7. Here are some laws of nature. Join the beginnings and the ends. Think of other occurrences of Murphy’s Law.

BEGINNINGS	ENDS
After you have bought something	it will.
	somebody will.
If anything can go wrong,	they will both be on at the same time
If there are two good TV shows,
If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand,	will always move faster.
	will fall asleep first.
If you throw something away.	you will find it somewhere else cheaper.
No matter how much you do,
The one who snores	you'll need it the next day.
The other queue	you'll never do enough.

8. Complete the sentences with will/would + the verbs below.

Be drive fall keep listen make play ring take talk tell

1. Dad, I've broken my watch.' 'Well, you ______ playing with it.

2. On Sundays when we were kids Mother ______ us pancakes for breakfast.

3. He's no trouble – he _____by himself for hours.

4. She is nice but she ______ about people behind their backs.

5. People _____ to you if you listen to them.

6. We lived by a lake and sometimes Dad _______ us fishing.

7. I’m not surprised you had an accident – you _____ too fast.

8. If you drop toast it _____ butter side down every time.

9. If you're having a bath, the phone ____. And if you answer it, it ____ a wrong number.

10. He ____ you one thing one minute and the opposite the next – he's crazy.

NB Used to describes actions which happened regularly in the past but no longer happen (or vice versa) or now happen with more or less frequency:

e.g. They used to get paid every three months. (Now they get paid weekly.)

Used to is followed by an infinitive. Notice the spelling in questions and negatives:

e.g. Supermarkets didn’t use to be open on Sundays in Britain.

Did you use to get free milk at school?

Don’t confuse used to + infinitive with be/get used to (+ verb-ing) which means “be/become accustomed to”:

e.g. He wasn’t used to living on his own. (= He wasn’t accustomed to it.)

She’s getting used to the new technology. (= She is becoming accustomed to it).

9. Transform the statements below into negative sentences and questions making other necessary changes.

1. Every day the young prince used to go hunting in the forest.

2. Wild animals sometimes used to come into the garden at night.

3. I used to enjoy computer games, but I’ve grown tired of them.

4. Brian used to speak Italian quite well, but he’s forgotten it all.

5. Every day Anna used to wake up at 4.00 am and go to work at the bakery.

6. My mother often used to play the piano and sing after dinner.

7. I used to own a racing bike but I sold it and bought a scooter.

8. Tony used to believe that one day he would be famous.

9. When I was a student I used to go to bed about 1 am.

10. Helen used to live in an old boat on the canal.

11. Mike used to play chess quite often, but he hasn’t played for ages.

12. In those days people used to wash all their clothes by hand.

13. We used to play hide-and-seek when we were children.

14. Every summer they used to stay in a small village in the mountains.