Unit 16. Critical Thinking
Grammar
Used to + infinitive
A. Notice the use of used to in the following text.
I was a young girl in the 1960s. My friends and I used to do a lot of things which shocked our parents. We used to do things our mothers never did. We used to cut our hair, we used to wear short skirts. We used to sing songs but did not use to dance.
Used to + infinitive
We
use used to + infinitive to talk about a past situation that is no
longer true. It tells us that there was a repeated action or state in the past
which has now changed.
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Sentences
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Structures
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Examples
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Positive
Sentence |
S
+ used to + V1 + O. |
She
used to be a
runner when she was younger. |
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Negative
Sentence |
S
+ didn’t + use to + V1 +
O. |
I
didn't use to sleep very well in my childhood. |
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Yes/no
Question |
Did
+ S + use to + V1 + O. |
Did you
use to come here as a child? |
Now, rewrite the following sentences using ‘used to’. You can make an affirmative/ negative statement or a question.
a.
I/live in a flat when I was a child.
I
used to live in a flat when I was a child.
b.
She/love eating chocolate but now she hates it.
She
used to love eating chocolate but now she hates it.
c.
He/go to fishing in the summer?
Did
he
use to go to fishing in the summer?
d.
My sister/play tennis when she was at school.
My
sister used to play tennis when she was at school.
e.
He/play football every weekend?
Did
he
use to play football every weekend?
f.
My grandfather/speak five languages.
My
grandfather used to speak five languages.
g.
I/not hate school from the beginning.
I
did not use to hate school from the beginning.
h.
You/live in Kathmandu?
Did
you
used to live in Kathmandu?
i.
He/play Dandibiyo when he was a small child.
He
used to play Dandibiyo when he was a small child.
j.
She/wear a frock when she was small but nowadays she wears jeans.
She
used to wear a frock when she was small but nowadays she wears
jeans.
B. Write a short paragraph describing your past habits.
As
I mentioned the other day, I used to listen to jazz all the time, especially
jazz guitarists. I would listen to such artists as Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass
all the time and try to play along with the records. Of course, I also used to
take guitar lessons, even though I was also a teacher. At that time, most of my
students liked rock music, but I would introduce them to many kinds of
guitarists and musicians. I loved to listen their songs as well. They used to
sing very well whom I still met and talked sometimes.
Extra Questions
Choose the correct forms to complete the sentences below. Make an
affirmative sentence, negative sentence or question using 'used to +
infinitive':
1)
.......... (they / have) a sports
car?
2)
.......... have long hair
when you were younger?
3)
.......... you .......... be
shy? I used to be shy but now I am talkative.
4)
.......... you .......... do
all your homework on time at school?
5)
.......... you
.......... drink alcohol? Yes, but now I don’t
6)
.......... you .......... get
good grades in high school?
7)
.......... you .......... have
pets when you were a kid?
8)
.......... you .......... live
in Liberia? Yes but now I live in Santa Cruz
9)
.......... you .......... play
among us? Yes, I Did. I used to play with strangers
10)
.......... you .......... play
soccer? Yes but I have a job now
11)
.......... you .......... play
video games? Yes and I still do
12)
.......... you
.......... program? Yes, but now I work in the bank
13)
.......... you
.......... spend time with friends when you were a teenager?
14)
.......... your parents
.......... go on dates before they got married?
15)
.......... your parents
.......... throw parties when you were a little kid or teenager?
16)
.........she ..........dye her hair?
Yes, all the time, pink, yellow, green, you name it
17)
He .......... be polite
18)
He .......... be shy
19)
He .......... have long
hair, didn’t he?
20)
He .......... smoke when he was a teenager, didn’t
he?
21)
He / not / smoke.
22)
He / play golf every weekend?
23)
He / walk along the beach every evening
before bed.
24)
How .......... children
.......... play video games before the Internet existed?
25)
How .......... kids
.......... play with toys before the Internet existed?
26)
How .......... other people
.......... spend their time when you were a kid?
27)
How .......... people
.......... entertain themselves without phones and computers?
28)
How .......... people
.......... entertain themselves without phones and computers?
29)
How .......... people
.......... meet new friends before social networking sites like Face book?
30)
How .......... people
.......... stay in touch with each other when they lived far apart?
31)
How .......... people
.......... travel for vacation before modern transportation existed?
32)
How .......... you
.......... communicate with friends before the internet?
33)
How .......... you
.......... entertain yourself before there were video games?
34)
How .......... you
.......... have fun?
35)
How .......... you .......... spend
time with your family when you were young?
36)
How .......... you
.......... travel?
37)
How .......... you
.......... watch your favorite TV shows before Netflix?
