USED TO
El used to expresa hechos o estados que eran habituales en
otro tiempo y luego dejaron de serlo. Solo tiene la forma del pasado y va
seguido de otro verbo en la forma base. Se traduce como el pretérito imperfecto
del verbo “soler”, es decir, por ejemplo “yo solía”.
AFIRMATIVO
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NEGATIVO
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INTERROGATIVO
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I used to
forgive
You used
to forgive
He used
to forgive
She used
to forgive
We used
to forgive
You used
to forgive
They used
to forgive
|
I didn’t
use to forgive
You didn’t
use to forgive
He didn’t
use to forgive
She
didn’t use to forgive
We didn’t
use to forgive
You
didn’t use to forgive
They
didn’t use to forgive
|
Did I use
to forgive?
Yes, I
did
Did you use
to forgive? No, you didn’t
Did he
use to forgive?
Did she
use to forgive?
Did we
use to forgive?
Did you
use to forgive?
Did they
use to forgive?
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EXERCISES
- Write sentences with the words
below. Use the correct form of used to.
My mum /
volunteer / at the hospital à
______________________________________
I / not
cross / the street / alone à ___________________________________________
All my
friends / live / close to me à
_________________________________________
Our town /
not have / a big shopping centre à _________________________________
My sister /
borrow / clothes from me à ______________________________________
- Complete the sentences with the
verbs in brackets. Use used to, affirmative or negative.
-
I
________________ (watch) the news when I was younger, but now I watch the news
every day.
-
My
dad _________________(read) the newspaper, but these days, he prefers reading
everything on the Internet.
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People
______________________ (demonstrate) to prevent the building of new roads in
town, but it didn’t help much.
-
My
school marks ________________________(be) good in primary school, but they
improved a lot last year.
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I
____________________ (eat) a lot of hamburgers
and steak, but now I don’t eat much meat.
- Ted is asking his grandmother
about how things used to be when she was a child. Complete the questions
with the correct form of used to and the verbs in brackets. Then match the
questions with the answers.
Ted’s
questions:
a) ______________ you and your friends
______________ (listen) to pop music?
b)
______________your
school ______________(have) computers?
c)
_______________your
mum _______________(use) a cooker?
d)
________________you
________________(do) your homework at a desk?
e)
________________you
________________(see) cars on the streets?
Grandmother’s
answers:
- No, it didn’t. We found
information in an encyclopaedia, not on the internet.
- Yes, we did, and she made us
hot meals every day.
- Yes, we did, but they were
expensive, so many people travelled by bus.
- No, I didn’t. I did my homework
on the kitchen table.
- Yes, we did. I love Elvis
Presley!
- Complete the sentences with the
phrases below and used to or didn’t use to. Then tick the sentences that
are true for you.
Play football – eat salads – study much for
tests – wake up early
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I
_________________________ at all, but now I eat lots of vegetables every day.
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I
_________________________at the weekend, but now I get up late every weekend.
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I
_________________________with my friends, but now we usually play more
basketball.
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I
_________________________, but now I work hard before every test.
- Complete the sentences with the
verbs in brackets. Use the correct form of used to.
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Kate
_____________________(volunteer) at a school.
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Adam
________________________(not like) fish, but now he loves it.
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____________________you
___________________(have) long hair?
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I
____________________(not speak) French, but I took many lessons.
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We
________________ (live) near the beach.