Вопрос школьника
Look back at Exercises 4-5 and choose the correct options in the sentences below.
1. ‘the whole family used to read newspapers’:
Ответ от учителя
The correct option to fill in the blank in this sentence would be «Exercise 4». This is because Exercise 4 is focused on the past simple tense, which is used to describe completed actions in the past. The sentence «the whole family used to read newspapers» is in the past simple tense, indicating that this was a regular habit or routine in the past.
Exercise 5, on the other hand, focuses on the present perfect tense, which is used to describe actions that started in the past and continue up to the present. The sentence «the whole family has been reading newspapers» would be more appropriate for this exercise, as it describes a habit that started in the past and continues up to the present.
Therefore, the correct option for the sentence «the whole family used to read newspapers» is Exercise 4.
