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GRAMMAR CHECK:
Used to: An action or habit that was common in the
PAST but not anymore.
Use to: Is used to make a negative sentence
using
“used”.
The “didn’t” shows
that we are talking about
the past tense therefore
“use to” is used.
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1.
Complete the following sentences using one of the answer choices given
below each question.
(A) I _____________________________
smoke, but now I have stopped.
(a)
used to (b) use to (c) am used to
(B) That auditorium _____________________________
be a cinema.
(a) use to (b) used to (c) was used to
(C) I
________________________ like opera, but now I don’t.
(a) used to (b) use to
(c) am used to
(D) I
________________________ like western music, but now I do.
(a) didn’t use
to (b) didn’t used to (c) use not to
(E) I always _______________________ be
afraid of the dark.
(a) use to (b) used to (c) was used to
(F) I
______________________ drive a big car.
(a) didn’t use to (b) wasn’t used to (c)
didn’t used to
(G) I
have lived in a big city for ten years, so I ________________________ the
noise.
(a) am used to (b) used to (c) am use to
(H) It
took me a long time to _____________________ living in the country.
(a) get use to (b) get used to (c) used to
2. Put
the verbs in the brackets in the “simple past” or “past continuous”.
Last night while I was doing my homework, Angela
(call) __________________. She said that she (call) ____________________ me on
her cell phone from her biology classroom at her university. I asked her if she
(wait) __________________ for class, but she said that the professor was at the
front of the room lecturing while she (talk) __________________ to me. I could
not believe she (make) ______________________ a phone call during a lecture. I
asked her what was going on. She said the professor was very boring and most of
the other students (sleeping) ________________________. All of a sudden in the
back ground I heard someone yell “Angela!” The phone immediately went dead!
ANSWERS:
TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
1.
Complete the following sentences using one of the answer choices given
below each question.
(A) I used
to smoke, but now I have stopped.
(a) used
to (b) use to (c) am used to
(B) That
auditorium used to be a cinema.
(a) use to (b) used to (c) was used to
(C) I used to like opera, but now I don’t.
(a) used to (b) use to
(c) am used to
(D) I didn’t use to like western music, but
now I do.
(a) didn’t
use to (b) didn’t used to (c) use not to
(E) I always used to
be afraid of the dark.
(a) use to (b) used to (c) was used to
(F) I didn’t used to driving a big car.
(a) didn’t use to (b) wasn’t used to (c) didn’t
used to
(G) I have lived in a big city for ten years, so I
am used to the noise.
(a) am used to (b) used to (c) am use to
(H) It took me a long time to get used to
living in the country.
(a) get use to (b) get used to (c) used to
2.
Put the verbs in the brackets in the simple past or past continuous.
Last night while I was doing my homework, Angela (call) called. She said that she
(call) was calling me
on her cell phone from her biology classroom at her university. I asked her if
she (wait) was waiting for class, but she said that the
professor was at the front of the room lecturing while she (talk) was talking to me. I
could not believe she (make) was
making a phone call during a lecture. I asked her what was
going on. She said the professor was very boring and most of the other students
(sleeping) were sleeping.
All of a sudden in the back ground I heard someone yell “Angela!” The phone
immediately went dead!
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