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The document is an English lesson from a student named Regalado Sanchez Analía. It contains exercises on using the phrase 'used to' to talk about past habits and situations compared to the present. The exercises have the student and others describing how things used to be compared to now with activities, preferences, locations and other changes over time.

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“YEAR OF UNITY, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT”

INSTITUTE OF PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION

“JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO”

ENGLISH VI

STUDENT:
Regalado Sanchez Analía

TEACHER:

Josué Dávila Coronel


Unit
18
Exercises
18.1 Complete the sentences with used to + a suitable verb.
1 Nicola used to travel a lot, but she doesn’t go away much these days.
2 Sophie used to have a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.
3 Our friends moved to Spain a few years ago. They used to live in Paris.
4 Jackie used to be my best friend, but we aren’t friends any more.
5 I rarely eat ice cream now, but I used to eat it when I was a child.
6 It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work now that the new road is
open. It used to take more than an hour.
7 There used to be a hotel near the airport, but it closed a long time ago.
8 I did you use to go in a factory. It wasn’t my favorite job.

18.2 Complete the sentences. Choose from the box.


did
1 Lisa used to have very long hair when she was a child.
didn’t
2 We use to watch TV a lot, but we don’t have a TV any more.
to
3 Lisa works in a shop now. She used to be a receptionist in a hotel.
use
4 What games did you use to play when you were a child?
used
5 I used to like big cities, but now I prefer the countryside.
used to
6 In your last job, how many hours a day did you used to work?
used to be
7 I don’t travel very much these days, but I used to .
used to have
8 I used to be able to run ten kilometres, but I can’t run that far now.
be able
9 These days I eat more than before. I didn’t use to eat as much.

18.3 Compare what Karen said ten years ago and what she says today:
I haven’t played
TEN YEARS I play the TODAY the piano for a
AGO piano. long time.
I eat lots of
cheese now.
I travel a lot. I don’t go away
I never much these
My dog died days.
drink tea. two years ago.
I’m very
lazy.
I work very Tea’s great!
hard these days. I like it
I don’t like I have a dog.
now.
cheese.
Now write about how Karen has changed. Use used to / didn’t use to / never used to in the
first part of your sentence.
1 She used to travel a lot, but she doesn’t go away much these days.
2 She used to play the piano, but she haven`t played the piano for a long time.
3 She used to be very lazy but she works very hard these days.
4 She didn`t used to never drink tea but tea’s great she likes it now.
5 She didn`t used to like cheese, but she eats lots of cheese now.
6 She used to have a dog, but her dog died two years ago.
18.4 Write sentences about yourself. Begin I used to … (I used to be/work/like/play etc.)
1 I used to live in a small village, but now I live in a city.
2 I used to play tennis a lot, but I don’t play any more.
3 I used to play tennis with my friend , but now I study in the institute.
4 I used to like the grapes but I don`t like it. The lettuce.
5 I used to travel a lot but I don't like going by bus.
Now begin with I didn’t use to … .
6 I didn’t use to read a lot, but I do now.
7 I didn’t use to study English, but I do now .
8 My parents didn't use to let me go to parties but they do now.
➜ Additional exercise 9 (page 307)

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