38)
I .......... be a happy
person but now I feel sad all the time
39)
I .......... be shy but I
am outgoing now
40)
I .......... be strong
41)
I
.......... be strong but now I am weak
42)
I .......... be weak
43)
I .......... go out with Karol
44)
I .......... have
a beard but now I don’t really like that style
45)
I .......... have long
hair but now I prefer short hair
46)
I .......... lie a lot but now
I don’t do that anymore
47)
I .......... listen to Rock music.
48)
I .......... play among us and Call
of Duty
49)
I .......... play soccer and hide
and seek
50)
I .......... run marathons but
now I don’t
51)
I .......... stay inside the house
52)
I .......... study English a
lot but now I don’t
53)
I .......... watch MMA fights
54)
I .......... watch movies and TV
shows
55)
I .......... work in a SuperMarket
56)
I / always lose when I played chess with
my father.
57)
I / have short hair when I was a
teenager.
58)
I / live in a flat when I was a child.
59)
I / not / hate school.
60)
I / play tennis when I was at school.
61)
I always .......... be afraid
of the dark.
62)
I have lived in a big city for ten
years, so I am .......... the noise.
63)
I .......... (not enjoy)
studying, but I do now.
64)
I .......... do exercises
65)
I .......... drive a big car.
66)
I .......... like opera, but
now I don’t.
67)
I .......... play tennis
68)
I .......... read horror books
69)
I .......... smoke, but now I
have stopped.
70)
I .......... to like
western music, but now I do.
71)
I .......... work in the
library on Saturday mornings, didn’t I?
72)
I.......... (swim) a lot when
I was younger.
73)
I.......... listen to music
when I was a child.
74)
I.......... my right arm in a
skiing accident when I was 21.
75)
I.......... the cake you made
me last week.
76)
I.......... to bed very late
on Fridays and Saturdays.
77)
It took me a long time to get
.......... living in the country.
78)
John.......... (not eat)
vegetables, but now he eats them.
79)
Julie / study Portuguese.
80)
Luke / not have a car.
81)
My family / often go to the countryside
for the weekend when I was young.
82)
My grandfather / drink a cup of coffee
after dinner every night.
83)
Robert.......... in a band.
84)
She .......... be fat
85)
She .......... be fit
86)
She .......... dye her
hair but now she doesn’t do it anymore
87)
She .......... have a
piercing but she doesn’t anymore
88)
She .......... work, didn’t
she?
89)
She / be able to dance very well.
90)
She / be able to speak French, but she
has forgotten it all.
91)
She / love eating chocolate, but now she
hates it.
92)
She / love playing badminton before she
hurt her shoulder.
93)
She .......... go out a lot
94)
She .......... like Rock
95)
She .......... like Romantic
music
96)
She.......... very tall when
she was in school.
97)
That auditorium .......... be
a cinema.
98)
That building.......... (be)
a cinema, but it's closed down.
99)
They .......... be fit but now
they don’t go to the gym
100)
They .......... be lazy
students but now they are hard -working people
101)
They .......... have a beard
102)
They .......... have a
mustache
103)
They .......... live in a small
town, didn’t they?
104)
They .......... play, didn’t
they?
105)
They both / have short hair.
106)
They.......... in the
country, but now they live in the city
107)
We .......... drink a lot
108)
We .......... study harder
109)
We / go to the beach every summer?
110)
We / go to the same little café for lunch
every day when I was a student.
111)
We / live in Brazil.
112)
We .......... (not like)
maths lessons - our teacher was horrible!
113)
We .......... come here for
lunch
114)
We .......... drink after work
115)
We .......... talk after
breakfast
116)
We.......... to the cinema at
weekends.
117)
What .......... kids
.......... do for fun on Saturday afternoon when you were a teenager?
118)
What .......... you
.......... do on a rainy day?
119)
What .......... you
.......... do on a rainy day?
120)
What .......... you
.......... do when you were a college student?
121)
What .......... you
.......... eat for breakfast as a teenager??
122)
What .......... you
.......... eat for lunch when you were a teenager?
123)
What .......... you
.......... get good grades in high school?
124)
What .......... you
.......... watch on TV when you were a little kid?
125)
What .......... you
.......... watch when you were a kid?
126)
What .......... you
.......... watch?
127)
What games .......... you
.......... play when you were a little kid?
128)
What games .......... you
.......... play when you were a little kid?
129)
What games .......... you
.......... play?
130)
What is a food that you
.......... hate but now you like?
131)
What kind of work .......... you
.......... do?
132)
What music .......... people
.......... listen to in the 90s and 2000s?
133)
What music.......... to like when
you were a child?
134)
What time .......... you
.......... go to bed as a child??
135)
Where .......... you
.......... work?
136)
Where .......... (you / go)
to school?
137)
Who .......... you
.......... date?
138)
You .......... be really
nice, didn’t you?
139)
You .......... be such a good
chef, did you?
140)
You .......... have long
hair, did you?
141)
You .......... work
here, didn’t you?
142)
You .......... (live) next
door to me.
143)
You .......... live here
144)
You .......... run fast
145)
You .......... study French
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