Complete the sentences using “be / get used to + V-ing”
1. They've always lived in hot countries, so they/ not be / used / cold weather / here.
2. He didn’t complain about the noise next door. He / be / used / it.
1. Although Lan is ill, she still takes part in the contest. In spite of 2. Despite the bad weather,they decided to go on a picnic → Although 3. The test is too difficult for us to do in one hour → Because 4. They cancelled the match because of the heavy rain. Since it 5.Nam tries his best to learn English to communicate with the foreigners. {Rewrite the sentence, using A dependent clause of purpose) 6. My father drives carefully. He doesn't want to cause accidents. (using "so that " 7. He had breakfast. Then he went to the park. (Using A dependent clause of time to combine) After 8.II help you to improve your English in my free time. (Using A dependent clause of time) When
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of “ USE/ BE USED TO/ BE USED FOR/ USED TO/ GET USED TO/ DIDN’T USE TO”
1. He __________________ smoke a cigar after meal but now he quits smoking because he has got some respiratory problems.
2. That nice villa _______________________be decorated by Mr. Barry Johns, a famous architect.
3. They _______________be best friends when they were little boys but now their friendship no longer exists.
4. I (not)_____________________living in cold areas.
5. He _______________________this machine for five years.
6. They _______________________play football every Sunday morning.
7. These students _____________________studying hard every day.
8. Money _______________buying and selling _________________ goods.
9. I don’t know how ________________ this electronic computer.
10. Why didn’t you _________________English to speak to him?
Fill in the blanks spaces with used to or be!get used to(in the right tense)and the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1.Mr.David (be) a fotballer when he was younger.
2.I(drive) on the left because I've lived in London a long time.
3.That furniture shop (be) a cinema.
4.I feel very full after the meal.I(not/eat) so much.
5.when we were children,we(go) swimming very often.
6.Where (people/buy)food before the supermarket was built?
7.It was diffcult at first,but Mike soon(drive) on the left.
I. Write the sentences with used to or didn’t use to.
0. She had a bike, but she lost it.
1. They drove on the left in Britain, but they drive on the right in Vietnam now.
2. Khoa quite likes cars now although he wasn’t keen on it some years ago.
3. Thuan was my best friend, but we aren’t friends any more.
4. My mother didn’t know how to drive a motorbike, but now she can drive well.
5. I went swimming every Thursday when I was at school.
6. Mai usually walked to school when she was in primary school.
I. Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. When I was a child, I used to (cycle) to school.
2. I’m not used to (drive) in a crowded street.
3. We get used to (live) in an apartment.
4. She finally got used to (ride) a motorbike.
5. Did you use to (walk) in that park?
6. She’s not used to (go) out alone at night.
7. Luong got used to (get up) early.
8. When Phi was at elementary school, he used to (have) a bicycle.
9. There used to (be) a stadium around here a few years ago.
10. He used to (run) every afternoon, but now he plays badminton.
Điền từ thích hợp vào chỗ trống : didn't use to transport , used to make , used to kill , take people back , used to be arranged , find it difficult ,used to play , used to be , used to dye , take a bath
1 Children ................ outdoors with things they found , like stones or feather
2 The Time Machine is a science fiction novel by H.G.Wells can ............... people .............. to the past
3 It's New Year tradition in Russia for people to .................... in the hole which is drugged in the ice
4 A loudspeakers is. ................ the sound much louder so that many people can hear it from a dist
5 Marriages .............. by parents
6 There is always a big generation gap . The old sometimes .................... to understand young generations
7 In the countryside in Viet Nam , families .............. extended , three or more generations together in the same house
8 The farmers in my home village ................. rice on trucks .They used bufferlo driven carts
9 In many places in the world , people ................... cloth with natural materials
10 Tuberculosis TB ..................... a lot of people .It was a fatal disease
1, Tom is not used to working so hard =} Tom is not in ... 2, I have never eaten with knives and folks before =}This is... 3, they had sold the house at the end of the road =} The house...
1. He always avoid(meet) …………me in the street.
2. My parents decided (take) ………..a taxi because it was late.
3. My grandfather gets used to (get)………..up early in the morning.
4. Do you often practice(speak)………English?
5. He spent hours (try)………. (repair)……….. his car.
6. That shirt makes you (look)………. younger.
7. Mrs. Green prefers (watch) …………..TV to (go)……………. to the cinema.
These common phrasal verbs are connected with travelling and transport. Complete the text with the phrasal verbs below. Put them in the correct tense.
check in | get on | get off (x2) | break down | take off | turn back |
John and David's flight home from Amsterdam was nine in the morning. They had arranged to meet with John's friend Mark at half past six but Mark arrived at the hotel almost half an hour late-that, however, was just the beginning of their problems. On the way from hotel to the airport, their car (1) ................ in the middle of a busy intersection, causing a traffic jam. Then, David realized that he had left his mobile phone in the hotel, but it was too late for them to (2) ................ When they arrived at the airport, they had just enough time to (3) ................, go through passport control and security check and (4) ................ the plane. The plane (5) ................ very shortly after that and eight hours later, they landed in New York, but they couldn't (6) ................ the plane because there was a problem on the runway. They left a jet lag and finally, fourty-five minutes after landing, they (7) ................ .