Question

Used to A Complete the sentences with used to and the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Then tick (✓) the sentences that are true for you. 1 My mother used to work 2 My father. 3 My grandparents. 4 My parents. 5 My friend. 6 My neighbour 71 8 Our family. (work) at a clinic. (have) long hair. (listen) to music on the radio. (live) in London. (play) tennis. (wake up) very early. (ride) a motorbike. (go) to Turkey on holiday. 3 travel by horse and cart / travel by car 4 listen to the radio / watch TV 6 only cook on fires/cook on staves B Write sentences with the words below to compare what people used to do and what they do now. 1 write letters/send e-mails People used to write letters Now they send e-mails 2 call from home / call from anywhere 5 play games outside / play computer games 7 make clothes by hand / make clothes in factories ****** 8 grow their own vegetables / buy vegetables C Complete the sentences with used to and the verbs in brackets. 1 When Grandma was a girl, she used to wear.....(wear) long dresses. (not like) swimming, but now he swims every day. 2 Ron 3 Before Steven's accident, he ..(work) in a factory. 4 Where you 5 What music. teenagers 6 A hundred years ago, people...... (go) to school when you were young? (listen) to in the 1950s? (not travel) in aeroplanes. ****​ Heeelp!!

Answer 1

Sure, I can help you complete those sentences:

A.

1. My mother used to work at a clinic.

2. My father used to have long hair.

3. My grandparents used to listen to music on the radio.

4. My parents used to live in London.

5. My friend used to play tennis.

6. My neighbor used to wake up very early.

7. Our family used to ride a motorbike.

8. Our family used to go to Turkey on holiday.

B.

1. People used to write letters. Now they send e-mails.

2. People used to call from home. Now they can call from anywhere.

3. People used to travel by horse and cart. Now they travel by car.

4. People used to listen to the radio. Now they watch TV.

5. People used to play games outside. Now they play computer games.

6. People used to only cook on fires. Now they cook on stoves.

7. People used to make clothes by hand. Now they make clothes in factories.

8. People used to grow their own vegetables. Now they buy vegetables.

C.

1. When Grandma was a girl, she used to wear long dresses.

2. Ron did not like swimming, but now he swims every day.

3. Before Steven's accident, he used to work in a factory.

4. Where did you go to school when you were young?

5. What music did you listen to in the 1950s?

6. A hundred years ago, people did not travel in airplanes.