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We use this expression to talk about habits or repeated actions in the past which we don't do in the present.

For instance: "I used to pass all these grammar tests with ease!"

HardB1 | IntermediateB1BeModal verbAuxiliary verbHabitual aspect

Correct answers

Question 1

Select the correct construction.
He _________________________ watch the football last Saturday in London.

The time adverbial last Saturday tells us that this a single event in the past. Used to is used to describe an ongoing action or state in the past, so you must use the past simple here: He went to.

Question 2

Select the correct construction.
They ______________________________ the new coach and his unconventional training methods.

The present simple verb form are indicates we need to use the present continuous form of the main verb get: They are getting. In the affirmative form we must use used to, not use to.

Question 3

Select the correct construction.
Didn't she _________________________ in the national netball team?

The interrogative form of used to is use to followed by an infinitive: Didn't she use to play?

Question 4

Select the correct construction.
I don't play anymore, but I _________________________ a professional athlete.

Although it seems as if we need to use the negative form use to, the second clause is actually an affirmative sentence: I used to be.... We can only use would for an action in the past, not a state in the past.

Question 5

Select the correct construction.
He ______________________________ get up this early before he started rowing.

The first two options cannot be followed by get up. As we already have the main verb be, only the gerund getting up would work here. From the last two options, note that we must use use to in the negative form, not used to.

Question 6

Select the correct construction.
Your muscles need time to _________________________ playing basketball this often.

As we are implying an event in the future (need time to), the special construction required here is get used to. In the affirmative form, we must use get used to, not get use to.

Question 7

Select the correct construction.
I _________________________ tennis on Wednesday afternoons after school at the sports club.

In the affirmative form, we use used to to describe an ongoing action or state in the past. We cannot follow the word to with playing. We need to use the infinitive form after used to: I used to play tennis.

Question 8

Select the correct construction.
When I was younger, I _________________________ regularly go to the gym.

For an action in the past, we need to use would followed by an infinitive (go). We cannot use use to in the affirmative form.

Question 9

Select the correct construction.
I didn't _________________________ smoke when I was an athlete.

The negative form of used to is use to followed by an infinitive: I didn't use to smoke.

Question 10

Select the correct construction.
Back in the seventies, I _________________________ be a professional heavyweight boxer.

We can only use would for an action in the past, not a state in the past. As this is an affirmative statement, we need to use used to followed by an infinitive: I used to be...

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