USED TO

S + Used To + Verb-I + [ C ]

No	S	Used To	Verb-I	C
1 2 3 4 5	I My mother He They We	used to used to used to used to used to	play tell get up drink play	football when I was a child a story before I slept late last year beer some days ago tennis here some years ago

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.