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1. We use used to to say that something regularly happened in the past but no longer happens:

e.g. He used to play tennis a lot, but now he is too lazy.

We use used to for past situations which no longer exist.

e.g. Do you see that hill over there? There used to be a castle on that hill.

We used to line in a small village. Now we live in London.

2. Used to + infinitive is always past. It is not present.

You can’t say: I use to do

Past	I used to travel	we used to live	there used to be
Present	I travel	we live	there is

Question form: did … use to…?

Negative form: didn’t use to …

e.g. Jack didn’t use to go out very often until he met Jill.

Did you use to travel when you were young?

Ex. 22. Complete the sentences with “ used to ”.

1. We live in Nottingham now but we _________ (live) in Leeds.

2. In the 50’s and 60’s camping _________ (be) entirely a family activity.

3. Now there’s only one hotel in the town, but there _________ (be) three.

4. Holiday camp _________ (provide) cheap holidays for working people.

5. The cost of living _________ (be) very low in countries like Spain and Portugal.

6. People _________ (stay) at home when they had their official annual holiday.

Ex. 23. Complete the sentences.

1. Tom used to play tennis a lot but now _____.

2. I know he hasn’t got many friends now but _____?

3. Ann hardly used to go swimming but now _____.

4. We didn’t use to take package holidays but now _____.

5. I know he has good attitude to going abroad but what _____?

6. Several hotels are now offering a choice of cottages and accommodations but what _____?

7. They used to get a glass of wine with their meal but now _____.

Ex. 24. Listen to the text, then read it Give the main idea of it.

(1) Before the Second World War hardly a quarter of the population of the British Isles ever went away on holiday at all. During one week of the year when most working people had their official annual holiday they used to stay at home.

(3) The simple opportunity to stay in bed an hour or two longer on a weekday morning constituted a sort of holiday in itself, as well as an escape from boring (making a pleasant change too), repetitive work. “Going away” used to mean at best a day trip to a seaside resort.

(5) The social revolution that has taken place in Britain since 1945 is nowhere more evident than in British attitudes to holidays and leisure. A holiday, regarded as a reward (= награда) for hard work, or leisure time to be enjoyed only by the rich, came to be seen as a something to which everybody was entitled (= had the official right).

(7) Mass tourism abroad was the creation of new people who realized (= understood) the business opportunity that existed in travel. They understood their customers' nervousness about foreign travel and saw commercial possibilities of the mass package holiday, where everything would be taken care of-from leaving home to returning. They helped to find capital to finance the building of hotels. They bought old aircrafts to provide cheap charter flights. They took advantage of the very low costs of living in countries like Spain and Portugal so cleverly that British holidaymakers could live like millionaires. By the late 50s the package holiday had changed entirely the average Briton's attitude to both the holiday and “abroad”. All this was very damaging (= destroying) to the traditional British holiday. The holiday camp used to provide standardized accommodation with everybody eating the same food at the same time, organized games and everything done to a strict (= exact) schedule.

The new British holidaymakers wanted none of it. The alternative was a custom-built (= по индивидуальному заказу) hotel rooms with unimaginable (= невообразимый) luxuries like private bathrooms, balconies facing blue sea, and champagne with your breakfast if you fancied (= зд. хотеть) it.

All this expansion took place despite the periodic economic crises. The amount of money which a tourist could take abroad was reduced to £ 25 at that time. This seems ridiculously (= смехотворный) low sum nowadays, but it made hardly any difference to the number of people going abroad.

(From “ Britain Today ”)

Ex. 25. Read the texts again paying attention to the Past Tenses. Below are the base forms of some verbs from the text. Write Past Simple of these verbs. Check them using the text.

1. take place	8. come
2. make no difference	9. realize
3. change	10. understand
4. go away	11. see
5. stay	12. buy
6. exist	13. provide
7. regard	14. mean

Ex. 26. Comment on the word order of the 1-st, 3-d, 5-th, 7-th and 14-th sentences of the text. Analyze the subject and predicate groups. Translate the sentences.

Ex. 27. Read the sentences about the text. One word in each sentence is wrong. Find the word and cross it out. Write the correct word.

1. Before the Second World War almost a quarter of the population ever went on holiday at all.

2. The working people when they had their official one-year holiday stayed at home.

3. Simple opportunity to stay in bed longer made up a sort of holiday in itself, as well as a dream from boring, repetitive work.

4. The social revolution that has taken part in Britain since 1945 is evident in British attitude to holidays.

5. Mass tourism abroad was the failure of new people who understood the business opportunities that existed in travel.

6. They saw commercial possibilities of mass package holiday, where everything would be wrong from leaving to returning.

7. British holiday makers could love like millionaires in countries like Spain and Portugal.

8. A holiday camp could provide standardized accommodation with everybody eating the same food, organized games and everything done with a scandal.

Ex. 28. Answer the questions according to the text.

1. How long did the official annual holiday use to be in Britain?

2. Where did most of the people use to spend it?

3. Why did they use to enjoy such holidays?

4. What did “going away” mean at that time?

5. What did the new generation of people realize in mass tourism abroad?

6. What is meant by social revolution in Britain since 1945?

7. What did a holiday use to mean and what how is it seen now?

8. What does a package holiday mean?

9. What did the new people do to create a new idea of holidays?

10. What did an alternative to the holiday camp use to provide?

11. What is the alternative to the holiday camp now?

12. How much money did the holiday makers use to take abroad at the beginning of mass tourism era?

13. Did the periodic economic crises influence the British attitude to “holidays abroad”?

Ex. 29. Look at the pictures to the text. Try to guess the attitude of the author to the problem given in the title of the text. Read the text to check your opinion.

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