Simple Past and Used to

In the past, people ______ clothes by hand.

• wash
• washed

Long ago, people ______ oil lamps.

• used to have
• used to had

Long ago, people ______ on a coal stove.

• used to cook
• cook

100 years ago, people _____ a phone with an operator.

• have
• used to have

In the past, people ______ by horse and buggy.

• used to travelled
• used to travel

In the past, people_______ to the radio.

• listened
• listen

In the past, my grandmother_______letters

• used to write
• used to wrote