Cristian Camilo Fernandez Rodriguez
A. Read the information. Then complete the answers below.
1. What about cameras? Cameras used to be big and heavy but now they are small and
light.
2. What about phones? Phones used to be attacked to wires but now they are mobile.
3. How is transport different? People used to ride horses but now they dribe cars.
4. Do people work in the same places as in the past?
No, most people used to work on farms but now they work in factories and offices.
5. What about school? Children used to finish school at 12 but now they finish school at
16.
6. Do people live in the same places as in the past?
No, most people used to live in the country but now they live in towns.
7. What about entertainment? People used to go to the cinema more but now they do.
B. Find the mistakes in the sentences and correct them.
1. Correction: Films didn’t use to have sound but now they do.
2. Correction: Did cameras use to be very expesive?
3. Correction: Harrison Ford used to be a carpenter before he became a film star.
4. Correction: Glenda Jackson used to be a film actress but now she is a politician.
5. Correction: Did Bruce Willis use to have a lot of hair?
6. Correction: It didn’t use to be expensive to go to the cinema but now it is.
C. Choose the correct words in italics in the text.
1. Didn’t use to live
2. Live
3. Had
4. Got
5. Became
6. Didn’t use to be
7. Used to spend
8. Won