JUST B1 used to play voleyball She used to go out most evenings She used to play the guitar She used to read a lot / she used to like reading She used to go away two or three times a year used to have used to be go / travel used to eat watches used to live get did use to play
used to drive was driving were working used to have was living was playing used to play was wearing
2 Past tenses fl Choose the correct form of the verbs in this text. My granny is 93 and she's come to live with us at our house. We're all pleased because we love having her near us. She's a very independent person and until this year, she (1) refused/ was refusing to move to the flat on our ground floor. But last month she suddenly (2) changed/ was changing her mind and 1(3) asked / would ask her why. She explained that for years, nobody in her village (4) would lock/was locking their front doors and the place (5) used to feel/ would feel safe, but last month (6) she met/was meeting a neighbour in the street when she (7) was walking / would walk home from the shops and (8) heard / was hearing some bad news. Thieves (9) were breaking/got used to breaking into people's houses while they (10) were sitting/ would sit in their back gardens. She (11) realised/was realising that she (12) wasn't wanting / didn't want to live alone any mom. She (13) isn't used / didn't use to being in the town yet, but it's not as difficult as she (14) was thinking / thought it might be, and she loves seeing us more often. 4 Fill in the gaps with a suitable form of beget used to. 1 Rita's very tired this morning. She isn't used, to (not) going to bed late. 2 Don't worry about the children: they 3 My new boss giving orders, not receiving them. 4 She (not) drinking very strong coffee and it made her ill. 5 (you) our climate or do you still miss the sunshine? 6 I had never stayed in such an expensive hotel before, but I soon it. Ei 0 Complete these sentences by Cambridge First candidates with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs. 1 Don't ask me about the concert!! was workul (work) in the stadium cafe when the band was playing (play) 2 I (look) round the palace when a man (stop) me to ask for directions. 3 The lights (go) out while she (have)a party in her house. 4 She (go) quietly out of her bedroom and (stand) behind the door so she could hear what they were saying. 5 I (hope) my colleagues would say 'happy birthday' when I got to work, but nobody (say) anything. 6 0 Correct the mistakes with used to in these sentences by Cambridge First candidates. When I was a child I atrmsed to go camping. used, 2 My parents used to often take me to the zoo. 3 They didn't used to help their parents with housework, but now they do. 4 We use to go to the beach every day last summer. 5 Helen is a teacher at a primary school, so she used to teach children. 6 I would like to be a sports instructor because I was used to train tennis players before I came to England. going to school by bus. 22 are used to is used to isn’t/wasn’t used to Are you getting used to Have you got used to got used to
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[email protected] EXERCISE 1. Complete the sentence using usually, used to, be used to or get used to. -GRAMMAR PRACTISE- 1) Jim doesn't have a girlfriend now but he two years ago. C. was using used to A. didn't use to B. used to 2) I to play football when I was young. I'm too old and fat now to play. C. used to A. use B. got used to 3) Susan was in London for a year. She liked England a lot but she the miserable weather C. could use to A. could never get used to B. could never be used to 4) At first, it was quite difficult for her to speak in French all the time but she to it now C. was using used to A. is used B. used to 5) After holidays, it takes me a week to up early again. C. be used to get A. get used to getting B. be used to getting KEY TO EXERCISES
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