The document provides exercises to practice using the semi-modal verb "used to" to talk about past habits and activities. It includes sentences to complete about things people used to do in the past compared to what they do now, as well as questions to ask about the underlined words related to topics like eating habits, places of residence, modes of transportation, and school studies.

1. Exercise 2: Complete the sentences to say what these people used to
do and what they do now, as in the example.
1] Ali/get up/six o’clock/now/ seven.
 ……………………………………………………
2] Samar/play/scrabble /now/chess
 ……………………………………………………
3]Zakaria /be / best friends/Amina/ now/ Amel
…………………………………………………………
4] Kamel/have/biking lessons/now/driving lessons
 ………………………………………………………………………
5] We /buy cassettes /now/CDs
 ………………………………………………………………………
6] Djamal and Hocine /live/ Annaba/now/Adrar
 ………………………………………………………………………
7] Leila /drive/Maruti/ now/Jaguar
 ………………………………………………………………………
Worksheet 9: “Used to” MS4 level
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Exercise 3: Ask questions on the
underlined words
 A: …………………………………?
 B: In Algeria pupils used to study 6
years at Primary School.
 A: …………………………………?
 B: No ,they did not use to study
French at the 3rd level of Primary
School.
 A: …………………………………..?
 B: Yes they used to study English at
the 4th level of Primary School, but
now they study it at Middle School.
 A: ………………………………….?
 B : No, they did not use to take the
Final Primary Exam t the 5th level ,
but they used to take it at the 6th level.
 A:
…………………………………………………………
?
B: Yes pupils used to have meals at
the schools’ canteens
Exercise 1: A/ Look at this table of people who have
changed what they eat or drink. (Use the semi modal‐ used to‐ )
<Adapted from Oxford Practice Grammar>
Name in the past now
Ann Pam meat tap fish bottled water
Tom Mary coffee tinned fruit tea fresh fruit
Robert Susan white bread margarine brown bread butter
1‐ Ann ………………… meat , but now she ………………
2‐ Tom ……………..now, but ……………………….coffee.
3‐ Robert …………….white bread, but now………brown bread.
4‐ Pam ………….tap water, but now……………bottled water.
5‐ Mary …………….fresh fruit now ,but …………….tinned fruit.
6‐ Susan ………………butter now, but ……….margarine.
B/ Now complete theses questions.
1‐………………………………..? Yes she did, but now she eats fish.
2‐(white bread?)………………………Yes she did ,but now she eats brown bread.
3‐(tinned fruit?)……………………….Yes she did ,but now she east fresh fruit.
4‐(tap water?)…………………….Yes shed did, but now she drinks bottled water.
C/ Now Complete these sentences.
1)Ann…………………….fish ,but she does now.
2)Susan………………….butter, but she does now.
3)Mary eats fresh fruit now, but she……………………………it.
4)Pam drinks bottled water now, but she……………………..it.