Choose the correct form of the verb: past simple, used to or would. Keep in mind that more than one option is possible for some sentences.
1 Her sister won / would win a beauty pageant many years ago
2 We used to weekend / weekended in the Pyrenees before it became so popular with eco-tourists
3 People thought / used to think that smoking was OK, even some deemed it as cool
4 When my mother was alive, we used to / would attend church every Sunday
5 Believe it or not, the UK used to / would be a member of the EU
6 Before the euro, we used to have / had pesetas in Spain and marks in Germany
7 We used to / would pay everything in pesetas before the euro was introduced as common currency among European states
8 There wasn’t / didn’t use to be any air pollution before the Industrial Revolution
9 Mankind first stepped / would step on the Moon in 1969, at least according to Americans
10 Would you drink / Did you use to drink much before your stroke?
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Un saludo
Hola Ana Belen! Muchas gracias por tu apoyo 🙂 Sorry, estos ejercicios no tienen corrección online porque son para mis estudiantes y los corregimos en clase.
Sí que están con corrección en la versión premium de idiomium. Anyway, si tienes alguna duda, déjame un comentario e intentaré ayudarte 🙂