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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Used to====== =====Definition===== <html><p><img height="141" id="446" style="width: 150px; height: 116px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/446_ac088bb63ca26387932ff6a6e612f82c.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to</span> work really hard but we're retired now. </strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong><br></strong></span></p></html> =====Uses===== <html><p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Used to </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>is used to talk about past habits, actions that happened regularly in the past but which no longer occur and states that are no longer true. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It can be used as an alternative to the past simple to emphasise past repetition or a contrast between the past and present. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p></p></html> =====Construction===== <html><P> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" class=MsoTableLightListAccent1 border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-GB>Affirmative</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-GB>Negative </SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #4f81bd; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: white; mso-themecolor: background1" lang=EN-GB>Interrogative</SPAN></B></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>subject + 'used to' + bare infinitive</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>subject + 'did' + 'not' + 'use to' + bare infinitive</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>'did' + subject + 'use to' + bare infinitive</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> </P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>I <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">used to</SPAN> smoke.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>I didn't <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">use to</SPAN> smoke.</SPAN></B></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #4f81bd 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 154.05pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #4f81bd 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1" vAlign=top width=205> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-GB>Did you <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">use to</SPAN> smoke?</SPAN></B></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"> </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P> <P> </P> <P> </P></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><img height="141" id="1334" style="width: 113px; height: 93px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1334_c36b9d4ed7c3e073c19ae524fb68a0dd.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>Summers <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to </span>be so much longer and warmer when I was a child.</strong></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="150" id="247" style="width: 114px; height: 121px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/247_78b92786f45d7b00e0f503774e5628ac.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><strong>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to </span>take me an hour to drive to work so I go by train now - it's much quicker.</strong></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="134" id="1397" style="width: 109px; height: 98px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1397_936b573c83ec3a719a99be259b833a94.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">didn't use to </span>enjoy driving but, in my new car, I love it!</span></b></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="135" id="1335" style="width: 115px; height: 96px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1335_7588ebb3a8bf6a0a503e089296e31488.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'>My son and his wife never<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> used to </span>visit us when we lived in the south. </span></span></b></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'>It was too far to travel with the children.</span></span></b></span></span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><img height="137" id="237" style="width: 120px; height: 103px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/237_905dcaa5b9f8eb631ce1f2783826cc63.jpg"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'>Where<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> did </span>you<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> use to </span>work? Did you have a good boss?</span></span></span></b></span></span></p> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;'></span></span></span></b></span></span><p><br></p><p> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Confusion with </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>to be used to</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>To be used to</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> means to be accustomed to or familiar with something or someone but it is sometimes confused with <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to</span>. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to </span>live in a big house so I was <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">used to</span> having a lot of space. Now I live in a much smaller house but I'm getting used to it.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span> </p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]