Exercise 3.2 Would, Used To, or Simple Past?
Complete the article about life before electricity. Use used to or would and the
verbs in parentheses, or use the simple past form of the verbs. Sometimes more
than one answer is correct.
Alessandro Volta_invented_(invent) the first battery in 1800.
How_did people _use to live_ (live) in the days before electricity?
Voltaic
battery
Most people Lused to burn
(burn) oil lamps or candles for
light. When it got cold, they_Used to make
(make) open fires to
keep warm. People _diolu'tot travel_(not travel) long distances.
Most people only_would visit
(visit) neighbors or nearby relatives.
Before Volta's battery, many scientists_woud uot Think (not think) that
electricity was useful. And in the early days of electricity, some people_(used to think
(be) afraid of it. Some people
(think) it was dangerous. They _Used ro be
Lwould belleve (believe) that electricity had a bad effect on society. They
even
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