Question

My father_______ play badminton in the evenings when he was at college.

Answer 1

My father used to play badminton in the evening when he was at college.

Answer 2

My father used to play badminton in the evenings when he was at college.

Explanation:

• The given sentence is in simple past tense.
• In the given sentence the father is said to have played badminton regularly during his days of college.
• As both the occurrences (being in college and having played badminton) are from the past the participle used has to be a past participle.
• The appropriate past participle for the given sentence is used to.

My father used to play badminton in the evenings when he was at college.