[B1+] Lesson 3B - Grammar (Used To X Usually)

Choose the correct option:

Our family ____ on Sundays. It's nice to keep in touch with everyone.

• usually gets together

• used to get otgether

Answer explanation

The second part of the sentence "It's nice to keep in touch with everyone" make us believe that the family still gets together. So it's a sentence in the present, which is why we use "usually".

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct option:

These days, I ____ to walk to work - it's much healthier

• usually walk

• used to walk

Answer explanation

As the speaker used "these days" , it means it's something in the present. If it was, "back then", as it would refer to the past it would be "used to".

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct option:

When I was seven, my parents ____ me to stay with my grandparents in Scotland for six weeks.

• usually send

• used to send

Answer explanation

"When I was seven" refers to something in the past, so we use "used to".

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct option:

____ along well with your teachers when you were in high school?

• Do you usually get

• Did you used to get

Answer explanation

"when you were in high school" refers to something in the past, so we use "used to".

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct option:

She ____ tea or coffee when she was little

• doesn't usually like

• didn't use to like

Answer explanation

"when she was little" refers to something in the past, so we use "used to".

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct option:

When I was a little girl, I ____ with my cousin and her friends a lot

• usually hang out

• used to hang out

Answer explanation

"When I was a little girl" refers to something in the past, so we use "used to".

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the correct option:

Since I was an only child, I ____ anyone to play with on vacation

• didn't use to have

• don't usually have

Answer explanation

"Since I was an only child" refers to something in the past, so we use "used to".

Choose the correct option:

____ the bus to work when it rains?

• Did you used to take

• Do you usually take

Answer explanation

"when it rains" refers to something in the present, so we use "usually".

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Now he 2.____ in an enormous house with a swimming pool and a tennis court.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Jason 3.____ a 15-year-old car

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D