MATERIAL
TITLE : USED TO
PART
A: Complete the text with words from the box, using used to
.
buy
go
have
keep
look
after
look
at
live
play
stand
take
Recently, we took our 14-year-old son James to the place in Lyon where we
________________ (1) when he was a baby. We showed him the house, with the
balcony where he _________________ (2) and make speeches to imaginary crowds.
Then we went inside, and believe it or not, there was Mme Depardieu, who
_______________ (3) James when we were working. She didn't look a day older. We
couldn't get into the flat, but we saw the garden where James _______________
(4). Then we visited the park where we _____________ (5) him for walks, the zoo
where he ______________ (6) the elephants and monkeys, and the lake where we
______________ (7) boating. Not much had changed in the area: most of the shops
were still there, including the wonderful old grocer's where we
________________ (8) delicacies like cherries in brandy. But the friendly
butcher who ________________ (9) the best pieces of meat for us was gone, and
so was the restaurant with the bad-tempered old waitress where we
_______________ (10) Sunday lunch. I found it strange to go back: it made me
feel happy and sad at the same time. But James was delighted with the trip.
PART
B: Make sentences with used to and didn't use to about how people
lived hundreds of years ago.
1.
travel
/ horse
___________________________________________________________
2.
cook
/ wood fires
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3.
live
so long
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4.
fight
/ spears
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5.
hunt
/ bows and arrows
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6.
believe
/ ghosts and devils
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7.
be
able / vote
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8.
think
/ earth was flat
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9.
bigger
families
___________________________________________________________
10.
children
/ work
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PART
C: Complete with the present tense of the verb given, or used to and
the verb given.
1.
Jim
_______________ (not get) annoyed with Brenda these days, but years ago he
_______________ (get) cross with her all the time.
2.
When
we were young we _______________ (listen) to the radio a lot, but today most
people ______________ (watch) television.
3.
Today
Daryl and Valerie often _____________ (go) out for a meal, but when they were
newly married, they _____________ (not, go) out to restaurants.
4.
"______________
Aunt Emily ______________ (drink) so much tea when she was young?"
5.
Andrew
_______________ (be) very difficult to get on with years ago, but now that he's
married he ________________ (be) friendly.
6.
Today
a growing number of people ______________ (work) at home, whereas a few years
ago everybody ________________ (go) to an office or a factory to work.
7.
We
________________ (go) for long walks in the country when I was a young girl,
but today most people _____________ (travel) by car.
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