I SPEECH PATTERNS 1. I was sure to be put down in class nextto the girl... and she would whisper and giggle.
The children always came to see their grandmother on Sundays, and she would give them delicious pastries.
When asked this question, he would smile and say nothing.
When people met him in the street they would turn away and pretend not to know him.
2. Judy said she didn't know that people used to be monkeys.
a) They used to be great friends.
There used to be a telephone-booth round the corner. I used to know him. Used you to know him.
b) He used to travel by plane, Use(d)n't he? or Didn't he? (colloq.) He used to work late at night.
Did he use to work late at night? (colloq.)
Judy's fellow-students used to laugh at her ignorance.
3. I'm not used to receiving presents.
She was not used to being treated unkindly.
It is too bad when a college student is not used to reading books.
The mother was used to doing all the work about the house alone.
Our students are used to working with a cassette-recorder.
4. It was Judy who had to read plain books.
It was shame, not fear, that made her cry. It was the last course that tasted especially good. It was the mother who decorated the house and prepared everything for the celebration.
It was my sisters who cooked all the dishes.
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