This document discusses the use of the past tense "used to" to talk about past habits or repeated actions in the past. It provides examples of affirmative and negative sentences using "used to", including questions and short answers. It then gives examples of using "used to" in paragraphs describing past university experiences, a person from the past, a place visited in the past, and an activity done in the past. The purpose is to illustrate how "used to" is used to talk about habitual or repeated actions that occurred in the past but no longer continue in the present.

1. USED TO

2. WE USE USED TO TO TALK ABOUT PAST HABITS.
AFFIRMATIVE
Subject + used to + verb…
Pablo used to have a nick name at school.

3. WE USE USED TO TO TALK ABOUT PAST HABITS.
AFFIRMATIVE
Subject + used to + verb…
Dana used to like cooking as a child.

4. WE USE USED TO TO TALK ABOUT PAST HABITS.
AFFIRMATIVE
Subject + used to + verb…
My friends used to play hide and seek.

5. WE USE USED TO TO TALK ABOUT PAST HABITS.
NEGATIVE
Subject + didn’t + use to + verb…
I didn’t use to wear glasses.

6. WE USE USED TO TO TALK ABOUT PAST HABITS.
 NEGATIVE
 Subject + didn’t + use to + verb…
 We didn’t use to have online classes before.

7. IN SPOKEN ENGLISH, WE OFTEN USE NEVER USED TO
RATHER THAN DIDN’T USE TO.
 NEGATIVE SPOKEN ENGLISH
 Subject + never + used to + verb…
We never used to go to the beach when
we were children.

8. QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS.
 Did + subject + use to + verb …
 Did you use to drive when you were a teenager?
 No, I didn’t.

9. QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS.
 Did + subject + use to + verb …
 Did your parents use to get you rosca for January
6th?
 No, they didn’t.

10. OUR DAYS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
 When we studied at the University, I used to travel for 2
hours to get there. I used to take one bus, the metro and
one “pesera”. We didn’t use to have computers. We
used to get information only from books and our
teachers. We used to study very hard in the week.
Teachers used to smoke in the classroom. And on
Fridays we used to go out to dance and drink.
Sometimes it was a problem because we didn’t use to
have cell phones and we couldn’t call our parents.

11. ACTIVITY: A PERSON I USED TO KNOW...
I remember my friend José, I met him
at
High school, we used to study
Administration.
We used to have many friends, but
we were best friends. He used to get
angry with everibody. After school we
used to go downtown and do many
things together. We used to visit
many places.
The last time I saw José was after we
returned from Los Angeles, California
in U.S.A.

12. ACTIVITY: A PLACE I USED TO GO...
When I was 12 years old I used to
go to a park near my house called
Los robles in Mexico City. My
brother, my cousins, our friends and
I used to go there everyday to play
sports and ride our bikes. It was fun,
we used to spend hours there until
evening. One day we moved to
Iztapalapa and we never went there
anymore.

13. ACTIVITY: AN ACTIVITY I USED TO DO…
I used to study English at The
Relaciones culturales Institute in
Zona Rosa, Mexico City. I used to
study one hour everyday. I loved
going there.
I loved studying English. My
classmates were great. My teachers
were really good. I remember my
teachers, their classes used to be
fun! I started the intermediate level
and I stopped going there. I don’t
remember why.