Complete these sentences with the correct form of used to / didn't use to and the verbs in brackets.
1 They
(live) abroad, but they moved back to
this country last year.
2 She
(be) a student, but she finished her
university course in June.
3 She
(eat) meat, but now she has chicken
sometimes.
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(like) cats, but I prefer dogs now.
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(enjoy) TV, but now I find most of the
programmes boring or annoying.
5 We
(spend) a lot of time together, but now
we hardly ever see each other.
7 He
(speak) a foreign language, but he
started going to Spanish lessons last year.
8 My grandad
(have) a lot of money, but he's
quite rich now.​

1 They used to live abroad, but they moved back to this country last year.
Explanation: We use "used to" to talk about past habits or states that are not true anymore. In this sentence, the subject (they) lived abroad in the past, but they moved back to this country last year, so now they don't live abroad anymore.

2 She used to be a student, but she finished her university course in June.
Explanation: Again, we use "used to" to talk about something that was true in the past but is no longer true. In this sentence, the subject (she) used to be a student, but she finished her university course in June, so she is not a student anymore.

3 She didn't use to eat meat, but now she has chicken sometimes.
Explanation: In this sentence, we use "didn't use to" to express the negative form of the past habit or state. The subject (she) didn't eat meat in the past, but now she sometimes has chicken. This means that she started eating meat.

4 He used to like cats, but I prefer dogs now.
Explanation: Again, we use "used to" to talk about past habits or states that are no longer true. The subject (he) used to like cats, but now the speaker prefers dogs. This means that the speaker's preference has changed.

5 He used to enjoy TV, but now he finds most of the programmes boring or annoying.
Explanation: The subject (he) used to enjoy TV in the past, but now he finds most of the programmes boring or annoying. This means that his attitude towards TV has changed.

6 We used to spend a lot of time together, but now we hardly ever see each other.
Explanation: The subject (we) used to spend a lot of time together in the past, but now they hardly ever see each other. This means that their frequency of meeting has changed.

7 He didn't use to speak a foreign language, but he started going to Spanish lessons last year.
Explanation: In this sentence, we use "didn't use to" to express the negative form of the past habit or state. The subject (he) didn't speak a foreign language in the past, but he started going to Spanish lessons last year. This means that he has started learning a foreign language.

8 My grandad used to have a lot of money, but he's quite rich now.
Explanation: The subject (my grandad) used to have a lot of money in the past, but now he is quite rich. This means that his financial situation has improved.