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Used to

USED  TO

I) USES

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a) Repeated actions which are no longer done:

           I used to watch a lot of TV.    (Now I don't watch much TV.)

           Sarah used to get up at six.     (Now she gets up later.)

b) things in the past which are no longer true:

           There used to be fields where those houses are now.

           Sarah used to have long hair.





B) HOW TO USE

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a) "used to" can only be used in the past.
For present actions, we use the present tense:

           Sarah walks four kilometres each morning.

b) Questions & negative sentences:

        did + use to  (use sans "d")

           Did you use to go skiing when you were young?

           Sarah didn't use to go skiing when she was young.

           Didn't Sarah use to go skiing when she was young?

 "used to" + infinitive

Choose the right form.

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My friends used to livedidn't use livedid used to liveI don't know in the country but now they live in a big city.

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Sonia has changed. She did use to havedidn't use to havedidn't used to haveI don't know blond hair.

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Didn't Peter used to swimminguse to go swimmingused to go swimmingI don't know when he was young?


No, but now he uses to swimhe goes swimminghe uses swimmingI don't know twice a week

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When I was young I used to wearingused to wearused wearingI don't know a kilt.

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The children use to walkinguse to walkused to walkI don't know to school,


but now they don't want to walk anymore, they takeuse takinguse to takeI don't know the bus

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(Ptolemy 2nd century AD) Why did they use thinkingdid they used to thinkdid they use to thinkI don't know that the world was flat?
Because it is how it looks.
People thought Christopher Columbus would take his ship over the edge of the Earth if he continued sailing to the west.

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didn't usedidn't there usedidn't there usedI don't know to be stars? The night sky is fading.
A lot of people no longer can see the Milky Way because of street lights.

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There uses to be a timeIt used to be a timeThere used to be a timeI don't know when mobile phones were used just for making calls. Those days are long gone.