Used to ESL Games, Activities & Worksheets
Adaptation Avenue

ESL Used to Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Forming, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice - Group and Pair Work
In this handy used to speaking activity, students practice forming, asking and answering 'used to' and 'get used to' conversation questions...
Blast from the Past

ESL Used to Game - Grammar and Speaking: Forming Sentences, Impromptu Speech - Group Work
In this imaginative used to game, students talk about how things were different in the past using 'used to' and 'didn't use to'. In groups, students take turns picking up a card (e.g. computers) and talking about...
Did you use to...?

ESL Used to Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Survey, Writing, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice
In this engaging used to speaking activity, students conduct a survey to find out what their classmates' lives were like as children by asking and answering 'Did you use to...?' questions. First, students...
Growing Up

ESL Used to Board Game - Grammar and Speaking: Answering Questions, Discussions, Communicative Practice - Group Work
In this free used to board game, students practice 'used to' and the past simple by discussing and answering questions about childhood memories...
Memories

ESL Used to Game - Grammar and Speaking: Guessing, Writing, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work
In this insightful used to game, students guess a partner's answers to 'I used to...' sentences about their childhood by asking 'Did you use to...?' questions. First, students read 'I used to...' sentences, think about...
My Childhood

ESL Used to Game - Grammar and Speaking: Writing Sentences, True or False, Asking and Answering Questions, Guessing - Group and Pair Work
In this amusing used to game, students give true and false information about their childhood. First, in two groups, students answer each prompt with...
People used to...

ESL Used to Game - Grammar and Vocabulary: Sentence Completion, Forming Sentences, Guessing, Freer Practice - Group and Pair Work
In this fun used to game, students guess inventions by listening to a partner talk about what people used to do and didn't use to do before they existed...
Then and Now

ESL Used to Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Writing Sentences, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work
In this free used to vs. present simple activity, students ask and answer questions about the way things used to be when they were 12 and the way things are now...
Used To Practice

ESL Used To Worksheet - Grammar Exercises: Unscrambling, Rewriting Sentences, Gap-fill, Writing Questions - Speaking Activity: Freer Practice - Pair Work
In this productive used to worksheet, students practice forms of 'used to' in affirmative and negative statements and Wh questions. To begin, students reorder...
Life Changes

ESL Used to Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Discussions, Freer Practice - Pair Work
This interesting used to speaking activity is ideal for practicing or reviewing the various forms of 'used to', e.g. get used to, getting used to, etc. In the activity, students ask and answer questions about the...
Looking back

ESL Used to Activity - Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Discussions, Freer Practice - Pair Work
In this memorable used to speaking activity, students practice expressions with 'used to' and 'would' by talking about past habits and memories. Students begin by writing true short answers for the items...
Recent Changes

ESL Used to Game - Grammar: Sentence Completion, Reading Sentences, Guessing - Group and Pair Work
In this entertaining used to game, students practice 'used to', 'didn't use to' and 'getting used to' by guessing situations from recent changes. The worksheet shows recent changes in the student's life...
Usually, Used to, Get used to

ESL Used to Board Game - Grammar and Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work
Here is a fun used to board game to help students ask and answer questions about things they usually do, used to do, or could/couldn't get used to doing. In pairs, students take turns rolling...
What's changed?

ESL Used to and Would Game - Grammar and Speaking: Forming Sentences, Guessing - Group Work
In this free used to and would game, students describe and guess changes that have happened using used to, didn't use to, getting used to, would and wouldn't. Each card shows a change that has happened...