Summary: Curso de INGLES en linea gratuito - Aprender Ingles en INTERNET- LECCION 34 curso PRE INTERMEDIOLECCION EN AUDIO (hacer click en el ICONO de PLAY)We talked about how to use the past simple past continuous (LESSON 32) Today we are going to learn how to use the structure or form “USED TO”Hoy aprenderemos como hablar de rutinas en el pasado. Veremos como usar la estructura USED TO y de que forma nos puede servir para comunicarnos mejor en inglés Structure and form (Table 1)USED TOPositive Negative QuestionI used to play football I didn’t use to play football Did you use to play football?She used to smoke She didn’t use to smoke Did she use to smoke?They used to go dancing They didn’t use to go dancing Did they use to go dancing ?As we can see, it is used with the PAST SIMPLE structure. Positive Form Subject + [USED TO + Infinitive] + Complement- My wife USED TO PLAY volleyball. Negative Form Subject + [didn’t USE TO + Infinitive] + Complement- Peter didn’t use to drink whiskey. Question Form Question Word + [did + Subject + USE TO + Infinitive] + Complement- What sport did Maria use to practice?- How much money did you use to spend at the casino?- Did Juan use to play the violin? USE: We use the structure USED TO to talk about PAST HABITS and ROUTINES.Please remember that when we talk about present habits and routines we use the PRESENT SIMPLE. There is no present form of the structure USED TO. Look at the following tableTable 2Present habits and routines Past habits and routinesI get up at 6:00 am I used to get up at 6:00 amSantiago smokes Santiago used to smokeMy mother cooks My mother used to cookThey don’t play tennis They didn’t use to play tennisJuan doesn’t teach Juan didn’t use to teachDoes Tina work for IBM? Did Tina use to work for IBM?Where do they live? Where did they use to live?If we have the following sentenceBrian used to work at the bank.The present form of the sentence is:Brian works at the bank CORRECTBrian use to work at the bank INCORRECTTHERE IS NO PRESENT FORM OF THE STRUCTURE USED TO. REMEMBER THAT TO EXPRESS PRESENT HABITS AND ROUTINES WE USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE. Online Exercises and Extra resources - http://www.eslteachersboard.com/pdf/The-use-of-USED-TO.pdf- http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode38/quiz.pdf - http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/usedto.html - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1346_gramchallenge15/- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv22.shtml
