Complete the sentences with the correct form
of used to and the verbs in brackets.
the first films were made in the 1890s and
they (have) sound.
2 (you / watch) cartoons when you
were a child?
3 we (play) video games, but now we
think they are boring.
41_ (like) medical dramas, but now i do.
5 there (be) a cinema in the town
centre, but it closed down a year ago​

Past Simple or Past Continuous Exercise

1. Helen__were doing her weekly shopping when she__met her old friend, June.

2. The sun__was shining when I

__got up this morning. I__felt so tired!

3. Jim_was_waiting at one airport while Max __was waiting at the other. What a disaster!

4. It_was_raining very hard, so the referee__decided not to play the match. I

5. When the police__arrived at the party, the music

was playing very loud and everybody

6. The mail__arrived very late today. It__came after eleven o'clock.

7. Joan__became very angry this morning. She__was speaking to an important client and someone __entered the room without knocking

8. Hank_was cooking in the kitchen. His sister__offered to help but Hank__refused.

 

Объяснение:

 

1. it (has been snowing) steadily the whole week and it is still (snowing) 2. we (have been climbing) for six hours already, but we (haven't reach) the top of the mountain yet. 3. the pain has already (gone) but the child is still (crying). 4. have the workers (been working) very hard these two weeks? they (were) busy with the interior decoration of the house. 5. he (has been solving) the crossword puzzle for an hour and he (says) he is about to solve it as he (is thinking) over the last word оf it 6. he (has been working) at the language all the time and (has made) great progress. his pronunciation is rather good, only a slight accent (remains). 7. не (has finished) the first part of his book and now he (is writing) the second. he (has been working) at his book for two years. 8. dusliri hoffman, who (plays) the hero, (is giving) a fine performance. 9. why is your hair wet? have you been (swimming)? 10. doctors and scientists have recently shown the benefit of fish in the diet