keyboard as quickly as they can.
6. Computers have brought lots of problems to parents; their kids ____________________ more and
more ____________________ playing games till late.
7. Instead of doing homework and going to bed early they have ____________________ chatting and
playing online.
8. They ____________________ obeying strict orders. (negative)

C. Fill in the blanks with used to and be/get used to.

Twenty years ago Linda worked in an office full of paperwork. Now she has a high-tech computer.
1. She ________________ carry heavy files in her briefcase. Nowadays she ________________
saving everything in the computer.
2. She ________________ take lots of letters to finish writing at home. Now she ________________
taking anything home. (negative)
3. She ________________ have her desk in a complete mess. Nowadays ________________
having her desk tidy and clean.
4. She ________________ waste a lot of time looking for documents. Now she ________________
saving them in some of the Google tools.
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