Past continuous or ‘used to ‘ First look at these two sentences: I used to live in England I was living in Montpellier when I met my friend Edith I haven’t been to the cinema for ages We ……………………………… (go) a lot Anne didn’t see me wave to her She …………………………………….(look) in the other direction I …………………………………………… (drive) a lot but I don’t use my car very much these days I asked the taxi driver to slow down She ……………………………… (drive) too fast Rose and Jim met for the first time when they ………………….…… (study) at university When I was a child, I …………………………………… (have) a lot of bad dreams When the phone rang, I ………………………………………… (have) a shower A: ‘Where were you yesterday afternoon?’ ‘ B: I …………………………… (play) volleyball.’ A: ‘Do you any sports?’ B: ‘Not these days I ………………… .……………(play) volleyball.’ 10 George looked very nice He …………………………………………………… (wear) a very nice suit 11 We ………………………………………………………(play) that game when we were younger 12 Nick ……………………………………………………….(smoke) but he gave it up