Bài ôn tập Tiếng Anh 9

1. Check your grammar: gap fill
Complete the explanation with a word from the box.
simple	 not	 past 	didn’t	 infinitive
1. We use used to to talk about things that happened or were true in the _______________, but not now.
2. You can always use the past _______________ instead of used to.
3. We use used to to emphasise that the action or state is _______________ what happens now.
4. Used to is followed by the _______________ verb.
5. To make questions and negatives with used to, we use did and _______________.
2. Check your grammar: gap fill
Complete the sentence using the correct form of used to and one of the verbs in the box.
do 	 sit 	 play 	 speak 	smoke 	 buy 	 have (x2)
1. He lived in Brazil until he was seven. He _______________ Portuguese, but he's forgotten a lot of it now.
2. We _______________ smartphones, or even internet in our houses. To go online you had to go to an internet café or library or something.
3. She _______________ but she's given up now. She's really healthy these days.
4. We _______________ together when we were children, but I don't see them much any more.
5. You used to live on the same road as me! _______________ sweets in that shop on the corner?
6. She _______________ any sport at all, but now she's in the basketball team and she loves it.
7. We always _______________ on the bridge with our legs hanging down, and throw sticks into the river.
8. I didn't recognise him because of his new beard. He _______________ a beard! He looks
completely different now.
3. Fill in the blank with “use, used to, be used to, or be used for”
1. I often..this pen to write my lessons.
2. I love Ann but now she gets on my nerves.
3. There be a tree in front of my house.
4. They A computer to do the most complicated calculations.
5. These bricks Building a new school .
6. That knife. cut oranges.
7. American women being independent.
8. Cheques and credit cards. storing wealth.
9. It took me a long time towearing glasses.
10. Metal and paper. making money.
4. Write a sentence for each of the following using used to or didn’t use to.
1. When Barbara was in Italy, she stayed with an Italian family.
2. I quite like drinking coffee in the morning, although I wasn’t keen on it when I was younger
3. We seem to have lost interest in our work.
4. I don’t mind travelling by train now.
5. I went to the church when I was a child.
6. Since we’ve lived in the countryside, we’ve been much happier.
7. Mr. Michel grew tulips but he doesn’t any more.
8. I prefer listening to classical music now, although when I was young I couldn’t stand it.
9. My sister looked so far when she returned from Paris.
5. Fill in the blank
When I was a student, I used to (work)in a bar.
I will never get used to (work).nights. I prefer working days
She isn’t used to (live)..on her own. The house feels quite empty.
When I worked in the city, I used to (get up).really early.
Are you getting used to (live)in your new house yet?
We are not used to (live). In a cold climate. We’re used to a warm one.
I used to (be) a gardener. I’m not used to (sit).in an office all day.
Since I retired from my job, I can’t get used to (have)..nothing to do all day.
In my last job, I used to (wear).. a suite and tie. Now I wear jeans.
I was just getting used to (wear)..glasses.