USED TO

CONVERSATION
Michael: Hey! Are these pictures of you when you were a
kid?

Samantha: Yeah. That’s me in front of my uncle’s beach

house. When I was a kid, we use to spend two weeks there
every summer.

Michael: Wow, I bet that was fun!

Samantha: Yeah. We always had a great time. Every day we

used to get up early and walk along the beach. I had a great
shell collection. In fact, I think it’s still up in the attick!

Michael: Hey, I used to collect shells, too, when I was a kid.

But my parents threw them out!

GRAMMAR NOTE: Use “used to” + base form of the verb to talk about past habits or past
situations that no longer exist in the present.

Examples:

1) When I was a child, I used to play the violin.

2) When I was a baby, I used to wear diapers.

GRAMMAR PRESENTATION “ used to ”