3. Tick (✔) the correct sentences. Sometimes both sentences are correct. 

(Đánh dấu (✔) vào các câu đúng. Đôi khi cả hai câu đều đúng.)

When I was in the Science club at school, ... 

1.  a. we met every Thursday at 4.00 p.m.  ✔

b. we used to meet every Thursday at 4.00 p.m. 

2. a. we watched videos about great discoveries. 

b. we used to watch videos about great discoveries. 

3. a. one week, a physicist came to speak to us. 

b. one week, a physicist used to come to speak to us. 

4. a. our group went on a trip to the Science Museum in London. 

b. our group used to go on a trip to the Science Museum in London. 

5. a. my friend Emma once gave a talk about the sun. 

b. my friend Emma once used to give a talk about the sun.

3 Read the GRAMMAR FOCUS. Complete the examples using the past forms of the verbs in bracket.

(Đọc GRAMMAR FOCUS. Hoàn thành các ví dụ bằng cách sử dụng các dạng quá khứ của động từ trong ngoặc.)

GRAMMAR FOCUS

used to

- You use used to + verb to talk about past states that are no longer true. 

He 1____(have)five or six good friends.

- You use used to + verb to talk about regular past actions that don't happen anymore. 

He 2______(phone) people from the phone in the sitting room.

- You don't use used to + verb to talk about a past action that only happened once. You use the Past Simple.

- His parents 3_______ (buy)him a camera for his sixteenth birthday.

used to + verb

+) I used to work...

-) He didn't use to work

?) Did they use to work...? Yes, they did / No they didn't.

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use used to + verb or the Present Simple.

(Hoàn thành các câu với dạng đúng của các động từ trong ngoặc. Sử dụng used to + động từ hoặc thì Hiện tại đơn.)

1 People used to read (read) maps but now they use (use) GPS.

2 People _________(not/use) their cars much but now they________ (drive) everywhere.

3 People________ (update) their online profiles now, but they______ (write) letters.

4 Children _________(play) inside now, but in the past they______(play) outside.

5 Teachers_________(suggest) books, but now they_______(give out) website addresses.

6 Families___________(watch) the TV together, but now they_______(watch) it individually.

5 Replace the Past Simple verbs with used to or did not use to so that they are true for you. Then share with your partner.

(Thay thế các động từ Quá khứ đơn bằng used to hoặc not used to để chúng đúng với bạn. Sau đó chia sẻ với bạn của bạn.)

When I was at primary school,…

1 my parents took me to school every day.

2 I didn't go online much.

3 I went on a school trip to the Science Museum.

4 I didn't like school dinners.

5 my parents bought me the first building set.

6 I wanted to be an astronaut.

4. Choose the correct words.

(Chọn từ đúng.)

1. Broadband Internet didn't use to be/ weren't so popular in the 1980s.

2. Did your grandparents use to buy / buy a black and white television in the 1960s? 

3. We did/used to do a lot of exercises last weekend. 

4. My brother used to spend / was spending a few hours a day online.

5. Last winter, the temperature used to fall/ fell to minus 28 degrees Celsius

6. Did they use to use/Did they use GPS when they were climbing in the Alps?

2. Write positive sentences (+), negative sentences (-) and questions (?) about mobile phones in 1983. Use the correct form of used to from the box and the words above each line.

(Viết câu khẳng định (+), câu phủ định (-) và câu hỏi (?) về điện thoại di động vào năm 1983. Sử dụng dạng đúng của used to from the box và các từ ở trên mỗi dòng.)

did didn't use to used to use to 

1. mobile phones / have cameras (?)

Did mobile phones use to have cameras? 

2. mobile phones / cost a lot of money (+)

3. most normal people / own a mobile phone (-)

4. people / make fewer phone calls (+)

5. mobile phones / be bigger (?)

6. mobile phones / have touch screens (-)

7. mobile phones / send text messages (?)

4. Complete the dialogue between Jodie and her dad using the correct form of used to and the verbs in brackets. 

(Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại giữa Jodie và bố cô ấy bằng cách sử dụng đúng dạng của used to và các động từ trong ngoặc.)

J: Dad, did you use to own (you/own) a smartphone when you were my age? 

D: Did I what?

J: (1) ____________ (you/use) a smartphone or a laptop when you were a teenager? 

D: What?! No, I didn't. I was 14 in ... er ... wait a minute ... in 1981. We (2) ____________ (not have) laptops back then. 

J: So,  how (3) ____________ (check) your messages?

D: Jodie? There were no messages or texts; no Facebook or anything. We (4) ____________ (send) letters or faxes.

J: I see. Wow … Dad, what’s a fax?

D: Er … well … it was a bit like a photocopier. You (5) ____________ (write) your message on a piece of paper, then put it in the fax machine …

J: And then?

D: Well, then you (6)____________ (dial) the number and wait. The machine er … well … it read the piêc of paper and sent it to your friend.

J: What, the piece of paper?

D:What? No! Not the same piece of paper, Jodie - just the message.

J: I see. Wow.

4. Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it.

(Tìm một lỗi trong mỗi câu và sửa nó.)

1. Did Auntie Nga used to cook a big meal on Sundays?   use

2. Bình used to go to Hồ Chí Minh City for the first time in 2009. 

3. Teenagers didn't used to have mobile phones in the 1980s. 

4. Dũng used to invent a popular video game. 

5. Did use to be milk free at school when you were little? 

6. When grandpa was young, films used to were black and white.