Used to
-is followed by an infinitive.
-describes something we often did in the past.
-suggest we don´t do it anymore.
Affirmative
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Negative
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Interrogative
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When she was young, she used
to watch cartoons.
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She didn't use to watch cartoons when
she was young.
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Did she use to watch cartoons when she was young?
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1. Put these sentences in the correct order.
a) used to / study
/ very hard / Jimena _________________________________________________________
b) long hair / Érika / used to / have
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c) Gretel / go / used to / to the cinema. _________________________________________________________
d) 5th grade kids / go out / used to / the evenings / in
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e) used to / wonderful beach / There / be / here
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f) travel / used to / a lot / Álvaro and Javier ________________________________________________________
g) Claudia / play / tennis / used to
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h) Carla / her bike / ride / used to / in the park.
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2. Look at the sentences in exercise 1.
. Put the first four sentences in the negative form.
. Put the last four sentences in the interrogative form.
3. Write about yourself
now. Create one sentence for something you used to do but don't anymore, and
one sentence for something you did not use to do but now do.