UNIT 25 Used to (l used to do)

a) StLrd" this cxanrple situatir¡n:

This is L)ennis. He gave up srnoking ttvo

,q_FÉh/ filR' AGO
He no longer snrokes.
_vears ago.

But he used to smoke. He used to smoke.l0 cigarettes

a rla1'.

[!e gged to smoke nerns th¿t hc smokecl rcgularly for

sc¡me time in the past, l¡ut he cloesn'r smoke norv:
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past

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§üe use used to with the infinitiue (used to do / used to smote etc.) to say thaf somerhing

- fr¡ls_d_1gple¡Sfg¡fo¡,_-b-qr-lqy .l,r-¡op_La¿t -
- 'Do you go to the cinema very o{ten?' 'Not now, butlusedto.'
Tom used to travél a lor. These days he doesn,t go away very pften.
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We also use ured to for parr:ituetions rwhich no longer exisr):
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used to live in a small villáÁe Eüi-nów we live in London.
_ T6i-b a.
-* Do you see that hill over there? There used to be a castle on thar hill.
I've started drinking coffee recently. I never used to like it before. 2a
- Ann used to have long hair but she cut it some time ago.

b) Used to + infinirire is always pasr. There i: no presenr. You can.nor say .l q§glo_C.g.,-L-o-!üL
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pre\(nr! u5( rne presenr srmplElfTfll Compai¿ rh. prd(ña;d t;;ii
-Ñ-T;r.¿ ," t-.1. we used ro live ,t.r. ur.a t,o u.
{ present he smokes ',re lire rhere is

c) T-!q¡91.!L9!S!r9¡j i" did ... use to...J:

relotiÍr ..r.. when you_were
- a child?
The neg¿tive forñ"Aid;'r ir;itó:.. (o;:;.d;;ió1- 2l
- Jack didn'r use ro go oul velllhExn{r+e-m€+il¡.
d) Be careful. not to coqfuse lJ¡sed to_ ds¡-31d_,{
-4_q,¿qs¿t-oJ.o.,,+g
(see Unit .62). The strucures
and mea nl ngs are drtferent:
- I usg!_!o liIq along. (: I lived alone but I no longer live alone.)
- t-arl'r:se+t€lÚ14e-al-qrc. 1: I live alone and don't find it strange or new
becaüse'I've b.."livi"g alo". for some time.)

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