USED TO/ DIDNT USED TO

A) Complete the sentences with used to or didnt use to.

1. Womens clothes in the past __________ be uncomfortable.
2. My mum __________ put on high heels whenever she went out.
3. My granny __________ wear glasses, but now she wears them all
the time.
4. When I was at the seaside, I __________ go swimming every
morning.
5. My family was poor and we __________ have expensive clothes
when I was young.
6. I __________ be slimmer when I was a kid.
B) Complete the sentences with used to.
Example: Before the invention of the internet, people used to
have encyclopedias.
Before the invention of the electric bulb, __________________
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Before the invention of the washing machine, _____________

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Before the invention of the car, _________________________

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Before the invention of the telephone, ___________________

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C) Choose one of the choices below, use used to or didnt use

to to make sentences about the lifestyle of these people.
Example: Footballers in the 1950s didnt use to earn much
money.

Footballers in the 1950s-earn much

money, run more slowly, score a lot of
goals, foul other players a lot, wear long,
wide shorts, be world-famous stars.

The celebrity singers in the 19th

century- go on the stage, get up early,
dance, wear shiny and dark-coloured
outfits, live in poor conditions, do their

make-up themselves.
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D) Look at the photo and describe the clothes people used to
wear in the 1960s.Use the words in the box and used to and be
careful with the order of the adjectives
Example: People in the 1960s used to wear
strange small glasses.
scarf - flowery - curly hair - long
-boots long\short sleeved - colourful
- leather matching - jacket trousers - long
jewellery - shiny plain - shirt - skirt
belt - tight short - silk - cotton

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