Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise Practice 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Grammar focus 2 for the textbook Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Araminta Crace from Pearson Education

Question

Match the prompts in A with the phrases in B to make complete sentences with used to / didn’t use to.

Answer

  1. g - People didn't use to suffer from allergies.
  2. d - More people used to live and work on farms.
  3. f - People didn't use to wash their hands as much as they do today.
  4. b - Food didn't use to be as clean as it is now.
  5. a - People didn't use to drink bottled water.
  6. h - Children used to play outside much more than they do now.
  7. e - People didn't use to buy their food in plastic bags from supermarkets.
  8. c - People didn't use to clean their houses as much as they do now.