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Those Were The Days 5

in the past now

80 years ago, there used to be many horse carts. There didn’t use to be cafeterias by the sea.
Now, there aren’t any horse carts. There are a lot of cafeterias by the sea.

We use used to to show that something was true in the past, but it isn’t now.
We didn’t use to use mobile phones 25 years ago, but we use them now.
My hometown used to be a small city in 1983, but it is a big city now.
We use used to to express that something happened regularly in the past, but now it doesn’t.
My parents used to live in a small town in 1995, but they live in the capital city now.
People used to smoke in public, but they don’t now.
I used to eat a lot of chocolate when I was a child, but I don’t eat much now.

G. Hale became a famous singer last year, and then her life changed. Write sentences using She didn’t
use to or She used to.

Now, she In the past, she
1. lives in a luxury flat in New York. lived with her parents on a farm.
2. eats out in expensive restaurants. ate at home with her parents.
3. drives a big car. drove a small car.
4. goes abroad for holidays. went to her hometown for her holidays.
5. has got a good job. didn’t have a good job.
6. doesn’t clean her flat. cleaned her house every week.
7. gives parties in a five-star hotel. didn’t give any parties.
8. spends a lot of money on clothes. made her own clothes.

1. Hale used to live with her parents on a farm, but now she lives in a luxury flat in New York. .
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