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.

10. Complete the text with words from the box, using used to ...

buy go have keep look after look at live play stand take

Recently we took our 15-year-old son Joe to the place in Paris where we 1 when he was a baby. We showed him the house, with the balcony where he 2 and make speeches to imaginary crowds. Then we went inside, and believe it or not, there was Mme Duchene who 3 Joe when we were working. She didn't look a day older. We couldn't get into the flat, but we saw the garden where Joe 4 . Then we visited the park where we 5 him for walks, the zoo where he 6 the lions and tigers, and the lake where we 7 boating. Not much had changed in the area: most of the shops were still there, including the wonderful old grocer's where we 8 delicacies like cherries in brandy. But the friendly butcher who 9 the best pieces of meat for us was gone, and so was the restaurant with the bad-tempered old waitress where we 10 Sunday lunch. I found it strange to go back: it made me feel happy and sad at the same time. But Joe was delighted with the trip.

11. Make sentences with used to and didn't use to about how people lived hundreds of years ago. Use your own ideas.

1 travel / horse

2 cook / wood fires

3 live so long

4 fight / spears

5 hunt / bows and arrows

6 believe / ghosts and devils

7 be able / vote

8 think / earth was flat

9 bigger families

10 children / work, etc.

12. Write some sentences about things that you used to or didn't use to do/think/ believe when you were younger. Work with other students, find out what they used to do/think/ believe.

13. Rewrite these sentences, using be/ get used to (doing) smth:

Examples:

I didn’t like the food here at first, but now it’s not so bad. → I’m getting used to the food here.

1 We found the noise intolerable at first, but now it’s bearable.

2 The humidity was unbearable initially, but now I don’t notice it at all.

3 At first the pace of life was difficult for us. But now it’s not so bad.

4 When he started his job, Darren hated getting up early, and he still hates it.

5 Going to work on the underground was an awful shock, and I still dislike it.

6 Sharing a room was awkward at first, but it doesn’t seem quite so awkward now.

7 I didn’t like the weather then and I still don’t like it.

8 I can’t eat any more. We never have such big meals at home.

9 She can’t climb all those steps. She’s not accustomed to so much exercise.

10 He didn’t like using the computer at first, but now he’s much better at it.

14. Mary had to move to Italy for her job. At first, she found living in a foreign country quite difficult, but she is slowly getting used to it. Use the prompts below to talk about how she is getting along, as in the example. Add your own ideas.

e.g. She wasn’t used to living by the sea, but she is used to it now.

She still hasn’t got used to living on her own.

 live by the sea +  live on her own -  be away from her family and friends -  speak Italian +  use a new currency +  new customs +  drive on the other side of the road -  hot weather +

Speak about things you didn’t like at first but then got accustomed to.

NB We can use used to but not would when we talk about past states that have changed:

The factory used to be over there. Didn't you use to smoke at university?

We don't use either used to or would when we say exactly how many times in total something happened, how long something took, or that a single event happened at a given past time:

We visited Switzerland four times during the 1970s, (not We would/used to visit...)

She went to Jamaica last month, (not She would/used to go to Jamaica last month.)