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Grammar
Would/Used to
A. Make sentences from the table
below using used to / didn’t use to as shown in the example.
Example: She used to travel a lot but now she
rarely leaves her town.
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Ten Years Ago |
Now |
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She traveled a lot. |
She drinks coffee. |
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She used to travel
a lot but now she rarely leaves her town. |
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She was lazy. |
She works hard. |
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She used to be lazy
but now she works hard. |
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She didn’t like junk food. |
She has limited friends. |
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She didn’t use to like junk food but now she
eats momo and noodles these days. |
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She’d got a pet. |
She is a professor. |
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She used to have
a pet but it died last year. |
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She was a school teacher. |
She does not attend parties. |
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She used to be a
school teacher but now she is a professor. |
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She had got many friends. |
Her pet died last year. |
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She used to have
many friends but now she has limited friends. |
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She did not read many books. |
She reads a lot of books. |
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She did not use to
read many books but now she reads a lot of books. |
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She did not take coffee. |
She eats momo and noodles these days. |
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She did not use to
take coffee but now she drinks coffee. |
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She went to parties a lot. |
She rarely leaves her town. |
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She used to go to
parties a lot but now she does not attend parties. |
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B.
Study the following sentences and find the differences between them. |
a. My grandfather used to smoke but
he doesn’t smoke now.
b. I would
always talk to my grandfather whenever I had a problem.
|
Now,
complete the sentences with used to or would. |
a. My sister …………….have
short hair when she was young.
Ans: My
sister used to have
short hair when she was young.
b. We …… have lunch in the same
school café when I was in middle school.
Ans: We would have
lunch in the same school café when I was in middle school.
c. My father …………play badminton
before he had backbone problem.
Ans: My
father used to play
badminton before he had backbone problem.
d. When I was very young, I …….(not)
like milk.
Ans: When I
was very young, I did not use to like milk.
e. She …….call me after class for a
chat.
Ans: She used to call me after class for a chat.
f. My mother ……… (not) wear glasses
when she was at the university.
Ans: My
mother did not use to wear glasses when she was at the university.
g. When I was a child, we …………..live
in a village.
Ans: When I
was a child, we used to live in a village.
h. On Sundays, My mother …………..wake
up and go to the temple.
Ans: On
Sundays, My mother would
wake up and go to the temple.
i. How many friends ……………..have in
class ten?
Ans: How
many friends did you use to have in class ten?
j. My father ……….always read me
bedtime stories before bed.
Ans: My father would always read me bedtime stories before bed.