2. Past Habits
would
used to
• When I was a child my grandma
would read to me every night.
• When I was a child my grandma used
to read to me every night.
3. Past states
used to
• I used to like tomato soup, but now
I hate it.()
• I would like tomato soup, but now I
hate it.()
4. Used to
negative forms
• I never used to be very good at
languages.
• I didn’t use to be very good at
languages.
• I used not to be very good at
languages. (this is quite formal.)
6. Be used to + noun / -ing
(= be familiar with something)
• I didn’t like this town at first, but
now I am used to it.
• I’m used to studying every day, but I
found it hard at first.
7. • I found studying every day hard at
first because I wasn’t used to it.
• It’s hard at first, but you’ll soon get
used to it.
8. Pronunciation
• I used (/ju:zd/) an opener to open
the bottle.
• I used to (/ju:stə/) live around here.
• I am used to (/ju:stə/) working
hard.