Theme: Used to…

How is it used?
¿CUÁNDO USAMOS USED TO EN INGLÉS?

 Usamos used to para hablar de hábitos, estados o acciones que se

repetían con frecuencia en el pasado y que ya han dejado de
ocurrir. Por ejemplo:

 Hábito: I used to collect trading cards when I was a child (de niña solía
coleccionar cromos) = (ahora ya no lo hago)
 Estado: My friends used to be crazy about the Spice Girls (mis amigas estaban
locas por las Spice Girls)
 Acción: My teacher used to say "sit down and shut up" (mi profesor solía decir:
"siéntate y cállate).
¿CÓMO SE FORMA?

 Se usa la misma forma con todas las personas.

 Afirmativas
I / You / He / She / It / We / They + used to + verbo
Ej: I used to play football, he used to play football, we used to play football...
 Negativas
I / You / He / She / It / We / They + didn't use to + verbo
Ej: I didn't use to play football, he didn't use to play football, we didn't use to play football...

 Interrogativas
Did + I / You / He / She / It / We / They + use to + verbo?
Ej: Did you use to smoke? (¿Solías fumar?)
SHORT ANSWERS

 Did you use to smoke? Yes, I did / No, I didn't

 Did she use to watch TV at night? Yes, she did / No, she didn't

 Did they use to play football? Yes, they did / No, they didn't
OBSERVATIONS

 1. No olvidéis quitar la "d" de "used" en negativas e interrogativas.

 2. No debemos confundir used to (seguido de infinitivo) con get used to o be

used to (seguidos de verbo acabado en -ing).

Used to +infitivo = solía (hábitos pasados)

get used to +ing = acostumbrase a
be used to +ing = estar acostumbrado a
 3. Used to es un tiempo pasado y, por tanto, sólo se puede usar en pasado. Si
queremos expresar hábitos en el presente, hay que usar adverbios de frecuencia
como "usually".
 Ej: I usually have breakfast at 8 am (suelo desayunar a las 8 de la mañana)
EXERCISES

Make an affirmative sentence, negative sentence or question using ‘used to +

infinitive':

1) I / live in a flat when I was a child.

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2) We / go to the beach every summer?

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3) She / love eating chocolate, but now she hates it

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4) He / not / smoke
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5) I / play tennis when I was at school
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6) She / be able to speak French, but she has forgotten it all

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7) He / play golf every weekend?

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8) They both / have short hair

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9) Julie / study Portuguese

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10) I / not / hate school

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BY: NORMA SHALIZA CUELLAR BONILLA