Grammar in context 2
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Rewrite the sentences using the words given. Do not change the meaning. 1 When Rachel was a teenager, she played a lot of sport. (used) Rachel a lot of sport when she was a teenager. 2 Ed spent hours riding a unicycle when he was a teenager. (would) Ed riding a unicycle when he was a teenager 3 At 12, he was really shy, but now he is outgoing. (didn’t) He as outgoing as he is now. 4 He still feels strange going to work by motorbike. (used) He still to work by motorbike. 5 It’s less common for people to write letters nowadays. (writing) People letters nowadays. 6 There wasn’t a train station in my village before. (be) There a train station in my village before. 7 Flying is normal for her now. (used) She now.
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Look at these sentences and decide if we can use the past simple, used to or would . Choose the correct alternative(s). For two sentences, all three options are correct. 1 When we were young, we would stay/used to stay/ stayed at the same hotel every year. 2 Karl would often cycle/often used to cycle/often cycled to school. 3 Where would you live/did you use to live/did you live before you moved here? 4 I would never like/never used to like/never liked taking the bus to school. 5 Would you have/Did you use to have/Did you have curly hair when you were a child? 6 There didn’t use to be/weren’t/wouldn’t be so many cyclists in the park before. be used to 2 Complete these sentences with be used to to say if things are familiar ( ) or not familiar ( ). 1 I ’m not used to changing (change) trains so many times. 2 He travels a lot so he (have) delays and waiting around. 3 (you get up) at seven in the morning? It’s not that bad! 4 She (go) to school by cable car. 5 She’s been here for a year, but she still (live) in France. 6 They (book) flights so it doesn’t take them long.
5 Complete the text. Write one word in each gap. Grammar challenge
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Travel unplugged! In a recent post on her travel blog, Travelgal Nicole , American Nicole LaBarge writes about travelling twenty years ago and compares it to today. Two decades ago, she (a) to plan her trips through a travel agent. She (b) use to do much research on where she (c) going and she (d) buy a guidebook, either. She (e) used to using the Internet back then. When she arrived at a new city she (f) immediately look for a post office to buy stamps for her postcards. When she arrived for the first time in Paris, she (g) planned anything in detail. Of course, she (h) heard of the Eiffel Tower, but she enjoyed getting lost in the city and discovering new places. She met many friends in hostels because people would hang out together and swap stories. She thinks travellers (i) too busy posting their travel experiences on their smartphones ( j) talk to each other nowadays!
Correct the mistakes in the sentences. 1 When we were younger, my brother and I used to getting on really well.
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2 As a young child, I would live in many different countries.
3 Until the 1950s, people wouldn’t own a car in America.
4 At the age of 16, he used to win a prize for his travel documentary.
5 I never would like having short hair when I was little.
6 Did you used to get on the bus at the stop outside school?
7 He’s still getting used to edit his vlog on his new computer.
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