8. Fill in:

(A) used to or would:

I (1) used to live in a small house in the country when I was a little girl. I (2) ..... get up every day at 7 o’clock and get ready for school. My mother (3) ..... get our breakfast ready and then she (4) ..... walk to the bus stop with us and wait for the school bus to pick us up. The bus (5) ..... be on time. We stayed at school until 3.00 pm and then we (6) ..... catch the bus home again. In the afternoon we (7) ..... walk home alone because mother didn’t pick us up. She (8) ..... work in an office, but she stopped working last year and now she stays at home.

(B) was going to, would or used to:

Last week I (1) was going to visit an old house where we (2) ..... play as children, but I didn’t have the time. We (3) ..... go there every weekend and play cowboys and Indians. We (4) ..... love it! My friend (5) ..... buy it and turn it into a hotel or so he (6) ..... say, but of course he didn’t.

9. Complete the sentences. Each sentence should have a form of used to. Add your own words.

1. He didn’t use to stay up past midnight, but now he often goes to bed very late.

2. What time you ..... to bed when you were a child?

3. Mary ..... coffee in the morning, but now she has a cup of tea.

4. They ..... tennis every Sunday, but now they don’t.

5. When a schoolboy, Terry ..... interested in Physics, but now he isn’t.

6. Ann ..... afraid of dogs, but now she likes dogs.

7. When you were a little kid, what ..... after school?

8. Kate ..... in a law office, but now she doesn’t have a job.

9. ..... cartoons on TV when you were a child?

10. I ..... shy when I was younger, but now I am not.

11. Jane ..... any physical exercises, but now she exercises for an hour every day.

12. Peter ..... many books, but now he doesn’t have any time to do it.

13. I ..... with my parents, but now I don’t. I have my own apartment.

14. When you lived in London, ..... to the theatre very often?

15. I rarely eat ice cream now but I ..... when I was a child.

16. Our family ..... in Nottingham, but now we do.

17. There ..... a bank opposite the park, it became bankrupt some years ago.

18. Jim ..... my best friend, but we aren’t friends any longer.

19. I ..... keen on video games, but now I am.

20. He ..... to his office, but now he goes there by bus.

10. Turn the following texts into the past.

(A)

On Monday we have five lessons. The first les­son is Russian. At this lesson we write a dictation and do some exercises. Nick goes to the blackboard. He answers well and gets a “five”. Pete does not get a “five” because he does not know his lesson. After the second lesson I go to the canteen. I eat a sandwich and drink a cup of tea. I do not drink milk. After school I do not go home at once. I go to the library and take a book. Then I go home.

(B)

On Tuesday I get up at half past six. I go to the bathroom and wash my hands and face and clean my teeth. Then I dress, go to the kitchen and cook breakfast for my family. At half past seven my son gets up and has breakfast. I have breakfast with my son. My son eats a sandwich and drinks a cup of tea. I don’t drink tea. I drink coffee. After breakfast my son leaves home for school. I don’t leave home with my son. On Tuesday I don’t work in the morning. I work in the afternoon. In the evening I am at home. My husband and my son are at home, too. We rest in the evening. My son watch­es TV, my husband reads newspapers and I do some work about the house. At about eleven o’clock we go to bed.