Exercises

Unit 18 · used to (do)

18.1

Complete the sentences with used to + a suitable verb

Complete•the•sentences•with•used•to•+•a•suitable•verb.

1Nicola used to travel a lot, but she doesn’t go away much these days.(Example)

Sophie a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.

Our friends moved to Spain a few years ago. They in Paris.

Jackie my best friend, but we aren’t friends any more.

I rarely eat ice cream now, but I it when I was a child.

It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work now that the new road is open. It more than an hour.

There a hotel near the airport, but it closed a long time ago.

I in a factory. It wasn’t my favourite job.

18.2

Complete the sentences

1Lisa used to have very long hair when she was a child.(Example)

We to watch TV a lot, but we don’t have a TV any more.

Lisa works in a shop now. She a receptionist in a hotel.

What games you use to play when you were a child?

I like big cities, but now I prefer the countryside.

In your last job, how many hours a day did you to work?

I don’t travel very much these days, but I used .

I used to to run ten kilometres, but I can’t run that far now.

These days I eat more than before. I use to eat as much.

18.3

Compare what Karen said ten years ago and what she says today: did didn’t to use used used

Compare what•Karen said ten years ago and what she says today•Now write about how•Karen has changed•Use used to

1She used to travel a lot, but she doesn’t go away much these days.(Example)

2She used but(Example)

3but(Example)

4but(Example)

5but(Example)

6but(Example)

18.4

Write sentences about yourself

Write sentences about yourself•Begin•I used to•I used to be

1I used to live in a small village, but now I live in a city.(Example)

2I used to play tennis a lot, but I don’t play any more.(Example)

I used , but

I Now begin with I didn’t use to … .

Question 5

6I didn’t use to read a lot, but I do now.(Example)

I didn’t ➜ Additional exercise 9 (page 307) TEN YEARS AGO TODAY I travel a lot. I play the piano. I never drink tea. I eat lots of cheese now. I haven’t played the piano for a long time. I don’t go away much these days. Tea’s great! I like it now. My dog died two years ago. I work very hard these days. I have a dog. I’m very lazy. I don’t like cheese.

Question 8

Theory