S
+ Used To + Verb-I + [ C ]
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No
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S
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Used To
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Verb-I
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C
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1
2
3
4
5
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I
My
mother
He
They
We
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used
to
used
to
used
to
used
to
used
to
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play
tell
get
up
drink
play
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football
when I was a child
a
story before I slept
late
last year
beer
some days ago
tennis
here some years ago
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This pattern is used to
declare a habit in the past but it is not done now.
SHORT CONVERSATIONS:
A : Did you use to play
football in the rain when you were a child?
B : Yes, I did. And my mother used to get angry when I came home.
A : What did you use to do in your
childhood?
B : I used to fly a kite.
A : We used to take Andong when we went to the zoo some years ago.
B : And I used to ride a horse.
A : Did you use to play
marbels when you were still at elementary school.
B : Yes, I did. And I used to win.
A : And what did you do with your
marbels?
B : I used to collect and sell
them to my friends.
A : I used to deliver lunch to the rice field when we still lived in my
village.
B : What happened to your house
there?
A : We had already sold it before we
moved here.
UNFORGETTABLE CHILDHOOD
Pedro :
Why are smiling yourself?
Sammy : I remember my childhood.
Pedro :
Tell me about it.
Sammy : When I was a child my mother used to tell a story before I slept.
Pedro :
What did happen next?
Sammy : I had already slept before she
finished. How about you? Did your
mother use to tell you a story, too?
Pedro :
No, she didn’t.
Sammy : What did she use to do?
Pedro :
She use to reprimand me when I came
home late.
Sammy : No wonder. You were a naughty boy.
What did you use to do?
Pedro : I used to
play football with my friends when it was rainning. And I used to cry when I got home.
Sammy : Why?
Pedro :
Because I used to fight with my
friends.
Sammy : Did you use to wet the
bed, too?
Pedro :
Yes, I did. How about you?
Sammy : No, I didn’t. But I used to snore.
Pedro :
Your past habit was not better than mine.
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