20. Make sentences using the key words (“used to”).

1. when/young/she/play/tennis

2. he/be/professional/footballer

3. they/live/in a caravan

4. this town/be/important port

5. people/use/typewriters to write letters

6. 50 years ago/there/be/a lot of factories here

7. I/play/piano

8. he/ride/motorbike

9. she/speak/fluent Spanish

10. when/younger/I/cycle/to work

21. Complete the sentences with “used to”.

1. She lives in London now but ___________________________ in Paris.

2. He’s a teacher now but ___________________________ an engineer.

3. They’ve retired now but ___________________________ in a factory.

4. This building’s a school now but ___________________________ a hotel.

5. People in Germany use the euro now but ___________________________ the

deutschmark.

6. She works in a bookshop now but ___________________________ her own business.

7. We buy all our food in the supermarket now but ___________________________ in the

village shop.

8. There aren’t any pubs in this village now but ___________________________ five.

9. I usually walk to work now but ___________________________ the bus.

10. I like bananas now but ___________________________ them.

22. Fill the gaps using an appropriate verb.

1. He used to ______ fat but now he's thin.

2. I used to ______ in that house over there.

3. I used to ______ to school with Bill Clinton.

4. She's changed. She didn't use to ______ red hair.

5. Didn't she use to ______ much fatter as well?

6. In the 1950's English people used to ______ to the radio much more than they do now.

7. The Moody Blues used to ______ very popular when I was young.

8. When I was young, I didn't use to ______ much money.

9. Britain used to ______ an Empire.

10. He used to ______ funny but he isn't any more.

11. I used to ______ that he was really intelligent but I've changed my mind.

12. He used to ______ a lot of money but he lost it all investing in Web sites.

13. When I was young, I sometimes used to ______ a kilt.

14. I didn't use to ______ her but now I do.

15. I used to ______ work there but I left for a better-paid job.

23. Choose the correct answer for each question.

1. After the holidays it takes me a week __________ up early again.

a) to be used to get

b) to get used to get

c) to be used to getting

d) to get used to getting

2. I _______ to play football when I was young. I'm too old and fat to play now.

a) use

b) got used to

c) used

d) was used to

3. At first it was difficult for her to speak in French all the time but she _________ to it now.

a) 's used

b) was used

c) gets used

d) uses

4. Do you mind if I ______ your phone?

a) am using

b) used

c) get used to

d) use

5. I've been getting up early every day for years but I ________ to it.

a) use

b) used

c) 'm still not used

d) 'm already used

6. The queue in the baker's ___________ to be so bad but now it's terrible. It must be that new chapata bread they bake. It's delicious.

a) didn't used

b) didn't use

c) was used

d) use

7. People ________ Internet yet but in a few years time everybody will be surfing around like crazy.

a) aren't used to using

b) are used to using

c) isn't used to using

d) don't use

8. Jim doesn't have a girlfriend now but he __________ .

a) didn't use to

b) used to

c) use to.

d) was using to

9. If you go to live in Britain, you __________ on the left.

a) 'll have to get used to driving

b) 'd have had to get used to

c) 'll have to get used to drive

d) 'd have to get used to

10. Pepe Juan was in London for a year. He liked England but he _________ the insipid food and the disgusting coffee and of course, the miserable weather.

a) could ever get used to

b) couldn't ever get used to

c) wasn't used to

d) could never get used to

24. Make an affirmative sentence, negative sentence or question using “used to + infinitive”

1) I / live in a flat when I was a child.

2) We / go to the beach every summer?

3) She / love eating chocolate, but now she hates it .

4) He / not / smoke .

5) I / play tennis when I was at school .

6) She / be able to speak French, but she has forgotten it all .

7) He / play golf every weekend?

8) They both / have short hair .

9) Julie / study Portuguese .

10) I / not / hate school .