Habits in the past (1)

USED TO + INFINITIVE

When I was ten

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

YES_NO QUESTION Question word

I used to play with dolls I didn’t use to smoke
Did you use to smoke? What did you use to do?

Yes, I did

No, I didn’t
 EXPLANATION
• When I was ten I played
used to play
with with dolls
• Now I don’t play

• When I was ten I didn’t

didn’tsmoke
use to smoke

• Now I usually smoke

Did
Didyou use to smoke when you were ten?
yousmoke

• Do you smoke now?

 ANY MORE

• Susan used to play the piano when she

was ten but now she doesn’t any more.

• My friends used to smoke a lot when they

were young but they don’t any more.
 What did(n’t) people use to do in
the nineteenth century?
• People didn’t use to watch TV.
• Now they… usually watch it
What didn’t people use to do in the
nineteenth century?
• They didn’t use to drink coke.
In the nineteenth century, People…
• People didn’t use to have computers
• Now most people… usually have a computer.
• People used to have typewriters.
 What did(n’t) people use to do in
the nineteenth century?
• They didn’t use to send e-mails.
• Now many people… usually send e-mails.
• They used to send telegrams
 What did(n’t) people use to do in
the nineteenth century?
• They didn’t use to use calculators.
• Nowadays people… usually use them.
• They used to use abacuses.
In the nineteenth century people…
• People didn’t use to travel by plane.
• Today most people… usually travel by plane.
• They used to travel on horseback.
 In 2004
• Caparros didn’t use to be the Deportivo coach.
• Irureta used to be the Deportivo coach.
 HABITS IN THE PAST (2)

THERE USED TO BE

Ten years ago

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

There used to be a cinema There didn’t use to be a bank Did there use to be a shop?

Yes, there did No, there didn’t

 EXPLANATION

• Ten years ago there

thereused
was to be a cinema

• Ten years ago there didn’t

there use to be a cinema
wasn’t

• Did
Was there
there use to be a cinema 10 years ago?
COMPLETE. In1920 in “Los
Cantones”
• There /any
cinemas
• very busy
• a lot of people.
• very few cars.
• very noisy.
• quieter.
In 1900 in A Coruña
• There/not/football
stadium
• People/not/play
football.
• People /not/go to
football matches.
In 1973 in A Coruña
• There/a bullfighting
ring
• Bullfighting /be very
popular.
• Bullfighter /not/ die
although some of
them did.
A Coruña 1900
• People /walk /St.
Anton’s castle.
• There/a road there
• So People
/swim/there or
• go/by boat
• Now / a road so
people/usually/walk
In the 1960s
• There/remote
controls.
• So people /get
up/switch off the TV

• But nowadays/get up
any more as
everybody / a remote
control
At the beginning of history

• There /tractors

• So farmers /roman
plough
In the 1970s
• There/mp3 players
• So young people
/listen to cassettes
• Now /mp3 players
and young people
/not /listen to
cassettes any more/
they listen to mp3
players
In the 1980s

• There/ dvd players

• So people / not watch

dvds

• They / watch videos

at home.
This is Susan. Her life has changed
a lot. HOW?
 SUSAN’S LIFE HAS CHANGED A
LOT but a few years ago
• She hasn’t played the
piano for years but…

• She works very hard

these days but …

• She doesn’t eat

cheese now but… a
lot
 SUSAN’S LIFE HAS CHANGED A
LOT but a few years ago
• Her dog died two
years ago so…

• She works in a
bookshop now but…

• She doesn’t know

many people these
days but…
 SUSAN’S LIFE HAS CHANGED A
LOT but a few years ago
• She reads a
newspaper every day
now but…

• She likes wine now

but…

• She hasn’t been to a

disco for ages but
she…