Past simple vs USED TO / WOULD

I ......................... lazy.

• used to be

• would be

• used to being

• use to be

Answer explanation

Only used to or past simple comes with state verbs. (be/think/ feel / understand ..)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Omar ........................ some pictures last night.

• would paint

• used to paint

• painted

• paints

Answer explanation

When there is a keyword that refers to a single completed action, we use past simple only.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

My little daughter ......................... short hair.

• had

• would have

• uses to have

• used have

Answer explanation

Past simple or used to comes with state verbs.

Kareem ....................... to drive a car when he was 16.

• didn't

• wouldn't

• didn't use

• used not

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Brian …………......... mystery novels when he was on holiday.

• uses to read

• would reads

• used to read

• used read

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

My neighbour ……….. disappear for days at a time.

• is used to

• used to

• is using to

• uses to

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

They …………. in that haunted house before moving to our street.

• used to live

• would live

• use to live

• are used to live

Michael ……… like reading about unexplained mysteries when he was a teenager.

• would

• uses to

• used

• used to

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

He ……….. be so adventurous, you know.

• isn't used to

• didn't use to

• doesn't get used to

• wouldn't

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

My father ......................... as a driver

• used to work

• would work

• uses to work

• is used to work

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D