Changes from past to present

When do we use this expression?

My brothers used to have terrible arguments about video games.

• To talk about something in the past that never happens now.

• To mean 'to have a habit of'.

• To talk about a repeated situation or action in the past which doesn't happen now.

When do we use this expression?

On Saturday afternoons they would go out and play in the garden

• To talk about something in the past that never happens now.

• To mean 'to have a habit of'.

• To talk about a repeated situation or action in the past which doesn't happen now.

We came to live in Valence three years ago. We __________ live in Lyon.

• would

• had

• didn't use to

• used to

It only takes twenty minutes to come to college by bus. It ________ take me half an hour on foot.

• used to

• would

• was

• had

She didn't _________ like coffee but she loves having an espresso with her friends, now.

• would

• drink

• use to

• used to

How long _______ you spend watching cartoons when you were a child?

• used to

• had

• was

• would

My parents _______ take us on holiday to a campsite every Summer.

• use to

• used to

• would

• did

His sister didn't _______ be very talkative because she was shy. Now she makes friends easily and is always chatting.

• would

• used to

• use to

• was

When my grandparents were young, they ________ often have to watch television with the rest of the family.

• used to

• use to

• watched

• would

My dad _________ practise playing the guitar every day after school when he was a teenager. He can't play now, because he hasn't touched it for years.

• used to

• use to

• would

• played