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Question 107

Select all sentences that use the target past-habit or accustomed-to structure correctly.

  1. Rosa used to own a pottery studio, but she sold it last spring.Correct answer
  2. In my childhood, our family would own three shops on the high street.
  3. Pat is used to cook for large groups after years in a hostel kitchen.
  4. During school holidays, we would cycle to the outdoor pool every morning.Correct answer

Explanation

The pottery sentence uses used to for a discontinued state of ownership, and the cycling sentence uses would for a repeated dynamic action in an established past setting. The other sentences misuse would with a state and follow be used to with an infinitive instead of an ing-form.

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