Fundamentals Of English Grammar

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0 EXERCISE 27. Past hablt with USED TO. (Chart 2-1 1) ,! :,,,.: ,.
Directions: Work in pairs. Use used to. ,,. ..
Speaker A: Ask the given question.
Speaker B: Answer the question, using used to. Then ask Speaker A the same question.
Example: Where did you used to live?
SPEAKER A: Where did you used to live?
-:' ' SPEAKER B: I used to live in Tel Aviv. How about you? Where did you used to live?
SPEAKER A: I used to live in Manila.



  1. What did you used to watch onTV when you were a child, and what do you watch
    now?

  2. You are living in a foreign country (OR a different city). What did you used to do in
    your own country (OR your hometown) that you don't do now?

  3. You are an adult now. What did you used to do when you were a chid that you don't
    do now?

  4. Thiik of a particular time in your past (for example, when you were in elementary
    school, when you lived in Paris, when you worked at your uncle's store). Describe a
    ,{.typical day in your life at that time. What did you used to do?


EXERCISE 28. Past hablt with USED TO. (Chart 2-1 1)
Direcrions: Write about the following topics. Use used to. Try to thiik of at least two or
three differences for each topic.
Topics:


  1. Compare past and present clothing. How are they different? ., ni' 'I
    (e.g., Shoes used to have butwns, but now thy don't.)

  2. Compare past and present means of transportation.
    (e.g., It used to take months w C~~SS the Atlantic Ocean b~ ship, but now peopleflyfrom
    one continent to another in afew hours.)

  3. Compare the daily lives of people fifty years ago to the daily lives of people today.
    (e.g., Fifty years ago people didn't use to watch rented mwries on Wbut today people often
    watch movies at home for entertainment.)

  4. Compare past and present beliefs...
    (e.g., Some people used to believe the sun rewlved around the earth, but now we know that
    the earth revolves around the sun.)
    . - "I ,, :::, ..:.


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