Used to and would

(Đã từng và sẽ)

I can talk about past states and repeated actions using used to and would.

(Tôi có thể nói về các trạng thái trong quá khứ và các hành động lặp đi lặp lại bằng used to và would.)

1. Decide if the statements about road travel in the 1960s true (T) or false (F). Compare with a partner.

(Quyết định xem những câu nói về du lịch đường bộ trong những năm 1960 là đúng (T) hay sai (F). So sánh với bạn cặp.)

1. Roads used to be quieter.

2. People used to talk about traffic pollution.

3. Cars didn't use to have seat belts.

4. Children would play video games on long journeys.

5. GPS didn't exist so people would follow maps.

3. Read the GRAMMAR FOCUS and answer the questions.

(Đọc TRỌNG TÂM NGỮ PHÁP và trả lời câu hỏi.)

1. Which sentences in Exercise 1 describe past actions?

(Những câu nào trong bài tập 1 diễn tả hành động trong quá khứ?)

2. Which sentences in Exercise 1 describe past states?

(Những câu nào trong bài tập 1 diễn tả trạng thái quá khứ?)

Tạm dịch:

4. Rewrite the statements using would. If would is not possible, use used to.

(Viết lại các mệnh đề sử dụng would. Nếu không thể dùng would thì dùng used to.)

1. Air travel was cheaper than now.

Air travel used to be cheaper than now.

2. Air travel was more comfortable.

3. The flight from London to New York took longer.

4. People smoked on the plane.

5. People wore their best clothes to travel by air.

6. Airports didn't have so many security checks.

5. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets.

(Hoàn thành văn bản với các động từ trong ngoặc.)

• Use would + verb (where possible)

• Use used to + verb (where would is not possible)

• Use the Past Simple (where would or used to are not possible)

Left or right?

Today, 75% of cars drive on the right, but it ¹didn't always use to be (not always be) like that. In fact, everybody used to travel on the left! In Roman times, roads ²_________ (be) dangerous and travellers ³_________ (carry) swords in their right hands.

Travellers on horses ⁴_________ (ride) on the left side of the road so that the right hand was free to use the sword. Then Napoleon ⁵_________ (change) the rule. Why? Because he was a revolutionary! Before the French Revolution, the aristocracy ⁶_________ (travel) on the left and poor people ⁷_________ (stay) on the right. After the Revolution, the aristocracy joined the poor people on the right and driving on the right ⁸_________ (become) the new law. What about the rest of the world? China, Portugal, Sweden and parts of Canada used to drive on the left and only changed the law during the mid-twentieth century. More than fifty countries including the UK, Australia, Japan and India still drive on the left today.

6. Write six sentences about your life when you were ten. Use used to or would. Use the suggestions in the box or your own ideas.

(Viết sáu câu về cuộc sống của bạn khi bạn mười tuổi. Sử dụng used to hoặc would. Sử dụng các gợi ý trong hộp hoặc ý tưởng của riêng bạn.)

clothes you wore                                             sports you did

food you liked / didn't like                              things you read

music you listened to                                      your bedroom

I didn't use to like mushrooms or green beans.

(Tôi không thích nấm hay đậu xanh.