Rewrite the following sentences using USED TO keeping the meaning the same.
1. Mert never smoked at all when he was at the university but now he smokes ten cigarettes a day.
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2. Mr.Carlos travelled a lot when he was young but now he writes books for travellers.
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3. Aylin worked here for five years but now she works for an international oil company.
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4. My grandparents told me a lot of interesting things about the Independance War but they can’t do it now because both of them died years ago.
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5. Women didn’t vote in elections in the past but now they have the right to be a member of the parliament.
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6. How did people get news before the invention of radio and television?
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7. Did people wear fashionable clothes in earlier ages?
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8. There weren’t so many robberies in my childhood.
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9. There was a lonely woman in that house before it was knocked down.
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10. The number of people living in this city was much less than it is now.
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KEY
1. Mert didn’t use to smoke when he was at the university.
2. Mr.Carlos used to travel a lot when he was young………….
3. Aylin used to work here for five years…………………….
4. My grandparents used to tell me a lot of interesting stories about the Independance War……
5. Women didn’t use to vote in elections in the past……..
6. How did people use to get the news before the invention of the radio and TV?
7. Did people use to wear fashionable clothes in earlier ages?
8 There didn’t use to be so many robberies in my childhood.
9. There used to be a lonely woman in that house…………………..
10. The number of people living in this city used to be much less than………
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