Choose the correct form of the verbs.

It is sometimes said that there is nothing new in the world of fashion. Annabelle was a well-known model during the seventies. When her children were in their early teens they 1) were enjoying/used to enjoy looking at her old photo albums. They

2) were finding/found it hard to believe that she 3) was wearing/used to wear such strange clothes. 4) Did people really use to think/Were people really thinking flared trousers looked good? And those ugly platform shoes! She 5) was admitting/admitted that people 6) were often falling/often used to fall over because the heels were so high. In the early nineties, however, Annabelle noticed to her amusement that seventies styles 7) were/used to be in fashion again. “I 8) planned/was planning to throw all my old clothes away,” she said, “but my daughter went to a party last week, and guess what she 9) was wearing/used to wear – that’s right, some of my old clothes!”

Choose the correct form of the verbs.

1. Mary met her husband while she worked/was working/used to work in the States.

2. Why does Warren keep shouting at people? He wasn’t/wasn’t being/didn’t used to be so bad-tempered.

3. How long is it since you had/were having/used to have a holiday?

4. The government provided/were providing/used to provide much more help for disabled people than they do now.

5. It’s all very well complaining you haven’t got any money, but while you were travelling around the world, I studied/was studying/used to study sixteen hours a day for my exams.

6. The only time I ever rode/was riding/used to ride a hourse, I fell/was falling/used to fall off in the first five minutes.

*7. Complete each sentence, using would or used to and the verb in brackets. More than one answer may be possible.

Jack (have) …used to… have a beard but he shaved it off.

1. My mother (read) ………. to me every night.

2. In the holidays we (meet) ……… at the beach every morning.

3. I (not like) ………… spinach, but now I do.

4. Helen (write) ………… me often, but now she writes.

5. Tina (live) …………. in the house opposite.

6. When I was young, the summer (be) ………….. warmer.

7. Whenever our teacher let us leave early, we (cheer) ………….!

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