Used to
Used to - It shows habitual past actions or past states. It tells us that there was a repeated action or state in the past which has now changed.
affirmative - S+ used to + V1 …..
negative - S+didn't use to + V1 …..
Or S + used not to +V1 …….
question - Did + S + use to +V1 ….?
was/were - be (verb)(S+ used to be +.....)
1) S + used to + V1 + ....
a) They
came out in those days.
They used to come out in those days.
b)
I/live in a flat when I was a child.
I used to live
in a flat when I was a child.
2) S + didn't use to + V1
a) They didn’t go out in those days.
They didn’t use to go out in those days.
b) I/not hate school from the beginning.
I did not use to hate school from the beginning.
3) Did + S + use to +V1 ….?
a) Play football every weekend?
Did he use to play football every weekend?
b) They went to market every month?
Did they use to go to market every month?
(went - go)
4) was/were - be (verb) (S+ used to + be +remaining sentence after was and were)
(a) I was in love with
her.
I used to be in love.
b) There were lots of people at the museum.
There used to be lots of people at the museum.
Now, rewrite the following sentences using ‘used to’. You can make an affirmative/ negative statement or a question.
a. I/live in a flat when I was a child.
I used to live in a flat when I was a child.
b. She/love eating chocolate but now she hates it.
She used to love eating chocolate but now she hates it.
c. He/go to fishing in the summer?
Did he use to go fishing in the summer?
d. My sister/play tennis when she was at school.
My sister used to play tennis when she was at school.
e. He/play football every weekend?
Did he use to play football every weekend?
f. My grandfather/speak five languages.
My grandfather used to speak five languages.
g. I/not hate school from the beginning.
I did not use to hate school from the beginning.
h. You/live in Kathmandu?
Did you use to live in Kathmandu?
i. He/play Dandibiyo when he was a small child.
He used to play Dandibiyo when he was a small child.
j. She/wear a frock when she was small but nowadays she wears jeans.
She used to wear a frock when she was small but nowadays she wears jeans.
Some other sentences.
(a) He lived in France as a boy.
(b) At one time, there were trees in the garden.
(c) They came out in those days.
(d) I was in love with her.
(e) How did you spend the winter evenings?
(f) They didn’t go out in those days.
(g) Trains were driven by steam at one time.
(h) There was widespread unemployment at that time.
(i) We had our milk delivered.
(b) At one time, there were trees in the garden.
(c) They came out in those days.
(d) I was in love with her.
(e) How did you spend the winter evenings?
(f) They didn’t go out in those days.
(g) Trains were driven by steam at one time.
(h) There was widespread unemployment at that time.
(i) We had our milk delivered.
(a) He lived in France as a boy.
He used to live in France as a boy.
He used to live in France as a boy.
(b)
At one time, there used to be trees in the garden.
At one time, there used to be trees in the garden.
(c) They came out in those days.
They used to come out in those days.
They used to come out in those days.
(d) I was in love with her.
I used to be in love with her.
I used to be in love with her.
(e) How did you spend the winter evenings?
How did you use to spend the winter evenings?
How did you use to spend the winter evenings?
(f) They didn’t go out in those days.
They didn’t use to go out in those days.
They didn’t use to go out in those days.
(g) Trains were driven by steam at one time.
Trains used to be driven by steam at one time.
Trains used to be driven by steam at one time.
(h) There was widespread unemployment at that time.
There used to be widespread unemployment at that time.
There used to be widespread unemployment at that time.
(i) We had our milk delivered.
We used to have our milk delivered.
We used to have our milk delivered.
