GRAMMAR

1 Choose the correct answer.

1 I used to live in London when I was a child means you still live / don't live in London now.

2 I used to eat a lot of chocolate describes a habit / state.

3 We use used to to talk about habits in the past / that continue now.

4 didn't used to / didn't use to is the negative of used to.

5 Which is correct?

A Why did we use to buy fewer clothes?

B Why did we used to buy fewer clothes?

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VOCABULARY

2 In this list, tick one thing you cover the floor with, underline four objects you use at school and circle five materials.

cotton pen leather

bag wool carpet

plastic ruler metal

pencil case

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FUNCTION

4 Read the text. Complete 1-10 with A, B or C.

In the USA of the 1920s we used to save energy in lots of ways.

One of our needs was shoes. Each child 1 ___ two pairs a year - a summer pair and a winter pair. Those new shoes were for special occasions, which meant mostly school and church-going. We 2 ___ barefoot to school until the cold weather came, to protect the shoes. Once my father 3 ___ me walking to school with my shoes on. He was so angry.

Then we 4 ___ our own brooms. The handles were made from young trees. Sometimes my parents gave old handles to my brothers to ride as stick horses. They loved them, even though one winter they both 5 ___ their arms in an accident.

During winter, if the temperature went below freezing, we put various foods outside. We 6 ___ any except on one night when a horse 7 ___ two buckets of food.

My grandmother made all our clothes at night, sewing by the light from the fireplace or by lamplight. My mother 8 ___ the oil lamp for her. She even 9 ___ my wedding dress like that.

My grandmother also canned or dried all the vegetables from the farm to keep them. When we needed them, we 10 ___ them in water before cooking them.

We all learnt to depend on little and to make the most of all there was. Maybe that's the way things will be again in the future.

1 A used to get B get C didn't get

2 A walk B were walking C used to walk

3 A saw B seeing C used to see

4 A make B used to make C didn't use to make

5 A broken B used to break C broke

6 A didn't use to lose B lost C weren't losing

7 A used to eat B ate C Didn't eat

8 A hold B was holding C used to hold

9 A made B used to make C was making

10 A had put B used to put C didn't use to put

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Total : _____ / 25 points

Lesson test Inspiration 3 unit 6, lesson 2

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