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Monday 5 January 2015



We use used to do to talk about the past. It is not a tense but it is like a tense. It is a special structure. We use the structure used to do for the past only.

Structure of used to do

The structure of used to do is:
subject+main verb
use
+to-infinitive
Look at the structure again with positive, negative and question sentences:
subjectauxiliary
did
notmain verb
use
infinitive
+Iusedto like him.
-Ididn'tuseto work.
?Didyouuseto drink?
Used or use?
  • when there is no did in the sentence, we say used to (with d)
  • when there is did in the sentence, we say use to (without d)

Use of used to do

We use the used to do structure to talk about:
  • an activity that we did regularly in the past (like a habit)
  • a situation that was true in the past
pastpresentfuture
I used to smoke.
Look at these examples:
pastpresent
She used to work in a shop.Now she works in a bank.
He used to watch a lot of TV.Now he doesn't watch much TV.
They used to be married.Now they are divorced.
There used to be a cinema here.Now there is a supermarket here.
I didn't use to go swimming.Now I go swimming.
Did you use to smoke?

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions1stedition/int_unit_page/unit2/grammar/exercise2?cc=cz&selLanguage=cs
http://www.englishgrammar.org/exercise-8/

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1230

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