Tổng hợp bài tập ngữ pháp thi vào Lớp 10 môn Tiếng Anh - Worksheet 40: Used to, would, be used to

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1. WORKSHEET 40 SUBJECT : Used to / Would / Be used to A) Complete the sentences using USED TO or BE USED TO: 1. I (live) in Finland, but now I live in France. 2. He (sit) in the back of the classroom, but now he prefers to sit in the front row. 3. When I was a child, I (play) games with my friends in a big field near my house after school every day. 4. It’s hard for my children to stay inside on a cold, rainy day. They (play) outside in the big field near our house. They play there almost every day. 5. People (believe) that the world was flat. 6. Trains (be) the main means of cross- continental travel. Today, most people take airplanes for long-distance travel. 7. Ms. Stanton’s job requires her to travel extensively throughout the world. She (travel) by plane. 8. You and I are from different cultures. You (have) fish for breakfast. I . (have) cheese and bread for breakfast. 9. What . (do) on summer days when you were a child? 10.Bill lives alone. He doesn’t mind this. Because he (live) alone. 11.Tom . (drink) a lot of coffee. Now he prefers tea. 12.I have to work hard. This is not a problem for me. I have always worked hard. So I (work) hard. 13.Some friends of yours have just moved into a flat on a busy street. It is very noisy. They will . noise. 14.When we were children, we (swim) every day. 15.I haven’t been to the cinema for ages now. We (go) a lot.
2. 16.Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He (smoke) B) Rewrite the sentences using USED TO: 1. When she was a child, she lived in a small village. .When she was a child, she used to live in a small village. . 2. When he was a young man, he enjoyed playing basketball. 3. In ancient Rome, wall paintings were a popular form of advertising. 4. Before she learned to read, her parents read stories to her. 5. Before he came to Ankara, life was cheap in Turkey. 6. Jim spoke German ar school, but he has now forgotten. 7. Susan was a nurse before she got married and raised a family. 8. Sally played tennis when abroad, but she prefers swimming now. 9. Before they bought their house, they lived in an apartment. 10.While she was going to university, she worked in a doctor’s office. 11.Before he married his second wife, he was quite happy.
3. C) Complete the text about Ziggy Starr when she was a child using USED TO / DIDN’T USE TO and the verbs in brackets: I didn’t use to have (not have) many friends when I was a child so I . (play) with my toys all day. I (worry) about things a lot but I (not bite) my nails or suck my thumb. I remember that I (cry) a lot and I . (be) really afraid of the dark. D) Complete the text using USED TO and the verbs in the box: do give have learn read wear School has changed since I was a student. We used to wear school uniform and I didn’t like that very much. We . a lot of lessons and most of them were difficult. We homework every day. We . lots of books and we . everything by heart. And our teachers us a lot of tests and examinations. Some of them were impossible! I think school is easier now than it was 50 years ago. E) Use USED TO / WOULD (a repeated action in the past: 1. I used to be . (be) very shy. Whenever a stranger came to our house, I would hide (hide) in a closet. 2. I remember my Aunt Susan very well. Every time she came to our house, she . (give) me a big kiss and pinch my cheek. 3. I (be) afraid of flying. My heart (start) pounding every time I stepped on a plane. But now I’m used to flying and enjoy it. 4. I got a new bicycle when I was ten. My friends (ask) to ride it, but for years I (let / never) anyone else use it. 5. When my grandfather was a boy and had a cold, his mother
4. (make) him go to bed. Then she (put) goose fat on his chest. 6. When I was a child, I (take) a flashlight to bed with me so that I could read comic books without my parents’ knowing about it. 7. Last summer, my sister and I took a camping trip in the Rocky Mountains. It was a wonderful experience. Every morning, we . (wake) up to the sound of singing birds. During the day, we . (hike) through woods and along mountain streams. 8. I can remember Mrs. Sawyer’s fifth grade class well. When we arrived each morning, she (sit) at her desk. She (smile / always) and (say) hello to each student as he or she entered. When the bell rang, she (stand) up and . (clear) her throat. That was our signal to be quiet. Class was about to begin.