Подготовка к ЕГЭ. Used to

11 class

USED ТО (Used to do)

We use Past Perfect when we talk about:

—                          things that happened repeatedly in the past, but don't happen now. We used to lend him money when he was unemployed.

Tim used to visit his parents every other weekend.

—                           about past states that have changed. The factory used to be in the city centre.

I used to smoke heavily when I was at university.

Don't use used to when we say exactly how many times something happened, how long something took, or that something happened at а particular time.

We visited Switzerland for times during the 1970s. She went оп holiday to the Bahamas last week.

Task 1. Choose the correct form of the verbs. You may need to use the Past Simple, the Past Continuous and Used to.

l.     Mary met her husband while she worked /was working /used to work in the States.

2.          Why does Warren keep shouting at people? He wasn’t / wasn’t being / didn’t use to be so bad-tempered.

3.          How long is it since you had/ were having / used to have a holiday?

4.          The government provided / were providing / used to provide much more help for disabled people than they do now.

5.          It’s all very well complaining you haven’t any money, but while you were travelling around the world, 1 studied / was studying / used to study sixteen hours a day for my exams.

6.          The only time I ever rode / was riding /used to ride a horse, I fell / was falling / used to fall off in the first five minutes.

Task 2. Answer these questions by expanding the notes, using if you can, use used to.

1.          How often did you see Judith? (We / meet / every day for lunch)

We used to meet everv day for lunch.

2.          Where did you learn to speak Japanese? (We / work / Tokyo for three years)

3.          Where in Malaysia were you living? (We / live / east coast)

4.          How long have you known each other? (We / meet / 22nd June last year)

5.          How did you meet? (We / play / tennis together)

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