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18.1 Complete these sentences with use(d) to... + a suitable verb.
1 Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He ....ysed.to.siTipke... 40 cigarettes a day.
2 Liz................................................... a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.
3 We came to live in Manchester a few years ago. We ................................................... in
Nottingham.
4 I rarely eat ice cream now but I................................................... it when I was a child.
5 Jim ................................................... my best friend but we aren't friends any longer.
6 It only takes me about 40 minutes to get to work since the new road was opened. It ................................................... more than an hour.
7 There ................................................... a hotel opposite the station but it closed a long time ago
8 When you lived in London,................................................... to the theatre very often?
18.2 Brian changed his lifestyle. He stopped doing some things and started doing other things:
studying hard f smoking
He stopped going to bed early He started i going out in the evening running three miles every morning ( spending a lot of money
Write sentences about Brian with used to and didn't use to.
1 ....Heu.sed.to.study hard.. . 4
2 ...He.didn't, use to. smoke.... 5
3 ............................................................................ 6 ............................................................................
18.3 Compare what Carol said five years ago and what she says
today:
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18.4Now write sentences about how Carol has changed. Use used to / didn't use to / never used to in the first part of your sentence.
1 He used to .travel a lot. but ..................................
2 She used .......................................................... but................................................................................
3 ............................................................................but................................................................................
4 ........................................................................... but................................................................................
5 ............................................................................but........................................................................
6 ............................................................................ but ................................................................................
7 ............................................................................but................................................................................
8 ............................................................................ but ................................................................................
9 ............................................................................ but................................................................................
10 ............................................................................ but................................................................................