USED TO

PAST EVENTS
 The use

To talk about past actions that no longer

USED TO continue.
+ Annie used to hate oatmeal. now Annie loves oatmeal.
- Annie didn’t use to like oatmeal
+ Adele used to be overweight.
now Adele looks slim and gorgeous.
- Adele didn’t use to be slim.
Shakira used to now She…
 USED TO
Sentences

SUBJECT USE D TO B ASE VE RB C OMPL E ME NT

+I used to play with toys as a child.

- Annie didn’t use to eat oatmeal.

+ Adele used to be a bit overweight.

- We didn’t use to like English in school.

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Questions

WH
WORD/PHRASE AUXILIARYSUB JE CT USE D TO B ASE VE RB COM PL EM ENT

What cartoon did you use to watch as a kid?

Who did you use to play with?

What did you and your friends use to talk about at school?

Did your father use to take you to school?

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1 2 3 4
Did is the Auxiliary We use BASE It is the same for all When did is present
Verb. FORM in questions, subjects. we use USE TO
affirmative Not USED TO
and negative
sentences.
Mentions 3 things you used to do in the past and
that you don’t do anymore
“I used to….”
I / live in a flat when I was a child. _______________________________________________________________
I used to live in a flat when I was a child
2. We / go to the beach every summer? _______________________________________________________________
3. She / love eating chocolate, but now she hates it.
Did we use to go to the beach every summer?
_______________________________________________________________
4. He / not / smoke.
She used to love eating chocolate, but now she hates it.
_______________________________________________________________
5. I / play tennis when I was at school. _______________________________________________________________
6. She / be able to speak French, butHe
shedidn’t use toitsmoke.
has forgotten all.
_______________________________________________________________
I used to play tennis when I was at school.
7. He / play golf every weekend? _______________________________________________________________
8. They both / have short hair. _______________________________________________________________
9. Julie / study Portuguese. She used to be able to speak French, but she has forgotten it all.
_______________________________________________________________
10. I / not / hate school. Did he use to play golf every weekend?
_______________________________________________________________ Make affirmative sentence, negative sentence
They both used to have short hair. or question using ‘used’:

Julie used to study Portuguese.

I didn’t use to hate school.