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Unit 1 Clase 3
Unit 1 Clase 3
Meeting Salvadoran
personalities
CONTENT THREE
Use of “used to”
ITALO LÓPEZ VALLECILLOS
3. Does the big, black camera that Mom used still work?
Answer: The breaks on a car are used to make the car slow down.
4.
R/ What is amachine
A sewing sewing machine
is used to used for?
sew clothes.
R/ What
5. A drill is
is aused
drilltoused
drill for?
a hole in walls, iron, woods, and other materials.
Structure of be used to
Look at the structure again with positive, negative and question sentences:
+ I am used to horses.
We use this expression to talk about habits or repeated actions in the past which we don't do
in the present. We also use it to talk about states in the past which are no longer true. For
example:
Watch out! With the negative and the question it's 'use' and not 'used':
Note! With this 'used to' there is no verb 'be'. We CAN'T say . 'I am used to have long hair'
Use to or Used to: Know the Differences and Rules
How do you describe an activity that you don’t do anymore?
It’s hard to know whether you “use to” do it, or if you “used
to” do it. Only one answer is correct in this context, while the
other option is appropriate in a different sentence. Read on
to discover when you should use “used to” – and when “use
to” is actually the right choice.
Rewrite the sentence and make an affirmative sentence, negative sentence or question using 'used to +
infinitive':
He / not / smoke