Тест по грамматике на употребление структуры used to (10 класс)

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of " used to " and the verb in brackets. Translate them.

We saw the garden where Joe ( to play ).

Then we visited the park where we (to take) him for walks, the zoo where he ( to look at ) the lions and tigers, and the lake where we ( to go ) boating.

2. Change the verbs into positive (+), negative (- ) and interrogative ( ? ) form of the "used to" structure.

I (to collect) stamps when I was a child but now I go in for wrestling.

3. Make sentences with "used to" and "didn᾿t use to" about how people lived hundreds of years ago.

1. People / travel by horse.

2. People / cook on wood fires.

3. People / not, live so long.

4. People / fight with spears.

5. People / hunt with bows and arrows.

4. Translate into Russian.

1. I used to drink tea in the morning but now I drink coffee.

2. We keep in touch by email and by mobile phone.

3. He is friendly and gets on well with other people.

4. He didn᾿t use to be a selfish and impatient person but now he is.

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of "used to" and the verb in brackets. Translate them.

Not much had changed in the area: most of the shops were still there, including the wonderful old grocer᾿s where we ( to buy ) delicacies like cherries in brandy, the friendly butcher who ( to keep ) the best pieces of meat for us and the restaurant with the bad-tempered old waitress where we ( to have ) Sunday lunch.

2. Change the verbs into positive (+), negative (-) and interrogative ( ? ) form of the "used to" structure.

My grandfather ( to smoke ) like a chimney but now he smokes occasionally.

3. Make sentences with "used to" and "didn᾿t use to" about how people lived hundreds of years ago.

1. People / believe in ghosts and devils.

2. People / not, be able to vote.

3. People / think the Earth was flat.

4. People / have bigger families.

5. Children / work.

4. Translate into Russian.

1. I used to live in London but now I live in Liverpool.

2. I didn᾿t use to blame other people for my problems, I had to be a responsible one.

3. When I entered the University we lost touch for a year.

4. Did she use to be such an envious and unfriendly person when you were married?