Задание
Write 7 sentences about what you, your relatives or friends used to do but don't do anymore.
Example: My sister used to get up late but she doesn't any longer.
to take long walks, to live in the country, to go to the cinema, to watch television a lot, to work in the garden, to collect pictures, to write poems, to work on the computer, to read at night, to dance, to drive a car, other
Берём конструкцию: used to + глагол (раньше делал) и but + doesn't / don't + anymore (any longer) (теперь не делает). Берём по одному выражению из рамки и меняем подлежащее: I, my grandmother, my brother, my friend, my parents и т. д.
- Берём «to take long walks» и подлежащее my grandmother: My grandmother used to take long walks but she doesn't any longer.
- Берём «to live in the country» и подлежащее my family: My family used to live in the country but we don't anymore.
- Берём «to go to the cinema» и подлежащее I: I used to go to the cinema every week but I don't anymore.
- Берём «to watch television a lot» и подлежащее my brother: My brother used to watch television a lot but he doesn't any longer.
- Берём «to collect pictures» и подлежащее my friend: My friend used to collect pictures but he doesn't anymore.
- Берём «to write poems» и подлежащее my mother: My mother used to write poems but she doesn't any longer.
- Берём «to read at night» и подлежащее my dad: My dad used to read at night but he doesn't anymore.
Конструкция used to + инфинитив описывает действие, которое раньше повторялось, а сейчас не происходит. В отрицании о настоящем используем don't / doesn't (в третьем лице единственного числа — doesn't) с anymore или any longer.
- My grandmother used to take long walks but she doesn't any longer.
- My family used to live in the country but we don't anymore.
- I used to go to the cinema every week but I don't anymore.
- My brother used to watch television a lot but he doesn't any longer.
- My friend used to collect pictures but he doesn't anymore.
- My mother used to write poems but she doesn't any longer.
- My dad used to read at night but he doesn't anymore.
