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17 The writer Margaret Forster is talking about being fifty. Read the text and answer the following questions. 1 When Margaret stayed at home in the past, what did she do? 2 When she stays at home now, what does she do? 3 What was she like in her twenties and her thirties? 4 Did she often use to scream in the middle of Oxford Street? 5 Was it difficult for her to write in the past? 6 Is it difficult for her to write now?
I haven't changed my idea of a good time very much over the years. I used to enjoy staying in with a new novel and a really good apple, and now I enjoy staying in with a new novel and a glass of wine. I used to behave very badly in my twenties. I remember once I screamed in the middle of Oxford Street and all the cars suddenly stopped. In my thirties I was too tired to find the energy to scream. It used to be very difficult to write. I wanted to be a mother, a writer and a wife and do everything myself. Now I can write all day if I want to. (From Male and Female)
18 a Complete these sentences with the Past Simple form or used to. In one sentence both verb forms are possible. Which one?
1 Yesterday morning I _____________ (have) toast for breakfast. 2 When I was young I __________________ (like) toast. 3 I ________________________ out a lot but now I stay in more. 4 When Tony was younger he __________________ sweets but he doesn’t like them now. 5 Megan ______________ in France but now she lives in Wales. 6 Children __________________ books but now they play computer games. 19 Rewrite each person’s comment using used to or didn’t use to.
1 Sally – ‘I don’t walk to work anymore’. I used to walk to work. 2 Gordon – ‘I’ve got a dog now.’ ____________________________________________________ 3 Lisa – ‘I don’t eat junk food any more.’ ____________________________________________________ 4 Jane – ‘I go to the gym every night now.’ ____________________________________________________ 5 Paul – ‘I’m not any shy any more.’ ____________________________________________________ 6 Edward – ‘I live in a big house now.’ ____________________________________________________ 7 Helen – ‘I haven’t got long hair any more.’ ____________________________________________________ 8 Frank – ‘I eat lots of vegetables now.’ ____________________________________________________
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