Ex 2: Rewrite the sentences using “used to” without changing their meaning.
1. This was only a small company with several years of low profit but now it has
changed a lot. 2. Men were the
breadwinner of the family and women depended greatly on men. 3. My sister admitted that she lied sometimes in the past but now she didn’t. 4. Jim asked me what I preferred to do as a child that I no longer did now.
5. Who took care of you when you were a toddler? 6. Jim wasn’t interested in reading books when he was small but now he’s really into
it. 7. I got all the attention from my parents before my little brother was born.
8. Bungalows were very popular 6 years ago.
Bài làm
1. This was only a small company with several years of low profit but now it has
-> This used to be only a small company with several years
2. Men were the breadwinner of the family and women depended greatly on men.
-> Men used to be the breadwinner of the family and women depend greatly on men.
3. My sister admitted that she lied sometimes in the past but now she didn’t.
-> My sister admitted that she used to lie sometimes in the past.
4. Jim asked me what I preferred to do as a child that I no longer did now.
-> Jim asked me what I used to do as a child.
5. Who took care of you when you were a toddler?
-> Who useed to take care of you when you were a toddler?
6. Jim wasn’t interested in reading books when he was small but now he’s really into
-> Jim didn’t use to be interested in reading books when he was small.
7. I got all the attention from my parents before my little brother was born.
-> I used to get all the attention from my parents before my little brother was born.
8. Bungalows were very popular 6 years ago.
-> Bungalows used to be very popular 6 years ago.
~Chúc học tốt~
=>
1. This used to be a small company with several years of low profit.
2. Men used to be the breadwinner of the family and women used to depend greatly on men.
3. My sister admitted that she used to lie sometimes in the past.
4. Jim asked me what I used to do as a child.
5. Who used to take care of you when you were a toddler?
6. Jim used to be interested in reading books when he was small.
7. I used to get all attention from my parents before my little brother was born.
8. Bungalows used to be very popular 6 years ago.