Used to

We use “used to” to talk about activities or habits that took place in the past, but today
they are over.

I used to crawl; now I walk

A:Positive sentence subject /used to /

verb (base form) /complementExample: He/Manuel used to work at home

B:Negative sentence subject / didn´t/ use to / verb (base form)

/complement (notice that this time the modal verb “used to” was written
without the “ed” because the auxiliary verb “did”has its negative form “didn´t” which
means that the sentence is in past. Example: He/Manuel didn´t use to work at home

C: Positive questionsWh-questions /did / subject/ use to/ verb (base form)

/complement?Example: What did Manuel use to do at home?

D: Negative questionsWh-questions /didn´t / subject/ use to/ verb (base form)

/complement?Example: What didn´t Manuel use to do at home?

It´s your turn

1- Complete the following sentences using “used to” taking into account if they are
positives, negatives or questions.
1. I used to work in the twin towers

2. When did you used to sing in the school?

3. The teacher used to speak English in the classroom.

4. Sara didn’t used to buy in the supermarket

5. She used to write a lot

6. We didn’t used to play baseball on the street.

7. Family didn’t used to eat pizza in the evening

8. What did Michael not do in the afternoon?

2- Read the text and answer the questions

I was a young boy too

Hi! My name is Jorge, when I was a child; I used to go to my grandparents´ house on

vacation. I sued to ride my bike, sing and dance Michael Jackson´s music. I didn´t use
to play video games with my cousins. My father used to buy me some chocolate to eat
every afternoon after having dinner. My mother used to drive my father´s car to take me
to my grandparents´ house. At night, I used to read some adventure books, listen rock
music and study French. Every morning, my grandfather and I used to walk to pick the
cows into the court. Later, we used to drink coffee and milk with bread.

1. Where did Jorge use to go on vacation when he was a child?

Jorge used to go to his grandparents

2. What did he use to sing and dance?

He used to sing and dance to music by Michael Jackson

3. What didn´t he use to do?

he didn't used to play video games with his cousins

4. When did Jorge´s use to read books?

he used to read some books at night

5. Who used to pick the cows into the court?

Jorge and his grandfather used to walk to pick up the cows

 Could and couldn´t

Could is the past form of the verb can, we use this verb to talk about past abilities or
disabilities

A: Positive sentence

Subject/ could / verb (base form) /complement

Example: She could play the saxophone

B: Negative sentence

Subject/ couldn´t / verb (base form) /complement

Example: She couldn´t play the saxophone

C: positive questions

Wh-questions/ could/ subject/ verb (base form)/ complement?

Example:What could Miguel do when he was in the school?

C: Negative questions

Wh-questions/ couldn´t/ subject/ verb (base form)/ complement?

Example: What couldn´t Miguel do when he was in the school?

1. Click on the link and watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVoyw0L0DCI

2. Based on the video write the abilities and disabilities these two chapters had.

MEHMET (he) SEVGI (she)

COULD COULDN´T COULD COULDN´T

He could play piano He couldn’t climb a She could ride a bicycle She couldn’t
mountain
She could sing a song

She could swim

3. Click, watch the video and answer the following questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZWR9kg4qfc

a. What could he do when he was two years old?

Answer: he I could cry and weep a lot

b. What couldn´t he do when he was two years old?

Answer: he couldn't speak well

c. What couldn´t he do when he was eight years old?

Answer: he couldn't go to school alone

d. Why couldn´t he go alone to school?

Answer: because he was afraid of traffic and people

e. When could he speak clearly?

Answer: He was able to speak clearly after two years but not fluently