Used to — questions — From Wood to Screens: 100 Years of Toys
Grammar: Past Simple
Free ESL grammar exercise on used to — questions themed around from wood to screens: 100 years of toys. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 2 (elementary) ESL grammar exercise on daily life, practising past simple. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
In the 1950s, a small company in Denmark invented something new. Children used to spend hours on the floor building with LEGO. Parents didn't use to worry about screen time in those days. Then, in the 1980s, Nintendo made its first game console.
Grammar: Past Simple
- Used to — positive
- Children used to play outside. — a habit in the past that stopped.
- Used to — negative
- They didn't use to have screens. — something that did not happen in the past.
Sample items
- ______ you use to play with wooden toys when you were young?
- Children ______ use to watch TV before the 1950s.
- People ______ use to invent new games without technology.
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