Question

E

XERCISE

1.

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 though

t

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 g

irls are used

______

in the field.

A. to work

B. used to lie

C. would like

D. to working

6. Newton

______

scientific books when a boy.

A. used to read

B. has read

C. had read

D. had 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. Roy Trenton u

sed to work in a small shop. He

______.

A. is driving it

B. doesn’t drive it any more

C. likes it

D. didn’t like it

10. Roy Trenton use to drive a taxi. This means he

______.

A. use to lie

B. used live

C. used to living

D.

used to live

11. 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

12. 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

13. This work doesn’t bother me. I

______

hard. I've worked hard all my life.

A. used to working

B. used to work

C. am used to working

D. am used to work

14. Dick

______

a moustache, but

he doesn't any more. He shaved it off because his wife didn't like it.

A. used to having

B. is used to having

C. was used to having

D. used to have

15. When I was a child, I

______

anyone 40 was old.

A. used to think

B. was used to thinki

ng

C. used to thinking

D. was used to think

EXERCISE

2

.

Fill in the blank with “use, used to, be used to, or be used for”

:

1. I often

______

this pen to write my lessons.

2. I

______

love Ann but now she gets on my nerves.

3. There

______

be a

tree in front of my house.

4. They

______

a

computer to do the most complicated calculations.

5. These bricks

______

Building a new s

chool

.

6. That knife

______

cut oranges.

7. American women

______

being independent.

8. Cheques and credit cards

______

storing

wealth.

9. It took me a long time to

______

wearing glasses.

10. Metal and paper

______

making money.

EXERCISE

3

.

Write a sentence for each of the following using used to or didn’t use to

.

1. When Barbara was

i

n

I

taly, she stayed with an Italian

family.

2. I quite like drinking coffee in the morning, although I wasn’t keen on it when I was younger

3. We seem to have lost interest in our work.

4. I don’t mind travelling by train now.

5. I went to the church when I was a child.

6. Since we’ve

lived in the countryside, we’ve been much happier.

7. Mr.

Michel grew tulips but he doesn’t any more.

Answer 1

EX1 

1.A

2.d

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

EX2 

1.use 

1.used to

3. used to

4. use

5.are used to

6.is used for 

7.are used to

8.are used for

9.use 

10.is used for

EX3 

1,. When Barbara was in Italy she used to stay with an Italian family.

2.I quite drinking coffee in the morning, although I did not use to  keen on it when I was younger.

3. We  used to lost interest in our work.

4. I did not use  to  mind travelling by train .

5. I used  to go to the church when I was a child.

6.  we did not use to much happy   until we’ve lived in the countryside.

7. Mr. Michel used to grow tulips.