C1-UNIT 2-PRESENT AND PAST HABITS

Master present & past habits! Practice 'used to' and 'would'.

1-Fill in the gaps in order to make a sentence that expresses a present or past habit.2-Use WOULD for past habits when it is possible.3-DON'T USE CONTRACTIONS! 1-If there are free tickets on offer, Susan will be the first in the queue.2-I used to love visiting my grandparents. They always gave me sweets.3-My cousins would always visit us at Christmas.4-When I went to primary school I would often stray into the corner sweet shop on my way home.5-I did not use to like football at school because I wasn't very good at it.6-My big brother loves school and he will always ask for more homework on Fridays.7-I'm not very fit now, but I would play professional football when I was in my twenties.8-The phone generally rings(ring) when I'm in the middle of cooking dinner.9-She will keep interrupting me when I'm trying to say something. It's so irritating.10-Why do you constantly criticise everything he does?11-Boris and David did not use to get on, but now they're the best of friends.12-Ramsay really gets on my nerves. He is always moaning (moan)about his life.13-We spent a few weeks travelling around Asia last year.14-My father would always read me a bedtime story when I was little. 2-Choose the correct answer.1-I love playing tennis, and I _ once a week these days. usually play play usually used to 2-When I was younger I didn't _ very often. usually play use to play used to play 3-I _all my free time playing football! spent usually use to spend used to spend 4-Now I _my sister every Saturday and we play singles. used to meet meet usually usually meet 5-I _ watch tennis on television either, but now I love Wimbledon! usually didn't use to used to 7-I _ all the matches but I never miss the finals! don't usually watch usually don't watch used to watch FCE TRANSFORMATIONS.Rewrite the sentences using the word in bold so that they have the same meaning.Use between 2 and 5 words.DON'T USE CONTRACTIONS! 1-Her father took her to the dentist twice a year when she was a child.TOWhen she was a child, her father used to take her to the dentist twice a year.2-When I was at university, I used to go to the library every day.WOULDWhen I was at university, I would go to the library every day.3-Spending all day in bed is not something I would normally do.USUALLYI do not usually spend all day in bed.4-He used to listen to rock music when he was a teenager - not disco musicDIDHe did not use to listen to disco music when he was a teenager - he used to listen to rock music.5-She often went abroad on holiday before she got married.WOULDShe would often go abroad on holiday before she got married.7-He phones me at work all the time, and I've told him not to.KEEPSHe keeps on phoning me at work and I've told him not to.8-He sometimes does that. I don't know why.WILLI don't know why, but he will sometimes do that.