Ejercicios de used to en inglés con soluciones (inglés B1) para descargar en PDF

Ejercicio 1. Completa con used to ★★★

Completa con used to en afirmativa, negativa o pregunta.

1. Lucía _____ (live) in Seville, but now she lives in Lima.
2. We _____ (walk) to school every day.
3. There _____ (be) a cinema on this street.
4. My grandfather _____ (smoke), but he stopped.
5. I _____ (not / like) spicy food.
6. _____ you _____ (have) long hair?

Ejercicio 2. Used to o be used to ★★★

Elige la opción correcta.

1. I used to / am used to get up at five. Now I sleep until eight.
2. She used to / is used to the cold weather: she grew up in Alaska.
3. We didn’t use to / aren’t used to eat out much.
4. Joaquín is getting used to / used to working nights.
5. I’m used to / use to driving in heavy traffic.
6. Did you use to / used to play chess?

Ejercicio 3. Ordena las palabras ★★★

Ordena las palabras para formar frases correctas.

1. used / our / to / be / street / quiet
2. didn’t / my / use / to / brother / read
3. would / every / we / summer / swim / in / the / lake
4. used / to / I’m / early / up / getting

Ejercicio 4. Cómo ha cambiado la ciudad ★★★

Mira el esquema y escribe cuatro frases con used to y el presente, por ejemplo: There used to be a tram line, but now there’s a metro.

Ejercicio 5. Negativa y pregunta ★★★

Escribe la negativa y la pregunta de cada frase.

1. She used to live in Dublin.
2. They used to work together.
3. He used to drive a taxi.

Ejercicio 6. Use to o used to ★★★

Elige use to o used to.

1. Did you use to / used to have a dog?
2. I didn’t use to / used to like olives.
3. He use to / used to play the drums.
4. Where did they use to / used to live?
5. We never use to / used to eat late.
6. She use to / used to be shy.

Ejercicio 7. Would o solo used to ★★★

Escribe «ambas» si se puede usar would y used to, o «solo used to» si no se puede usar would.

1. We _____ play in the street after school.
2. My dad _____ have a red motorbike.
3. There _____ be a bakery on the corner.
4. Every winter we _____ go skiing in Sierra Nevada.
5. I _____ know all my neighbours.
6. She _____ bring us hot chocolate on cold mornings.

Ejercicio 8. Traduce al inglés ★★★

Traduce las frases al inglés.

1. Antes vivía en Valencia.
2. No estoy acostumbrado al calor.
3. Me estoy acostumbrando a madrugar.
4. ¿Solías jugar al fútbol de pequeño?
5. Cada verano íbamos a la playa.
6. Mi abuela no solía usar el móvil.

Ejercicio 9. Corrige el error ★★★

Cada frase tiene un error. Reescríbela bien.

1. I used to going to the gym.
2. She didn’t used to like coffee.
3. I’m not used to live alone.
4. We would have a big house when I was a child.
5. He is used to work at night.
6. Did you used to play tennis?

Ejercicio 10. Be used to o get used to ★★★

Completa con be used to o get used to y el verbo en gerundio.

1. I’ve lived in Dublin for years, so I _____ (walk) in the rain.
2. It’s my first week at the new office; I _____ (work) with a laptop only.
3. She’s from Madrid, so she _____ (eat) dinner late.
4. The noise near our flat is annoying, but slowly we _____ (live) near the station.
5. I _____ (not / sleep) so little: I need more rest.

Ejercicio 11. Reescribe con used to ★★★

Reescribe cada frase con used to sin cambiar el sentido.

1. Ten years ago, I played the violin every day.
2. Where the car park is now, there was a cinema.
3. He doesn’t smoke now, but he smoked a lot.
4. Our town had a market square, but not anymore.

Ejercicio 12. Los recuerdos de Sean ★★★

Lee el texto y responde en inglés.

1. Where did Sean grow up?
2. What would his mother do every evening?
3. What is the old cinema now?
4. Does he still miss the cinema?

Ejercicio 13. Escribe la pregunta ★★★

Escribe la pregunta que corresponde a cada respuesta, con las palabras entre paréntesis.

1. _____? I used to live in Cali. (where / you / use to live)
2. _____? Yes, I did. I used to play the guitar. (you / use to play / guitar)
3. _____? He used to be a taxi driver. (what / he / use to do for a living)
4. _____? Yes, I’m used to the cold. (you / be used to / cold)

Ejercicio 14. Traduce al español ★★★

Traduce las frases al español.

1. We used to meet at the café after class.
2. I can’t get used to the traffic here.
3. Our street didn’t use to be so busy.

Ejercicio 15. De pueblo a ciudad ★★★

Completa el texto con la forma indicada: used to, would, get used to o be used to.

When I was a child, I (1) _____ (live) in a small village in Andalucía. Every summer my cousins (2) _____ (come) to stay with us. Now I live in Mexico City. At first I couldn’t (3) _____ (get used to / the noise), but now I (4) _____ (be used to / hear) it.

Ejercicio 16. Mediación: la infancia de Camila ★★★

Lee el mensaje en español y cuéntaselo en inglés a un compañero en tres o cuatro frases.

Cuando era niña, mi familia vivía en un piso pequeño de Bogotá. Todos los domingos íbamos al parque y mi padre nos compraba helados. Ahora vivo en Toronto y todavía me estoy acostumbrando al invierno.

Ejercicio 17. Mi ciudad natal ★★★

Completa el texto con la forma correcta.

My hometown, Bilbao, has changed a lot. There (1) _____ (be) an old shipyard next to the river, but now it’s a museum. When I was small, my father (2) _____ (take) me there on Sundays. We (3) _____ (not / have) a car, so we (4) _____ (go) everywhere by tram. After I moved to Leeds, at first I (5) _____ (not / be) used to the rain, but now I (6) _____ (be) used to it. I (7) _____ (get) used to speaking English too, and these days I (8) _____ (dream) in English.

Ejercicio 18. Cómo era mi ciudad ★★★

Escribe seis frases sobre cómo era tu ciudad o tu barrio hace veinte años y cómo es hoy. Usa used to, would, didn’t use to y be used to.

Ejercicio 19. Corrige el párrafo ★★★

Este párrafo tiene cinco errores. Encuéntralos y escribe el texto corregido.

When I was a child, I used to going to the beach every summer. We would have a small house near the sea. My sister didn’t used to like swimming, but now she loves it. I’m not used to live in a big city, so I’m getting used to take the metro.

Ejercicio 20. Correo sobre una mudanza ★★★

Escribe un correo de 70 a 90 palabras a un colega sobre tu mudanza a otro país: cómo era tu vida antes, qué hacías con regularidad y a qué te estás acostumbrando.