2.6. Fill in:

(A) used to or would:

I (1) used to live in a small house in the country when I was a little girl. I (2) ..... get up every day at 7 o’clock and get ready for school. My mother (3) ..... get our breakfast ready and then she (4) ..... walk to the bus stop with us and wait for the school bus to pick us up. The bus (5) ..... be on time. We stayed at school until 3.00 pm and then we (6) ..... catch the bus home again. In the afternoon we (7) ..... walk home alone because mother didn’t pick us up. She (8) ..... work in an office, but she stopped working last year and now she stays at home.

(B) was going to, would or used to:

Last week I (1) was going to visit an old house where we (2) ..... play as children, but I didn’t have the time. We (3) ..... go there every weekend and play cowboys and Indians. We (4) ..... love it! My friend (5) ..... buy it and turn it into a hotel or so he (6) ..... say, but of course he didn’t.

2.7. Complete the sentences. Each sentence should have a form of used to. Add your own words.

1. He didn’t use to stay up past midnight, but now he often goes to bed very late.

2. What time you ..... to bed when you were a child?

3. Mary ..... coffee in the morning, but now she has a cup of tea.

4. They ..... tennis every Sunday, but now they don’t.

5. When a schoolboy, Terry ..... interested in Physics, but now he isn’t.

6. Ann ..... afraid of dogs, but now she likes dogs.

7. When you were a little kid, what ..... after school?

8. Kate ..... in a law office, but now she doesn’t have a job.

9. ..... cartoons on TV when you were a child?

10. I ..... shy when I was younger, but now I am not.

11. Jane ..... any physical exercises, but now she exercises for an hour every day.

12. Peter ..... many books, but now he doesn’t have any time to do it.

13. I ..... with my parents, but now I don’t. I have my own apartment.

14. When you lived in London, ..... to the theatre very often?

15. I rarely eat ice cream now but I ..... when I was a child.

16. Our family ..... in Nottingham, but now we do.

17. There ..... a bank opposite the park, it became bankrupt some years ago.

18. Jim ..... my best friend, but we aren’t friends any longer.

19. I ..... keen on video games, but now I am.

20. He ..... to his office, but now he goes there by bus.

2.8. Open the brackets. Use the Past Indefinite.

(A)

1. When your friend (to return) from Australia? – She (to fly) yesterday afternoon. – You (to go) to the airport to meet her? – Unfortunately, no. I (to be) too busy.

2. He (to put) the book on the table and (to leave) the room.

3. I (to phone) you last Tuesday but you (not to be) at home. Where you (to be)? – I (to be) in London. I (to go) there on business.

4. It often (to snow) last winter?

5. He told them that he (to be) fond of football when he (to be) a student.

6. Why you (not to finish) your report yesterday? – Frankly speaking, I (to have) no time.

7. Why you (to be) so sad when I (to meet) you? Anything (to be) wrong with you?

8. Ann (to spend) much money the other day. She (to buy) a suit which (to cost) $100.

9. When I (to reach) the street I (to realize) that I (not to know) the number of Tom’s house.

10. Robert (to be going) to introduce Susan to his parents a month ago, but he (to manage) to do this only the day before yesterday.

11. Nick (to be) a student when we (to get) acquainted? – No, he (to be) a school-leaver then. He (to enter) the University last year.

12. What the weather (to be) like last Sunday? – It (to rain) hard and we (not to go) to the country.

13. Last night Mary (to do) her hair, (to put on) her beautiful black dress and elegant shoes and (to go) to the theatre.

14. Why you (not to be) at the Institute two days ago? – I (to go) to the dentist. I (to have) a toothache.

15. The other day Linda (to drop) her favourite vase. It (to fall) on the floor and (to break) into a hundred pieces.

16. When you (to be) in Chicago last? – Two months ago. I (to visit) my uncle.

17. He (to give up) smoking long time ago.

18. In Madrid Mr Foster once (to go) to a bullfight and (to find) it exciting.

19. Why Karen (not to phone) me on Friday? – I think she (to be) away.

20. They (to buy) their tickets and five minutes later the train (to arrive).

(B)

When I (1) (to be) a child I (2) (to love) visiting my grandmother. I (3) (to think) her house (4) (to be) as beautiful as a palace and the garden (5) (to seem) bigger than a park.

As I (6) (to grow) older the house and the garden (7) (to seem) smaller, but I still (8) (to love) visiting the old lady. There (9) (to be) so many lovely things to look at in the house.

Sometimes I (10) (to play) with the doll’s house which (11) (to be) older than grandmother herself; at other times I (12) (to look) at books which (13) (to be) lovelier and more interesting than my children’s books at home.

I (14) (to love) her paintings and the old clock, but most of all I (15) (to love) a big Chinese vase which (16) (to stand) in the hall. It (17) (to be) taller than me, and I (18) (not to see) anything inside it. I (19) (to walk) round and round it looking at the beautiful ladies, birds, flowers and trees which (20) (to be) painted on it. I (21) (to admire) the beauty of the vase and grandmother often (22) (to tell) me stories about these ladies.

Before my grandmother (23) (to die), she (24) (to give) me the vase I (25) (to love) so much. I (26) (to be) really happy. It (27) (to look) beautiful in our modern hall.