1. The Past Perfect
Grammar
With Humor 17
Used to
Complete the jokes by using used to with one of the
following verbs:
be chase dive get know turn saw sit study
take be called
1 And where did you learn to chop down trees, old man?
> In the Sahara desert in Africa.
But there aren’t any trees in the Sahara, the young man
replied.
> I know. But there ………………..!
2 Two magicians met at a party and started talking.
> What happened to the girl you …………….. in half?
Oh, she’s now living in New York and San Francisco.
3 I wonder what happened to that silly blonde girl Peter
…………………..
> I dyed my hair!
4 In India when I was a young man in the army, I …………
wild elephants on horses.
> Really? I never knew that elephants could ride horses.
5 I worked in a circus when I was in my twenties.
> What did you do?
I …………… into a bucket of water from a height of six
meters. Then I broke my neck.
> What happened? Did you miss the bucket?
No. Some idiot had emptied the water out.
6 I learned to swim at an early age. When I was three my
parents …………. me out to sea in a little boat and throw me
into the water.
> Wasn’t that a difficult way to learn to swim?
Well, the swimming was easy – it was getting out of the sack
2. that was the difficult bit.
7 I ……………… into a werewolf once a month but I’m all
right nowooowoowooo!
8 Our cat …………. Tom. Now it’s called Isabelle.
> Why did you change its name?
It had five kittens last week.
9 David, you ………………… very good marks in your
class tests. I just don’t understand why you’re now at the
bottom of the class.
> It’s the teacher’s fault.
What do you mean?
> I …………….. next to the boy who is always top of the
class but the teacher moved me to another seat and now I
can’t copy from him!
10 I ………… French, German and Algebra at school.
> Funny! I’ve never heard anybody speak Algebra.
ANSWERS
1 used to be 2 used to saw 3 used to know
4 used to chase 5 used to dive 6 used to take
7 used to turn 8 used to be called 9 used to get,
used to sit 10 used to study
8 driving.
HUMOR PIC Reflection
* One can lose one’s clear
thinking or memory when
there is stress, anxiety or fear.
Train the mind to be steady,
concentrated and mindful!
* Do not let your feelings or
emotions overwhelm you to
the extent that you lose
rational and wise thinking.