Exercise: Rewrite the sentence using “used to”
1. Toan loved playing badminton when he was small.
2. She went to school on foot when she was 15 years old.
3. My hair was long and black 5 years ago. Now it’s short and yellow.
4. His father was a teacher in our school. Now he is retired.
5. Folk songs were so popular in the past. Now they aren’t anymore.
6. There was less traffic congestion 10 years ago. Now it becomes more common.
7. My grandmother was the prettiest girl in the village.
8. My room was blue last year. Now I’ve painted it pink.
9. This singer had little money when she was small.
10. People wrote letters to each other. Now they have mobile phones.
1. Toan used to play badminton when he was small.
2. She used to go to scholl on foot when she was 15 years old.
3. My hair used to long and black 5 years ago. Now it’s short and yellow.
4. His father used to be a teacher. Now he is retired.
5. Folk songs used to be so popular in the past. Now they aren’t anymore.
6. There used to be less traffic congestion 10 years ago. Now it becomes more common.
7. My grandmother used to be the prettiest girl in the village.
8. My room used to be blue last year. Now I have painted it pink.
9. This singer used to have little money when she was small.
10. People used to write letters to each other. Now they have mobile phones.
Về cách sử dụng công thức “used to”, bạn chỉ cần áp dụng công thức là ra thôi
Công thức “used to”: S + Ved + O → S + used to V bare + O
( Ved là động từ ở thì quá khứ; S là chủ ngữ; V bare là động từ nguyên ( ở thì hiện tại đơn) còn O là tân ngữ)
VD: I was love to drink milktea but after know it makes me put on weight a lot, I don’t drink it anymore at the present.
→ I used to drink milktea but… (viết nốt phần còn lại vào)
hoặc I used to drink milktea.
Bạn có thể thêm tân ngữ hay không thì tùy bạn và tùy từng giáo viên chấm, thông thường thì bạn cho hay không cái tân ngữ cũng được tại tùy giáo viên thích chấm như nào mình cũng không biết
(Tôi đã từng thích uống trà sữa nhưng sau khi biết nó làm tôi tăng cân không ít, tôi không uống nó nữa vào hiện tại)
Đáp án:
1. Toan used to playing badminton when he was small.
2. She used to go to school on foot when she was 15 years old.
3. My hair used to long and black 5 years ago.
4. His father used to be a teacher in our school.
5. Folk songs used to be so popular in the past.
6. There used to be less traffic congestion 10 years ago.
7. My grandmother used to be the prettiest girl in the village.
8. My room used to be blue last year.
9. This singer used to have little money when she was small.
10. People used to write letters to each other.
Áp dụng công thức:
S + Ved ..
→ S + used to + Vo..