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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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