Question 1
People _____ letters to stay in touch with friends and family.
Options: used to write, use to write, used to writing
Used to - Technology and Communication
This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise. Click on each blank and choose the correct answer from the dropdown. Complete the sentences about technology and communication in the past using used to.
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Question 2
_____ a mobile phone when you were a teenager?
Options: Did you used to have, Used you to have, Did you use to have
Question 3
We _____ the internet to find information because it was too slow.
Options: used not to trust, didn't use to trust, didn't used to trust
Question 4
Children _____ video calls to talk to their grandparents in the 1990s.
Options: didn't use to make, didn't used to make, not used to make
Question 5
My sister _____ hours on the phone talking to her friends every evening.
Options: used spend, was used to spend, used to spend
Question 6
_____ email for work in the early 2000s?
Options: Was your boss used to check, Did your boss use to check, Did your boss used to check
Question 7
_____ music before streaming services became popular?
Options: Did people used to download, Did people use to download, Were people used to download
Question 8
My parents _____ a paper map to find directions when they traveled.
Options: used to carry, used to carried, used carry
Question 9
We _____ apps on our phones because smartphones didn't exist yet.
Options: didn't used to have, weren't used to have, didn't use to have
Question 10
_____ to communicate with customers before email became popular?
Options: Did companies use to send faxes, Did companies used to send faxes, Were companies used to send faxes
Question 11
Teenagers _____ on landline phones late at night.
Options: used to chatting, used to chat, were used to chat
Question 12
People _____ instant messages because the technology wasn't available.
Options: weren't used to send, didn't use to send, didn't used to send
Practise Used to - Technology and Communication with this interactive fill-in-the-blank exercise of 12 questions. Choose the option that correctly completes each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get instant feedback on every choice.
Practising grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Used to - Technology and Communication in everyday English.
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