Level 18: Unit 6 Online Practice Exercises & Review

UNIT 6
1. USED TO & WOULD FOR PAST

Affirmative Forms

Used to and would are both used for past habits. There is, however, a difference between the two. Would describes repeated actions, but not states, while used to can refer to both repeated actions and states.

Example:

On Sundays my parents would always take me to dance school.
I used to hate dancing in those days.

Compare these two sentences:

From time to time he would get up and glance critically over his work and look at his models.

I would like to go home.

The second sentence cannot refer to past time as the verb like expresses a state, not an action. Therefore it cannot express a past habit but only a present state. For the very same reason the following sentence is incorrect:

While at school he would be the smartest kid in the class.

Instead of would you need to use used to:

While at school he used to be the smartest kid in the class.

Negative And Interrogative Forms

As used in the structure used to is a main verb in the past simple tense, the interrogative and negative forms are:

Did he use to be the smartest kid?
While at school he didn't use to be the smartest kid in the class.

PAST SIMPLE

The past simple is used to express habits and states that happened or existed during a period of time in the past. This period can be implied, or expressed with a time expression or a clause.

When I was a child I visited my grandma every weekend. (habit)
When my brother was young he liked spinach. (state)
Where did you go to primary school? (habit, where the implied period of time is when you went to primary school)

Online Practice

http://www.inglesmundial.com/A2/grammar.htm

http://www.imparareinglese.co.uk/esercizi_inglese/usedto_would.html

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-26509.php

http://eps.emu.edu.tr/dept/mld/sct/materials/EFL117/Exercise1.htm

http://www.cip.dauphine.fr/riccioli/mathsdecisionmd2/mathsrevision1jan06/wouldused.htm

http://englishdailyworkout.blogspot.com/2011/04/used-to-and-would-exercise-past-habits.html

2. Modal Verbs Review Chart

MODAL VERB	MEANING	EXPRESSING	EXAMPLE
Must	to have to	100 % obligation	I must stop when the traffic lights turn red.
Must	to be very probable	logical conclusion (deduction)	He must be very tired after such enormous work.
Must Not	not to be allowed to	prohibition	You must not smoke in the hospital.
Can	to be able to	ability	I can swim
	to be allowed to	permission	Can I use your phone please?
	it is possible	possibility	Smoking can cause cancer !
Could	to be able to	ability in the past	When I was younger I could stay up all night and not get tired..
	to be allowed to	more polite permission	Excuse me, could I just say something?
	it is possible	possibility	It could rain tomorrow!
May	to be allowed to	permission	May I use your phone please?
May	it is possible, probable	possibility, probability	It may rain tomorrow!
Might	to be allowed to	more polite permission	Might I use your phone please?
Might	it is possible, probable	weak possibility, probability	I might come and visit you in America next year, if I can save enough money.
Need	necessary	necessity	Need I say more?
Need Not	not necessary	lack of necessity /absence of obligation	I need not buy any tomatoes. There are plenty in the fridge.
Should Ought To	used to say or ask what is the correct or best thing to do	50 % obligation	I should / ought to see a doctor. I have a terrible headache.
	to suggest an action or to show that it is necessary	advice	You should / ought to revise your lessons
	to be very probable	logical conclusion (deduction)	He should / ought to be very tired after such enormous work.
Had Better	to suggest an action or to show that it is necessary	advice	You 'd better revise your lessons

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