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Not to repeat the same sport twice.
Can you name…
- Five sports that don’t use a ball?
- Four sports ending in –ball?
- Three sports played on a court?
- Two sports that use a track?
- Two sports that use a table?
- One sport that uses a ring?
- One sport where you use a set of clubs?
| USED TO We use used to + infinitive to refer to past habits or states. In such cases used tocan be replaced by the past simple with no change in meaning. I used to like jazz but now I like rock. I used to go to jazz clubs every week. We do not need to use a time expression with used to. In the above examples we can also use the Past Simple in the time expression. I liked jazz when I was younger but now I like rock. I went to jazz clubs when I was at college. We cannot use used to when something happened only once: I went to a rock concert last night. (NOT used to go) BE USED TO / GET USED TO be/get used to + noun/pronoun/-ing form They are used to hot weather. (They are accustomed to hot weather. – present) I’m used to getting up early. (I’m accustomed to getting up early. – present) She wasn’t used to working at night. (She wasn’t accustomed to working at night. – past) Mary is getting used to life in the city. (Mary is becoming accustomed to life in the city. – present) Simon had never lived in a tropical country before, but he quickly got used to it. (He became accustomed to it. – past) They willsoon get used to cooking their own meals. (They will become accustomed to cooking their own meals. – future) |
17 The writer Margaret Forster is talking about being fifty. Read the text and answer the following questions.
1 When Margaret stayed at home in the past, what did she do?
2 When she stays at home now, what does she do?
3 What was she like in her twenties and her thirties?
4 Did she often use to scream in the middle of Oxford Street?
5 Was it difficult for her to write in the past?
6 Is it difficult for her to write now?
I haven't changed my idea of a good time very much over the years. I used to enjoy staying in with a new novel and a really good apple, and now I enjoy staying in with a new novel and a glass of wine.
I used to behave very badly in my twenties. I remember once I screamed in the middle of Oxford Street and all the cars suddenly stopped. In my thirties I was too tired to find the energy to scream.
It used to be very difficult to write. I wanted to be a mother, a writer and a wife and do everything myself. Now I can write all day if I want to. (From Male and Female)
18 a Complete these sentences with the Past Simple form or used to. In one sentence both verb forms are possible. Which one?
1 Yesterday morning I _____________ (have) toast for breakfast.
2 When I was young I __________________ (like) toast.
3 I ________________________ out a lot but now I stay in more.
4 When Tony was younger he __________________ sweets but he doesn’t like them now.
5 Megan ______________ in France but now she lives in Wales.
6 Children __________________ books but now they play computer games.
19 Rewrite each person’s comment using used to or didn’t use to.
1 Sally – ‘I don’t walk to work anymore’.
I used to walk to work.
2 Gordon – ‘I’ve got a dog now.’
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3 Lisa – ‘I don’t eat junk food any more.’
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4 Jane – ‘I go to the gym every night now.’
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5 Paul – ‘I’m not any shy any more.’
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6 Edward – ‘I live in a big house now.’
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7 Helen – ‘I haven’t got long hair any more.’
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8 Frank – ‘I eat lots of vegetables now.’
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