CLASS: INGLES JUEVES 10-12 HRS.

NAME: QUINTAL
ID:7206 AULAA3 8VO. SEMESTRE PERIODO
CAUICH JOSÉANDRÉS
20232024P

USED TO + INFINITIVE
DEFINITION
"Used to" is an expression used

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to refer to actions or situations
that were common in the past
but are no longer common in
the present.

GENERAL USES
1. To talk about habits or actions that

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longer common in the present.
2. To talk about situations that used to
be true in the past but are no longer
true in the present.
STRUCTURES
The structures are nothing out

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of this world, but it is very
important to have prior
knowledge before knowing
how to use them due to their
logic.

AFIRMATIVE
Subject + used to + verb in infinitive +

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EXAMPLES:
1. John used to play basketball every
weekend.
2. Mary used to visit her grandmother

NEGATIVE every summer.

Subject + didn't use to + verb in

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infinitive + complement.
EXAMPLES:
1. Tom didn't use to eat vegetables
when he was a child.
2. Sarah didn't use to like spicy food.

QUESTION
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Did + subject + use to + infinitive verb +
complement + ?
EXAMPLES:
1. Did David use to live in this
neighborhood?
2. Did Anna use to work at that company?
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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1. In formal contexts, such as
academic or professional writing,
the simple past is preferred.

2. In negative and interrogative

sentences with "used to", the
main verb is "use".
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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3.”Used to" is not used for
4. It can indicate a change between
continuous actions from the past
the past and the present, usually
that still persist in the present; For
marked by expressions such as "but
this, "still" or "continuously" are
now" or "but not anymore." For
preferred.
example, "She used to live here, but
now she lives in the city."

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
https://www.curso-ingles.com/
REFERENCES: https://www.gymglish.com/es
https://www.lewolang.com/