Rewrite
1, Huynh Duc was a football player 10 years ago
Huynh Duc used to be a football player 10 years ago.
2 He no longer has a long hair and thick moustache
He used to have a long hair and thick moustache.
Viết lại câu giữ nguyên nghĩa :
1. Mr and Mrs Smith are flying to Ha Noi now. (travelling)
2. Van had a motorbike once, but he doesn't have it any more. (used)
3. My father usually goes to work by car. ( drives )
4. This part of the city didn't have traffic jams very often. (use)
5. I used to walk to school when I was young. ( foot )
6. Did you often go to the beach when you lived in Nha Trang ?
=> Did you use ..............
7. linda doesn't live with her parents any more.
=> Linda used ............
8. My hair now is much longer than that in the past.
=> In the past my hair used .............
9. I usually stayed up late to watch football matches last year, but now I don't.
=> I used ..............
10. There were some trees in the field, but now there aren't any.
=> There used ............
11. Linh walked to school some years ago but now she cycles there.
=> Linh used ...............
12. My father often swam in the pool near his house when he was a boy.
=> My father used .................
13. There are many green trees in front of my house but now it is a big car park.
=> There used ...............
14. There was often no pollution here.
=> There didn't ...............
15. Linda doesn't live with her parents any more
=> Linda ...............
16. He is not a poor man any more, but he becomes a rich businessman.
=> He used .............
Rewrite each of the sentences, begging as shown so that the meaning stays the same
1. Tom no longer gets up late in the morning
-> Tom is
2. I don't have money to go abroad
-> I wish
3. I'm sorry I can't understand this problem
-> I wish
4. Mai isn't a beautiful girl as she was before
-> Mai used
5. People used to play tennis indoors
-> Tennis
6. I have studied English for five years
-> I started
7. Daisy has breakfast early every morning and she's used to it
-> Daisy is
8. Quan works overtime every night to earn money and he gets used to it
-> Quan gets
9. It's two years since I bought this computer
-> I have used
10. I haven't been dentist for 6 months
-> it's 6 months
11. There was a drugstore near here many years ago
-> there used
12. My father often came home late
-> my father used
13. I haven't seen him for 2 weeks
-> i last
14. The last time he had a swim was five years ago
-> she hasn't
15. Sue is excited about going to Spain on holiday
-> sue is looking
3. The last time I saw John was when he was leaving for Edinburgh.
-> I haven't .......................
4. When a boy, my brother often played basketball with me.
-> My brother used..................
5. Mary feels strange to drive on the left.
-> Mary isn't....................
6. My father stopped drnking champagne 10 years ago.
-> My father hasn't...................
7. My father often takes tow dogs for a walk .
-> Two dogs..................
8. John hasn't finished his homework yet.
-> John's homework..............................
9. People started using computers to send email many years ago.
-> Computers have.............................
10. John last repaired the house 2 years ago.
-> The house hasn't....................
11. The dress no longer fits her well
-> The dress used..................
13. He actively participated in the games.
-> He was ................
14. Tom is the fastest swimmer in our class
-> No one else...................
1. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences. Sometimes both options are correct.
1. She would/ used to spend 10 minutes each day brushing her hair.
2. He used to be/ would be very handsome when he wá a young man.
3. There wouldn't be/ didn't use to be cats or dogs on the Galapagos Islands.
4. Tourists would collect/ used to collect shells from the beach until they banned it.
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of used to/ would and the verbs in the box.
ride play buy live hate be
1. When Jalet was small she....... olives, but now she loves them
2. Seb ........ a motobike, but he stopped when he got married.
3. He....... so fat, in fact, when he was younger he was quite skinny.
4. A few years ago Tessa....... a lot of tennis, but she had to give up when she hurt her back.
5. They.... in this house, they only moved here a few years ago.
6. He doesn't smoke so much these days, but when he was younger, he..... two packets a day.
I.Each sentence has a mistake find and correct it.
1.I wish I can go to the cinema with you tonight.
2.He asked me if I know that man over there.
3.We are used to live next door to each other at one time.
4.Printing was invented by the Chinese.
5.There was little traffic, so the journey didn’t take very long.
6.The number of the books in the library has risen to over five million.
7.If I had his phone number here, I will give it to you immediately.
8.My aunt has begun taught English for twenty years.
9.He became interest in reading while he was working in the city library.
10.My father has retired three years ago and he is now living on his pension.
I . Rewrite the sentences
1. We have learned English for 7 years
=> We started ........................................
2. Mr. Ba started to give up smoking last year
=> Mr. Ba has .......................................
3. Lien hadn't written time for a month
=> Lien didn't ....................................
4. He has lived in Ha Noi since he was 10
=> He started .................................................
5. How long have you studied vietnamese ?
=> How long ago ................................
1 rewrite the sentence with 'used to +v' or 'be/ get used to +v_ing '
1 Dennis gave up smoking three years ago
............................................................................
2 My parents lived in the USA when tey were young
.............................................................................
3 Jim was my best friend, but we aren't friends any more
.......................................................................................
4 when he was younger, my uncle was a national swimming champion
....................................................................................................................
Sửa lỗi:
1. I wish I can go to the cinema with you tonight.
2. He asked me if I know that man over there.
3. We are used to live next door to each other at the time.
4. Printing was little traffic, so the journey didn't take very long.
5. There was invented by the Chinese.
6. The number of the books in the library has risen to over five million.
7. If I had his phone number here, I will give it to you immediately.
8. My aunt has begun taught English for twenty years.
9. He became interest in reading while he was working in the city library.
10. My father has retired three years ago and he is now living on his pension.
II. Complete these sentences with used to or didn’t use to.
1. My father gave up smoking two years ago. He (smoke) _____ a packet of cigarettes a day.
2. There (be) _____ a movie theater here but it closed a long time ago.
3. Mr. An (not/ drink) coffee when he was young but he likes it now.
4. Peter (have) _____ a motorbike, but last month he sold it and bought a car.
5. I (not/ like) her but we are best friends now.
6. They came to live in the city last year. They (live) ______ in a small village in the country.
7. My sister (play) ______ tennis a lot but she doesn’t play very often now.
8. When I was a child I (not/ study) ______ hard
