Unit 16 Critical Thinking
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” -Aristotle
Grammar (Page 149)
Used to
A. Notice the use of used to in the following text.
I was a young girl in the 1960s. My friends and I used to do a lot of things which shocked our parents. We used to do things our mothers never did. We used to cut our hair, we used to wear short skirts. We used to sing songs but did not use to dance.
Now, rewrite the following sentences using ‘used to’. You can make an affirmative/ negative statement or a question.
a. I/live in a flat when I was a child.
Ans:- I used to live in a flat when I was a child.
b. She/love eating chocolate but now she hates it.
Ans:- She used to love eating chocolate but now she hates it.
c. He/go to fishing in the summer?
Ans:- Did he use to go to fishing in the summer?
d. My sister/play tennis when she was at school.
Ans:- My sister used to play tennis when she was at school.
e. He/play football every weekend?
Ans:- Did he use to play football every weekend?
f. My grandfather/speak five languages.
Ans:- My grandfather used to speak five languages.
g. I/not hate school from the beginning.
Ans:- I didn't use to hate school from the beginning.
h. You/live in Kathmandu?
Ans:- Did you use to live in Kathmandu?
i. He/play Dandibiyo when he was a small child.
Ans:- He used to play Dandibiyo when he was a small child.
j. She/wear a frock when she was small but nowadays she wears jeans.
Ans:- She used to wear a frock when she was small but nowadays she wears jeans.
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B. Write a short paragraph describing your past habits.
Ans:- When i was 6 years old, I used to go class 1. I used to go class regularly. I used to play Guchcha. I used to learn and write in classroom. I used to speak Tamang little bit. I used to wear shirt and pants to go to school. I used to have a short hair. I used to play with my friends.
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