Question

Where possible put the verbs into the used to form. Otherwise use the simple past tense.

1.Biggs .............(be) a carpenter before he ..............(become)a train robber.

2.Before he ............(come back) to Ehgland, biggs .................(live) in Brazil.

3.He ............(invite) guests to a barbecue,where he ............(tell) them about his life.

4.Guests......... (pay) 50 $ for the privilege! Then he ..........(try) to sell them he a T-shirt, that said 'I know someone who went to Brazil and met Ronnie Biggs'.

5.The outlaw Jessie James........(live) a short and violent life.

6.He ...........(hold up) banks and trains. People call him a Robin Hood but as for as I know he ............(not share) the money he stole with a poor.

In exercise 5 where can you use would instead of used to?

Answer 1

1.used to be, became

2.came back, used to live

3.invited, used to tell

4.paid, used to try

5.used to live

6.used to hold up, didn't share