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1. 1. Make sentences about past and present habits and situations:
Example: John / rugby / tennis
John used to play tennis. Now he plays rugby.
a) Ann / study German / French
b) John / live Lisbon / London.
c) Joe / driver / mechanic
d) Ann / coffee / tea
e) Mark / lots of girlfriends / married
f) used to / study / very hard / Lucy
g) long hair / He / used to / have
h) Suzy / go / used to / the cinema.
i) They / go out / used to / the evenings / in
j) travel / used to / a lot / We
k) Laura / play / tennis / used to
l) James / his bike / ride / used to / in the park.
m) not use/phones/people/mobile
n) he/ago/smoke/five/years/?
ñ) Andrew/cinema/to/not go/the
o) in/Germany/live/they
p) Jack/being/star/a/dream/of/rock
q) not wake/they/early/up
r) have/beard/he/a/?
s) She/ alone/ live/?
t) guitar/not play/George/the
2. Write sentences about your past.
a) _____________________________________
b) _____________________________________
c) _____________________________________
d) _____________________________________
e) _____________________________________

2. 3. Rewrite the sentences using “used to”
a) Jane was a good swimmer.
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b) When Sandra was a child she went to her grandparents´ farm for her summer holidays.
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c) What kind of food did you hate when you were ten years old? Vegetables. I never hate
vegetables.
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d) James didn´t like soup, but now he does.
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4. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs from the list.
run have cook play ride listen to work drive
a) Stephen and his friends used to __________ football on Sunday mornings.
b) Where did you use to __________ before you got the job in the bank?
c) I never used to __________ classical music, but now I love it.
d) When Tom lived alone in Cambridge, he used to __________ his own food.
e) Carmen used to ______________ for three kilometers when she was younger.
f) Victor used to __________________ three German Shepherds.
g) Mariano used to _______________ motorcycles with his friends.
5. Read the passage and memorize it. After that, answer the questions.
Tom’s life is very different since he got married. He used to live in a small
apartment, but now he lives in a house with his wife Helen. He used to go out with his
friends at night, but now he stays home with his wife. They usually watch television
together or play cards. Tom used to sleep late and never get up before ten o’clock in the
morning. Now he gets up at 7 o’clock and drives Helen to work. He used to have his meals
in a restaurant, but now he eats at home. For better or worse, life is not the same for
Tom.

3. 1- Where did Tom use to live?
2- Where does he live now?
3- What did Tom use to do at night?
4- What does he do now?
5- What time did Tom use to get up in the morning?
6- What time does he get up now?
7- Where did Tom use to eat?
8- Where does he eat now?
6. Fill in the blanks using used to or present simple
1- Amalia_______(have) long hair two years ago, but she______________ (have) short hair now.
2- I_______(go) to school on foot when I was at primary school, but my children _____________(go) to
school by school service.
3- My parents ________________(not / let) me go out with my friends, but I
__________________________(let) my children go out with their friends.
4- Mary ______________(write) to me, but she ____________________(not / write ) now.
5- My bank manager ______________________(be) very polite to me until last week, but he
__________________________(not / be) any more.
6- Richard _____________(not / play) golf well last year, but __________(play) very well now.
7- TV programs _______(be) worth watching, but now they ___________(be) full of violence.
8- There ______________________(not / be) a video room in our school three years ago, but there
______________________(be) one now.
9- People ____________(not / have) mobile phones, but now they __________(have) them.
7. Answer the following questions.
 What did your parents use to do in the evenings?
 What school subject did you uise to like best?
 What band did you use to listen to?
 Did you use to read any comics?
 What did you use to do during the school vacations?
 What hobbies did you use to have?
 Did you use to go shopping with your mother as a child?