Unit 9

Circle the correct form of 'use to'. 

1. Long-distance travel use to / used to take longer than it takes today.

2. Why did travel use to / used to be so challenging in the past?

3. In the past, there didn't use to / used to be as many opportunities for trade as there are nowadays.

4. How did people use to / used to buy things before money existed?

5. Before trade with China began, people didn't use to / used to wear silk clothes.

Complete the questions and statements with the correct form of ‘use to’ and your own ideas.

1. Before we had cell phones, _____________________.

2. I _____________________ (negative), but now _____________________.

3. How _____________________?

4. Why _____________________?

5. I _____________________. (negative)

6. People _____________________.

Write the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. 

1. Large stones ____________ to build the Egyptian pyramids. (use)

2. In the past, igloos ____________ from blocks of ice by the Inuit people. (build)

3. In other countries, houses ____________ from mud and dry grass in the past. (make)

4. Before paper ____________, people used to write on wood and dried animal skin. (invent)

5. Paper ____________ to Europe until the 11th century. (not bring)

Use the correct past passive form of the verbs in the box to complete the questions and statements. 

allow        change        invent        lose        make

1. When _______________ money _______________?

2. In the past, girls (not) _______________ to go to school.

3. How _______________ clothes _______________ in the past?

4. Communication _______________ completely by the invention of the internet.

5. Luckily, traditions (not) _______________ when the Sami people moved to towns.