9. Make sentences with a similar meaning by using used to:

1. When I was a child, I was shy. Now I'm not shy. I used to be shy, but now I’m not. 2. When I lived in my hometown, I went to the beach every weekend. Now I don't go to the beach every weekend. I used to go to the beach every weekend, but now I don’t. 3. Arm worked in a law office for many years. Now she doesn't have a job. 4. When I was in high school, I wore a uniform to school. 5. When I was a child, I watched cartoons on TV. I don't watch cartoons anymore. 6. I lived with my parents for many years. 7. When I was a child, I drank a lot of milk. 8. When I lived at home, I ate bread and cheese for breakfast.

10. In this exercise you have to complete the sentence with used to:

Example: Dennis doesn't smoke any more but he used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.

1. The baby doesn't cry so much now but she ___ every night. 2. She ___my best friend but we aren't friends any longer. 3. We live in Nottingham now but we ____ in Leeds. 4. Now there's only one shop in the village but there ___three. 5. When I was a child I ___ice-cream, but I don't like it now. 6. Now Tom has got a car. He ___ a motorcycle.

11. Write some sentences about Denis who started following his friend Henry's life-style. Denis stopped doing

some things and started doing other things:

was in time for work. was always late everywhere.

Denis didn't keep late hours. Henry read only thrillers

worked in his garden. travelled a lot.

Make sentences like these:

Examples: Denis used to be in time for work.

He never used to read thrillers or: He didn't use to read thrillers.

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12. Paraphrase these sentences to show the actions or states that have now ended:

Example: When we were children, we often visited the funfair.

When we were children, we used to visit the funfair.

1. When a student, Caroline worked in a laboratory every Thursday. 2. We often took the train into town until the line was closed. 3. A hundred years ago many people went around on horseback. 4. There was an airfield here before the war; aeroplanes flew over our heads and we thought how exciting it would be to zoom through the sky. 5. On warm days we swam in the river, but it’s too polluted to do that now. 6. As a child I drew and painted pictures. 7. When a boy I got more exercise than I do now. 8. My father told me and my younger brother bedtime stories almost every night. 9. Robert got to the University by metro when he studied in London. 10. When Janet was a child, she had violin lessons for six or seven years. Music gave her a lot of pleasure, and she often dreamed of being a professional musician. But she didn’t have good enough ear. 11. When I started working 20 years ago, the average weekly wage was about £6. It is now about £185. 12. When my daughter was a child, she thought people on television could see her.