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Used to

de English Grammar Today


 
Used to: meaning and form
We use used to when we refer to repeated actions or to a state or situation in the past which are no
longer true.

• I used to play with dolls, but not anymore.


• I used to play basketball, now I play tennis
• I used to watch cartoons, now I watch news
• I used to wear uniform, but not anymore
• I used to read comics every day.
• He used to play football for the local team, but he’s too old now.
• They used to swim on weekends
• He used to lift weights
• That white house over there used to belong to my family. (It belonged to my family in the past, but
not any more.)

RECORDAR: esta estructura solo puede ser usada en "past simple".


No se puede decir: I use to go swimming (INCORRECTO) 

Yo suelo ir a nadar

Para hablar de hábitos presentes, normalmente utilizamos el present simple with adverbs of


frequency
I usually wake up early.

Negative: didn’t use to
The negative of used to is most commonly didn’t use(d) to.

• It didn’t use to be so crowded in the shops as it is nowadays.


• I didn’t use to like broccoli when I was younger, but I love it now. 

In very formal styles, we can use the negative form used not to:
She used not to live as poorly as she does now.

Questions
The most common form of question is auxiliary did + use(d) to.

• I think we met once, a couple of years ago. Did you use to work with Kevin Harris?

Tomado de http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/past/used-to

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