giải thik rõ ràng nghen cả nha~ Exercise 8: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets: used to + V or simple past. (1) 1. I (see) .................. Marcus at the library working hard. He told me to say hello to you. 2. She (be) ....................... a lot happier, but then she lost her job. 3. There (be) ....................... three restaurants in this town, but two closed down leaving only one. 4. If you look over there, you can see the field where they (fight) ....................... the Battle of Harris Hill in 1509. 5. Did you (take) ....................... a lot of photos when you were in Moscow last year? 6. How many hours a day did you (go) ....................... to school when you were ten? 7. Children never (talk) ....................... so aggressively to their parents. It’s terrible! 8. Soldiers (build) ....................... this bridge near the end of the Second World War. 9. Your mother (have) ............................... a Yorkshire Terrier when she was a young girl, didn’t she? 10. When I was five, I (be) ....................... able to do incredible gymnastics. Now I can’t even touch my toes.

1. I used to see Marcus at the library working hard. He told me to say hello to you.

2. She used to be a lot happier, but then she lost her job.

3. There used to be three restaurants in this town, but two closed down leaving only one.

4. If you look over there, you can see the field where they fought the Battle of Harris Hill in 1509.

5. Did you take a lot of photos when you were in Moscow last year?

6. How many hours a day did you used to go to school when you were ten?

7. Children never talked so aggressively to their parents. It’s terrible!

8. Soldiers built this bridge near the end of the Second World War.

9. Your mother used to have a Yorkshire Terrier when she was a young girl, didn’t she?

10. When I was five, I used to be able to do incredible gymnastics. Now I can’t even touch my toes.

Cách dùng

“used to” được dùng để miêu tả những thói quen, hành động hoặc trạng thái đã xảy ra thường xuyên trong quá khứ và đã kết thúc, không còn ở hiện tại.

Cấu trúc

(+) S+ used to + V

(-) S+ didn’t use to + V

(+) Did + S+ use to + V?

`1` used to see

`2` used to be

`3` used to be

`4` used to fight

`5` use to take

`6` use to go

`7` used to talk

`8` used to build

`9` used to have

`10` used to be

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`-` S + used to - V : đã từng làm việc gì đó  `-` Diễn tả `1` hành động đã từng xảy ra trong quá khứ nhưng không còn xảy ra ở hiện tại nữa