used to / would

​HABITUAL PAST

used to / would​

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​Decide whether you can use "used to" with the underlined verbs or not.

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He attended more conferences when he started this job.

• used to attend

• no change

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He attended a conference yesterday concerning the effects of the environmental pollution on children.

• used to attend

• no change

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A strange man followed me from work three times last week.

• usd to follow

• no change

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In the past, women didn't have the career opportunities that they have nowadays.

• didn't use to have

• no change

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There was a boy at our school who always laughed whenever he got anything wrong.

• used to be / used to laugh

• was / used to laugh

• used to be / laughed

• no change

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I was about six years old when my grandmother gave me an umbrella with a handle shaped like a parrot.

• used to give

• no change

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Many years ago there was a small cotton mill in our town, but due to competition from larger factories, it had got to close down.

• used to be / used to have got

• was / used to have got

• used to be / had got

• no change

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At the rodeo, the rider made use of his spurs to urge the horse to go faster.

• used to make

• no change

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Children worked in factories, down mines and on ships until trade associations forced change.

• used to work / used to force

• worked / used to force

• used to work / forced

• no change

​* be used to / get used to

* be accustomed to / ​get accustomed to

*get used ​to / get accustomed to