3. •Used to + verb to talk about past habits and past states
but no longer happens
examples:
•I used to play the guitar
•I used to live in London
•I used to drive to work but now I take the bus.
•I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped two years
ago.
We must use the same gramatical estructure with all
personal pronouns.
I
you
he/she/it + used to + verb
we
they
4. We must use the same gramatical estructure with all personal
pronouns .
Affirmative
I
you
he/she/it + used to + verb
we
they
Negative
I
you
he/she/it + didn't use to + verb
we
they
5. Examples:
•Fredy didn´t use to like chocolate when he was a child.
•My family didn´t use to travel at the beach in vacation but now we go all years.
•I used to visit my grand mother every wekends but now I´m very bussy.
Exercises:
Charly / watch / use to / tv/ every nigths.
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Use to/ David / when/ was / a child / didn´t / he / like / onions.
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My mother / cook / didn´t / use to / lasagna/ but now she prepare it all Friday.
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6. Questions
Did + use to + verb
examples :
• Did you use to
smoke?
•What did you use
to do....?
8. USE TO is only for the past, you
cannot say “I use to” in the present
Example:
Ana used to study English. These days she study
French. (you cannot say “she use to study
French”)
