Grammar Practice - Used to / Would / Be Used To
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Grammar Practice - Used to / Would / Be Used To
A. Fill in the blanks with "used to", "would" or "be used to" in the correct form.
1. When I was a child, I ____________________ (play) football with my friends every afternoon.
2. My grandparents ____________________ (live) in a small house near the forest.
3. We ____________________ (go) fishing every weekend when we were younger.
4. I'm not ____________________ (wake up) so early in the morning.
5. There ____________________ (be) a park here, but now it's a shopping mall.
6. He ____________________ (not / like) vegetables, but now he eats them every day.
7. She ____________________ (study) for long hours because she's preparing for her exams.
8. Whenever we had family dinners, my dad ____________________ (tell) funny stories.
9. I'm ____________________ (drive) in heavy traffic because I do it every day.
10. We ____________________ (go) to our grandparents' village every summer.
11. I ____________________ (not / drink) tea, but now I love it.
12. My brother ____________________ (spend) all day playing computer games when he was younger.
13. It took me a while, but now I'm ____________________ (live) alone.
14. When we were kids, we ____________________ (climb) trees and build little houses in them.
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Hi Sinan, let's look at this grammar practice on used to, would, and be used to. First, we need to understand the differences between these expressions.
Grammar Rules
- Used to + base form: Past habits or states.
- Would + base form: Past habitual actions only (not states).
- Be used to + -ing: Familarity with something.
Let's look at question one. When I was a child, I blank play football with my friends every afternoon. This is a past habit involving an action, so we can use used to or would.
1. When I was a child, I used to / would play football.
Question two says my grandparents blank live in a small house. Since live is a state verb, we must use used to. We cannot use would for states.
2. My grandparents used to live in a small house.
Number three is we blank go fishing every weekend. This is a repeated action in the past, so both used to and would are correct here.
3. We used to / would go fishingevery weekend.
In number four, I am not blank wake up so early. The structure I am not implies we need be used to followed by the gerund form. So it becomes, used to waking up.
4. I'm not used to waking up so early.
Number five is there blank be a park here. Be is a state verb, so we use used to.
5. There used to be a park here.
Number six is a negative state: he blank not like vegetables. For past states that have changed, we use the negative form didn't use to.
6. He didn't use to like vegetables.
Let's continue with the rest. Number seven is she blank study for long hours because she is preparing for exams. This implies a current habit or adjustment, so we use is used to studying.
7. She is used to studying for long hours.
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