Практикум по грамматике английского языка : учебное пособие

Exercise 30. In some of these sentences you can use used to or would instead 
of Past Simple. Where possible, rewrite the sentences using used to or would.
Example: a. On Sundays when we were kids, our mother made us pan-
cakes for breakfast.
— On Sundays when we were kids, our mother used to/would make 
us pancakes for breakfast.

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b. I played hockey twice a week that year. — I used to play hockey twice 
a week that year.
c. Anita made custard for breakfast yesterday morning.— No change.
1. When I was a child, we visited my grandmother every Sunday. The whole 
family put on their best clothes, and we walked to her house.
2. When we were kids, we played Cowboys and Indians together.
3. There was an unpleasant incident on the train this morning when a drunk 
attacked one of the passengers.
4. When Doris was a child, her parents lived in Spain.
5. Whenever the train was late, all the passengers complained.
6. When I was a child, my elder brother took me to the cinema every Saturday 
morning.
7. Whenever I visited my aunt Sarah, she gave me sweets.
8. Some years ago Denis often borrowed money from other people. Now that 
he is rich, he hardly ever lends anyone a penny!
9. We lived by a lake, and sometimes Dad took us fishing.
10. I took up tennis at the age of 11.
11. She was a nice girl, but she looked at herself in the mirror every
minute.
12. From the time he was very young, Greg spent all his spare time collecting 
birds, ani mals, and insects of all kinds. Every morning he got up early and 
went first to the beach. There he caught small crabs and sometimes small 
fishes, which he put into a large jar and took home with him. On the way, 
he always went to a fisherman’s cot tage where he was often lucky enough 
to find some unusual insects.
13. As children, they spent a lot of time outdoors.
14. Peter went to a co-educational grammar school, but he didn’t enjoy it very 
much because he wasn’t very good at school work.
15. During their voyage across the Pacific, they took several pictures of great 
seabirds.
16. The government spent more money on higher education than they do 
now.
17. The first time I ever drove a car, I parked in a wrong place.
18. Frank’s brother is a successful businessman. But it’s a longtime since he 
had a holiday.
19. This magnificent old mansion belonged to some nobleman. It’s a museum 
now.

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20. Niki Taylor signed her first contract with a cosmetics company at the age 
of 14.
21. When Dick was a boy, he enjoyed looking at his mother’s old photo 
album.
22. Before I decided to keep to a diet, I ate a lot.
23. I didn’t like getting up early when I was very young. And I still don’t 
like it.
24. She was an employee at the post office before she started her own 
business.
25. Years ago there were strict penalties for misbehaviour in some British 
schools.
26. There was a victory march down the Grand Avenue.