Huda: Which TV programmes did you use to watch (1: you / watch) when you were little, Grandma?

Grandmother: We didn’t have a television when I was a little girl, dear. We used to do (2: do) things. We (3: not sit) around watching a box!

Huda: What (4: you / do)?

Grandmother: We (5: help) mother with the housework and cooking.

Huda: But how (6: you / have) fun?

Grandmother: We (7: play) the drums and sing and dance. Families (8: have) real conversations in those days. People don’t talk to each other nowadays because of that silly television.

Huda: (9: you / go out) with your friends?

Grandmother: Yes, dear. We (10: go) shopping in the markets with my sister Wafa and my friend Layla. Then we all (11: come) home for tea and cakes. We (12: talk) about everything. Not on the phone, of course, but person to person, face to face. We (13: not walk) around talking on these silly mobile things like young people today.

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A resident believes that streets were quieter in the past. Which sentence expresses this opinion correctly using "used to"?

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• In her opinion, streets use to be quieter.

• In her opinion, streets used to be quieter.

• In her opinion, streets used to quieter.

• In her opinion, streets used to were quieter.

Some people believe towns were less crowded fifty years ago. Which sentence expresses their view correctly?

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• Towns used to more crowded than now.

• Towns used to be more crowded than now.

• Towns used to be less crowded than they are now.

• Towns used to were less crowded.

A neighbour thinks people rode bicycles more often in the past. Choose the sentence that expresses this opinion using "used to".

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• People used to riding bicycles more often.

• People used to ride bicycles more often.

• People used to rode bicycles more often.

• People didn’t use to ride bicycles as often as they do now.