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Grammar                                            Rewrite the sentences using used to.
          Used to                                         1.   My mum lived in a small village when she was a girl.
             We use  used  to  to describe an action, a
                                                               → My mum _________________________________.
             habit or a state that happened regularly in
             the past but doesn’t happen now.             2.   There are more vehicles on the roads now.
             (+) I/We/You/They/He/She/It used to walk to       → There did not _____________________________.
                school.
             (-) I/We/You/They/He/She/It  did not use to   3.   We cycled to school two years ago.
                walk to school.
                                                             → We  ______________________________________.
             (?)  Did I/We/You/They/He/She/It use to walk to
                school?                                   4.   There did not use to be many traffi  c accidents
          Example:                                           before.
              There used to be many trees on this street, but        → Now there are _____________________________.
              now there are only shops.
                                                          5.   My uncle was a bus driver some years ago, but
                                                             now he has a desk job.
                                                               → My uncle_________________________________.

                                                             Work in groups. Did you use to do those
                                                             things? Ask and answer.



                                                                                       1.   play marbles



             Watch out!
             In questions and negative sentences,
             the fi nal ‘d’ in used is dropped.
             Example:
             Did you use to play hide-and-seek               2.  play football
             when you were small?                                in the street


             Complete the sentences with used to or use to
              and the verbs in the box below.

                  be         ride          play            go           feel          3.   swim in the
                                                                                         pond near
                                                                                         your house
          1.  I _________________ a tricycle when I was a child.
          2.  There  _________________ fewer people and
              vehicles on the roads.
                                                            4.   ride a tricycle
          3.  My father _______________ to work by motorbike.
              Now he cycles.
          4.   ______  you _________________  hide-and-seek
              when you were small?

          5.   Five years ago people in this town ________ not                        5.   ride a buff alo
              _________________ worried about traffi  c jams.

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