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used to

We use useD to to express a habit, activity, or situation that existed in the past but which no longer exists.

People USED TO use camels to travel…

… but now they use trucks,

trains

… or planes

structure

SUBJECT+USED TO+VERB(BASE FORM)

Affirmative:

I used to drink my tea with sugar

Negative

He didn’t use to drive fast

question

Did you use to smoke?

examples

People used to use candles…

… but now they use electricity.

There used to be small houses in my city..

..but now there are a lot of skyscrapers.

People in Istanbul used to cross the Bosphorus by boats..

..but now they use the bridge.

exercises

Write down these verbs:

• to play
• to take
• to live
• to get up
• to study

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH USED TO AND THE VERBS.

• When he was younger, he ….. tennis.
• It …. six hours to travel from Istanbul to Ankara on the old road.
• My parents …. in Germany.
• Tom …. hard, and his grades were high.
• I …. very early in the morning when I was working. I’m tired now, so I can sleep late

Complete the sentences as in the example

• Children watch TV a lot these days , but they didn’t use to watch TV in the past because there weren’t any TVs
• There is a lot of traffic in big cities now, …
• He spends a lot of money now, …
• It doesn’t rain much here now, …
• People live a long time these days, …

• There aren’t many people in our village now, …
• These businessmen rarely play sports now, …
• Grandma doesn’t bake many cookies for us anymore, …
• People know that the world is round now, …

Complete the sentences with used to/didn’t use to and a suitable verb.

• They rarely go camping now, but they used to go camping a lot in the past.
• Tony …. a taxi to work, but now he drives his car.
• Mrs. Wilson retired ten years ago. She …. in a chocolate factory.
• He …. until midnight every night in order to get good grades.
• Jane …. Poems when she was a teenager, but now she is too busy to write anything.

• My teachers never scolded me. I always …. my homework on time.
• Max …. all his money on himself, but now he gives some of it charities.
• My Father …. home and …. TV, but now he usually goes fishing.
• My brother …. with the other boys in the neighborhood, but now he plays with them.

vocabulary

• Scold
• Charity
• skyscraper
• retired

scold

charity

skyscraper

retired