Focus 2, Grammar 2.5

Complete the sentences with used to and the verbs in the box.

sleep not have eat not go out visit not play not read

• We                        a lot because there was nowhere to go in our town.

• You             so many vegetables. Why don’t you eat any now?

• It’s twelve o'clock and Sam is still sleeping!                     so long before?

• Some years ago, my parents                     the news online. They bought real newspapers every day.

• Sarah               her grandparents every week when she was a child.

• I didn’t download any music from the Internet because I                     a good Internet connection at home.

• –                     tennis when you were younger? – No, I took it up last summer.

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of used to and the verbs in brackets. If used to is not possible, use the Past Simple.

Paul             [used to get, got] (get) top marks and he never              [used to fail, failed] (fail) an exam.

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of used to and the verbs in brackets. If used to is not possible, use the Past Simple.

My granddad                 [used to observe, observed] (observe) birds when he was a teenager.