Used to

1. Used to

2. "Used to" is most commonly used in the habitual
past. That is, to talk about things someone or
something did in the past but does not do
anymore. In this usage, used is always followed by
the infinitive form (to do, to talk, to live, etc.)
and never followed by the gerund (doing, talking,
living, etc.)
 When I was little, we used to go camping a lot.
 When my father was in school, they used to
hate children who were noisy.
 I used to work days, but now I work the night
shift.

3.  I used to ride the bus to work but I don't
anymore.
This means that I no longer ride the bus. I may
have bought a car or maybe I now get a ride to
work.
 Sarik used to live in Georgia but she doesn't
anymore.
Sarik now lives in California.
 Peter used to smoke a lot in Indonesia but he
doesn't anymore.
Peter no longer smokes cigarettes.

4. Use the correct form to complete
these sentences.
 People ...... ……… computers to work with,
but now we do.
 Football players ...... ………. so much
money but advertising has changed the
game completely.
 Jim ...... …….. to that school but now he's
at university.
 I ...... ………..a lot of chips. I don't any
more.
 My daughter ...... ……… to Macdonald's but
she doesn't any more because she believes
that the food is unhealthy.

5.  I drive a small, economical car now
although I ...... ………. a large, gas-guzzling,
four-wheel drive.
 He ...... ………. swimming but he goes every
day now.
 ...... we ...... have a pet snake when I was
small?
 I ...... …………..in God but now I don't.
 ...... you ...... sit in the row behind me at
school?

6. Complete this passage using the correct
expressions.
 When he wasn't away because he was ill, he was away
because he had a problem at home. I ...... worry about it
at first but gradually I became annoyed. He ...... turn up
late and give an excuse. Sometimes he ...... come at all. I
had to do my own work and most of his. That didn't
seem fair to me so I did something about it. I ...... do the
urgent work and leave the rest for him. I also ...... give
people his mobile number so they could contact him at
home. I ...... leave filing work for him to finish. After a
while, he got the message and left. I was pleased
because we employed Emma, who worked much
harder. I saw him a few years later. He came up to me in
a restaurant. "Didn't you ...... work at Emerson's?' he
asked me. "Yes, I did, and I still do!' I said. "Now I own
the company. It's doing very well." "Oh," he said. "I'm
looking for a job." "Sorry," I said. "You ...... be very lazy
and I doubt if you've changed."

7. Look at these photos and create
sentences using “used to”

11. Practice
 Choose any person, object, place,
animal, etc, and write 6
sentences about its differences in
the past and in the present.
 Draw photos, pictures or
drawings.