FORM:
AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE
I
Did I use to
I didnīt use to
You
Did you use to
You didnīt use to
He
Did he use to
He didnīt use to
She
Did she use to
She didnīt use to
It used to play chess?
Did it use to play chess?
It didnīt use to play chess
We
Did we use to
We didnīt use to
You
Did you use to
You didnīt use to
They
Did they use to
They didnīt use to
USED is pronounced : /ju:st/
USE:
USED+TO is used to talk about
1. Past habits which are now finished.
Imagine that when you were younger you played chess, or football... and now you donīt play it any more.This is when we use the form "used to".
I used to play football when I was younger. = it implies that now you donīt play.
2. Past states and situations which are no longer true.
Imagine that when you were younger, you were fat.
I used to be very fat when I was at school
. ..Or that you had a beautiful bicycle you were very proud of
I used to have a beautiful bicycle everybody envied but somebody stole it
EXERCISES:
Exercise 1: matching.
Exercise 2 : cloze