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Used to
The
The Secret
Secret Life
Life of
of aa Butterfly
Butterfly 11
to be
letused
me tell
I But
amI
Madame
ayou
caterpillar!
Butterfly
Hello!
and I am
I used to
beautiful!
look very
different!
The
The Secret
Secret Life
Life of
of aa Butterfly
Butterfly 22
I used
to
The
gardener
live on
was
not happy
plants
with
me!
and I used to eat
sweet, young, green
leaves. Mmmmm.
I used to
get into
trouble for
it too.
The
The Secret
Secret Life
Life of
of aa Butterfly
Butterfly 33
He used to come
running after me to
catch me.
Used to 1
Use used to + base form of the verb to talk about past habits
or past situations that no longer exist in the present.
I used to be a caterpillar!
base form
Be Careful!
Used to always refers to the past. There is no
present form.
base form
Used to 2
Practice 1
Example:
The gardener used to scream
when he saw caterpillars.
Now, he doesnt scream at
the beautiful butterflies.
I didnt use to be so
beautiful!
Madame Butterfly didnt
used
use to have wings.
No d with did !!
Practice 2
gardener
toleave
leave
caterpillar
alone.
3. The
Did the
gardenerused
use to
thethe
caterpillar
alone?
The gardener didnt use to leave the caterpillar alone.
4. Madame
Butterfly
live
a house.
Did Madame
Butterflyused
use totolive
in ainhouse?
Madame Butterfly didnt use to live in a house.
Be
Be Used
Used to
to &
& Get
Get Used
Used to
to
MyToday
friend
and
life
isI are
And
I quickly
got
used
to
getting
very
different.
used
to drinking
lots of
the nectar of
compliments.
beautiful
I am used
to
people flowers.
loving me.
Life is good
when you
are
beautiful!
Be Careful!
Do not confuse used to + base form of the verb with
be used to or get used to.
to
We used to eat green leaves.
Form of be
Be Careful!
Be used to means be accustomed to. Get used to
means get accustomed to.
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