Name: ______________________ GRADE 9 – October 13th, 2024

UNIT 4: Remembering the past (Lesson 6)

Exercise 1: Choose the best answers.

1. When I started to learn at this school, I need a lot of help, but now ___________all the subjects on my
own.
A. used to learn B. used to learning C. get used to learning
2. He ___________several books a month, but he doesn’t have time anymore.
A. was used to reading B. used to read C. got used to reading
3. We were surprised to see her driving, she___________ when we first met her.
A. got used to driving B. didn’t use to drive C. was used to driving
4. Don’t worry, it’s a simple program. You ___________it in no time, I’m sure.
A. are used to B. will get used to C. used to use
5. When I had to commute to school every day, I___________ very early.
A. used to getting up B. used to get up C. use to get up
6. I’m afraid I’ll never___________ in this place. I simply don’t like it and never will.
A. used to live B. got used to living C. get used to living
7. Whenever we came to Coventry, we always__________in the Central Hotel. We loved it.
A. used to stay B. got used to staying C. get used to stay
8. When Peter Smith was the head of our office everything__________well organized. Now it’s total
chaos here.
A. got used to be B. used to be C. was used to being
9. Mr Lazy was shocked when he joined our busy company because he__________doing much work
every day.
A. wasn’t used to B. didn’t use to C. used to
10. At first, the employees didn’t like the new open - space office, but in the end they__________it.
A. get used to B. are used to C. got used to
11. Jim doesn’t have a girlfriend now but he__________
A. didn’t use to B. used to C. was using to
12. People ___________the Internet yet but in a few years time everybody will be surfing around like
crazy.
A. aren’t used to using B. doesn’t use C. isn’t used to using
13. I ___________to play football when I was young. I’m too old and fat to play now.
A. use B. got used to C. used
14. Nam was in London for a year. He liked England but he ___________the insipid food and the
miserable weather.
A. could ever get used to B. could never get used to C. can ever get used to
15. I’ve been getting up early every day for years but I___________ to it.
A. used B. am still not used C. am already used
16. If you go to live in the United Kingdom, you___________ on the left.
A. will have to get used to drive B. will have to get used to driving C. would have had to get used
to
17. At first, it was difficult for her to speak in French all the time but she___________ to it now.
A. is used B. uses C. used
18. After the holidays, it takes me a week___________ up early again.
A. to get used to getting B. to be used to get C. to get used to get
19. The queue in the baker’s___________ to be so bad but now it’s terrible.
- It must be that new chapata bread they bake. It’s delicious.
A. didn’t use B. didn’t used C. was used
20. Do you mind if I___________ your phone?
A. used B. am using C. use

Exercise 2: Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.

1. You can take a ride___________ a dogsled when visiting Hokkaido.
2. As we didn’t have many forms of entertainment, we often danced___________ the music whenever
we could.
3. I was taught to pay respect ___________elder people when I was a child.
4. My teenage daughter has a habit ___________leaving home without saying goodbye to any family
members.
5. Nowadays, young couples tend to eat___________a lot instead of cooking themselves.
6. In the past, we had to walk a lot, which kept us ___________good shape.
7. We were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone___________ respect
8. Bamboo jacks is a childhood game that begins to die___________ .

Exercise 3: Complete the passage with words from the box.

shift than mostly Indicate

held declines spans obsense

Today, childhood is spent______________ (1) indoors, watching television, playing video

games and surfing the Internet. When children do go outside, it tends to be for scheduled events
soccer camp or a fishing derby - ______________ (2) under the watch of adults.
The ______________ (3) to an indoor childhood has accelerated in the past decade, with huge
______________ (4) in spontaneous outdoor activities such as bike riding, swimming and touch
football, according to separate studies by the National Sporting Goods Association.
In addition, a child is six times more likely to play a video game on a typical day______________ (5)
to ride a bike. The change can be seen in children‟s bodies. In the 1960s, 4% of
kids were ______________ (6) . Today, 16% are overweight. It can also be seen in their brains.
Studies______________ (7) that children who spend lots of time outdoors have longer attention
______________ (8) than those who watch lots of television and play video games.

Exercise 4: Read the text carefully, then do the tasks

Changes in Food Habits

Before Stone Age, people used to eat fruits, leaves and anything they found from the forest.
However, this habit changed into hunting animals, preserving food items and planting and growing
vegetables, which eventually led into farming different crops like maize, corn, and rice. People
were healthy, they rarely had diseases and never needed extra exercise because their daily work
kept their bodies running.

At present, we have turned the agriculture into a mass scale production, including machinery,
technology and pesticides, all of which came in with the green revolution. With green revolution
agriculture and the traditional farming culture turned upside down. As far nor now, farmers who
are able to cope up with the multinational cooperation’s and their large-scale, expensive products,
pesticides and high-yielding varieties of seeds, keep producing crops for the market. Yet the
traditional, low-income farmers even today, especially in Asian countries, are in a dire state.

Fast food is another major factor in modern food habits. Although many people find it
convenient, it leads to many health conditions. Today people are unhealthy, needs medicine and
functions on diets and exercise machines.

Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1. People in the past ate healthy food so they rarely had diseases. T
2. The green revolution is the decrease in agriculture production. F
3. The green revolution caused agriculture to change completely. T
4. Farmers nowadays can‟t meet the great demand of the food market. F
5. Fast food is convenient but it‟s not good for health. T

Exercise 5: Write sentences, using the clues given.

1. he/ used/ play/ football/ local team,/ but/ he/ too/ old/ now.
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Beth/ wish/ she/ can/ stay/ Cambridge/ forever.
___________________________________________________________________________
3. American family life/ change/ greatly/ the last three decades.
___________________________________________________________________________
4. she/ travel/ over/ the world/ if/ she/ be/ rich.
___________________________________________________________________________
5. they/ urge/ the parliament/ approve/ plans/ their reform program.
___________________________________________________________________________
6. how/ you/ get/ know/ this university?
How did you get to know about this uni?
___________________________________________________________________________
7. I/ suppose/ we/ can/ pay/ credit card/ but/ we/ had better/ check/ first.
I suppose we can pay by credit card but we'd better check first.
___________________________________________________________________________
8. women/ stay/ home/ preparing food/ making clothes/ the past.
Women stayed at home preparing food and making clothes in the past
___________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 6: Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence.
1. They often went to school by bike when they were young.
→ They used __________________________________________________________________
2. She has taught her children to play piano for 4 years.
→ She started _________________________________________________________________
3. It’s a pity I can’t cook as well as my mom.
→ I wish _____________________________________________________________________
4. He doesn’t have meals with his family any more.
→ He used ____________________________________________________________________
5. It took me a long time to be accustomed to living in the country.
→ It took me a long time to get ___________________________________________________

6. My school is near my home, so I go to school on foot every day.

→ My school isn’t _____________________________________________________________
7. I would like my sister to improve her English speaking.
→ I wish _____________________________________________________________________
8. Vietnamese people only eat dried candied fruit at Tet.
→ Dried candied fruit ___________________________________________________________