Centro para el Desarrollo del Hábitat y la Construcción

Equipo de Bilingüismo
Evidence: Used to
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Group: ___________________________ Date: ________________________________

We use Used to + verb to indicate an

habit in the past and make past facts
and generalisations.

A) Complete the text with the correct form of USED TO.

When I was I child I __________________ (1) cry a lot and I __________________(2) eat a
lot, but I __________________(3) study as hard as now. I __________________ (4) drive cars
because I couldn’t drive. I __________________ (5) go everywhere with my parents and I
__________________ (6) be happy all the time. I __________________ (7) play with my
friends at the park, but we ________________ (8) play football (soccer), we
__________________ (9) play basketball, which _________________ (10) my favourite sport.
And now, I _______________ (11) go out with my friends and we __________________ (12) to
the cinema on Saturdays. 5 years ago, I also __________________ (13) think that life was very
difficult, now as I’m older I __________________ (14) think that life is easy, but anyway I love
to stay with my friends and I also __________________ (15) go to the swimming pool, because
now it is my favourite hobby and the reason is that when I was younger, I __________________
(16) swim because my parents didn’t let me to do it.

B) What did you use to do when you were a C) Was life different 50 years ago? Why?
child? My parents used to work.... There used
When I was a child I used to... to be....
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