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PET - USED TO

Instructions:

You are given a block of text which explains the theory of this concept.

Once you have read the theory, do the exercises given below to test how well you have understood the ideas.

How to do the Exercises:

You are given a set of words.

You are also given some sentences with input boxes, and you are required to use the words to complete the sentences correctly.

You can put your chosen word into the input box by first clicking on the word and then in the input box.

The word will appear in the input box.

If it is correct, it will go green, and if not, it will go red.

Theory:

There are three different ways to use USED TO.

It is the past form of the verb USE.
This knife is USED TO cut meat.

It can also be used to explain how comfortable someone is with something.
I AM USED TO his accent.
Notice that this form needs to have AM, WAS or WILL BE.

The most common use of USED TO is to describe actions that happened in the past but no longer happen.
- I USED TO speak Spanish.

When I was 10, I spoke Spanish. I am 30 now, and don't speak Spanish any more.
So, I USED TO speak Spanish, or, I spoke Spanish WHEN I was 10.

In the positive form, the construction is USED TO.
In the negative form, it is DIDN'T USE TO.
In the question form, it is DID YOU USE TO?

Notice that only the positive form has a 'D' at the end of USED.

USED TO can be replaced by WHEN in a sentence.
- I USED TO live in Madrid when I was 5.
- WHEN I was 5 I lived in Madrid.

USED
USE
AM USED

I (1) to her cooking.

I (2) to play football all day.

I didn't (3) to study very much.

Did you (4) to fish when you were young?

TYPICAL PET TRANSFORMATIONS

When I was a child I loved watching cartoons.

I (5) to love watching cartoons when I was a child.

When I was a child my family lived in Spain.

My family (6) to live in Spain when I was a child.

I enjoyed learning languages at school.

I (7) to enjoy learning languages at school.

He doesn't read much now but when he was a kid he loved it.

He (8) to read a lot when he was a kid.

When she was young her family were rich.

Her family (9) be rich when she was young.

When I was young I enjoyed swimming.

I (10) enjoy swimming when I was young.

She hated swimming when she was a child.

She didn't (11) like swimming when she was a child.

My sister worked in a bank ten years ago.

My sister (12) to work in a bank.