**Exercise 7: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets: used to + V or
simple past. (1)
1. I (see) .................. Marcus at the library working hard. He told me to say hello to you.
2. She (be) ....................... a lot happier, but then she lost her job.
3. There (be) ....................... three restaurants in this town, but two closed down
leaving only one.
4. If you look over there, you can see the field where they (fight) ....................... the
Battle of Harris Hill in 1509.
5. Did you (take) ....................... a lot of photos when you were in Moscow last year?
6. How many hours a day did you (go) ....................... to school when you were ten?
7. Children never (talk) ....................... so aggressively to their parents. It’s terrible!
8. Soldiers (build) ....................... this bridge near the end of the Second World War.
9. Your mother (have) ............................... a Yorkshire Terrier when she was a young
girl, didn’t she?
10. When I was five, I (be) ....................... able to do incredible gymnastics. Now I can’t
even touch my toes.
Exercise 8: Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
1. Astronauts ................. in their spaceship, but they frequently work outside now.
A. were used to stay B. used to stay
C. were staying D. had used to stay
2. People ................. that the earth is round before.
A. were not used to believe B. used to believing
C. would not use to believe D. did not use to believe
3. Tuberculosis ................. incurable before.
A. use to be thought B. used to be thought
C. used to think D. use to think
4. Formerly babies ................. of whooping cough.
A. have died B. used to die
C. would die D. both B and C
5. These city girls are used ................. in the field.
A. to work B. used to lie
C. would like D. to working
6. Newton ................. scientific books when being a boy.
A. used to read B. has read
C. had read D. bad been reading
7. I am sorry I am not ................. fast.
A. used to drive B. used to driving
C. use to drive D. use to driving
8. Frank used to work in a small shop. He .................
A. doesn’t any more B. still does
C. is now D. had never done anything else
9. I ................. in Jakarta. I’ve lived here all my life.
A. am used to living B. used to living
C. use to live D. am used to live
10. Jane ................. for the telephone company, but now she has a job at the post office.
A. used to working B. used to work
C. is used to working D. am used to work
Exercise 9: Reorder the words to make correct sentences.
1. is/ to/ it/ from/ How far/ the hospital?/ the park
2. is/ from/ three/ It/ here./ kilometers
3. it/ the/ Is/ to/ the/ far/ library?/ from/ supermarket
4. is/ National Museum?/ the/ Where
5. is/ The National Park/ from/ kilometers/ the University./ five
6. is/ to/ 200/ It/ from/ Nghe An/ nearly/ Hanoi./ kilometers
7. offices/ near/ Is/ post/ any/ here?/ there
8. here/ It/ from/ is/ minute/ walk/ to/ five/ the/ parking lot./ just / a
9. is/ row/ from/ the first/ to/ second/ the/ centimeters/ row./ It/ 30
10. house/ My/ so/ is/ school,/ I/ walk./ my/ near
