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<\/strong><\/span>Notes<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A\/<\/strong> We use ‘used to + verb’<\/strong> to talk about habits that happened in the past but no longer happen<\/mark><\/span> in the present time.<\/mark><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples<\/mark><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
  1. I used to smoke<\/strong> two packets of cigarettes a day, but I stopped two years ago. <\/li>
  2. Ben used to travel <\/strong>a lot in his job, but now, since his promotion, he doesn’t.<\/li>
  3. I used to drive<\/strong> to work, but now I take the bus.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    B\/<\/strong> We also use it for something that was true but no longer is.<\/mark><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Examples:<\/mark><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
    1. There used to be <\/strong>a cinema in the town, but now there isn’t. <\/li>
    2. She used to have<\/strong> really long hair, but she has had it all cut off.<\/li>
    3. I didn’t use to like <\/strong>him but now I do.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      NB<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      Past situation\/event<\/mark><\/strong><\/td> Present situation\/event<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
      Affirmative\/positive<\/strong>
      (subject + used to + verb)<\/td>      		Negative<\/strong>
      (subject + don’t\/doesn’t) + verb)<\/td><\/tr>
      Negative<\/strong>
      (subject + didn’t use to +verb)<\/td>      		Affirmative\/Positive<\/strong>
      (subject + verb)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Used to + verb:<\/mark> exercises<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      1) Rewrite the following sentences using “used to” <\/mark><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. My mother cooks on Sundays.<\/li>
      2. I don\u2019t play football.<\/li>
      3. They usually wear formal clothes.<\/li>
      4. She isn\u2019t a nurse.<\/li>
      5. It is not easy for her to speak to strangers.<\/li>
      6. I can\u00b4t stand so much tea.<\/li>
      7. We often go to the cinema on Sundays.<\/li>
      8. She trains on Saturday.<\/li>
      9. I don\u00b4t like to wear a uniform.<\/li>
      10. It is easy for me to swim long distances. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        2) Complete the sentences in the table<\/mark><\/span> by giving the past\/present equivalents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        (The first two ones are done for you)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Past <\/mark><\/strong><\/td> Present<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
        1. We used to read <\/strong>a lot of books at school.
        2. We used to speak<\/strong> in public.
        3. They used to wear<\/strong> contact lenses.
        4. He ……………………………………………….. at night.
        5. They used to live<\/strong> in a flat.
        6. I ………………………………. early in the morning.
        7. She used to eat<\/strong> hamburgers.
        8. George Bush …………………. the president of the U.S.A.
        9. The children used to go<\/strong> to the circus.
        10. Liza …………………………. a lot.<\/td>        		1. We don’t read many<\/strong> books at school.
        2. We don’t speak<\/strong> in public.
        3. They …………………………….. contact lenses.
        4. He doesn’t work<\/strong> at night.
        5. They …………………………. in a flat.
        6. I used to get up<\/strong> early in the morning.
        7. She …………………………. hamburgers.
        8. George Bush used to be<\/strong> the president of the U.S.A.
        9. The children ……………………. to the circus.
        10. Liza used to travel<\/strong> a lot.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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