2 For 1–8 below decide
which sentences are correct. Then
decide why the
incorrect sentences are wrong.
1 I would work at
the post office during holidays when I
was young.
2 Students used to
play silly games, but they would never
hurt anyone.
3 My father would
work as a lawyer, but he didn’t do it for
long.
4 People in my
hometown would hold lots of parties at all
times of the
year.
5 My uncle used to
mend machinery and would even build
his own car.
6 My brothers and
sisters didn’t use to go to university.
They went
straight into work after secondary school.
7 As a rule,
people left their doors unlocked; there never
used to be any
break-ins.
8 People didn’t
use to throw things out rather than
mending
them, as they do now