Past Simple + Used To

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

In some parts of West Africa, children used to help with farming from a very young age. They did not use to sit in classrooms all day. In Scandinavia, children used to spend most of their time outdoors. They went outside in snow and cold.

Grammar Reference · Past Simple + Used To

Past simple — positive

She went to school alone every day. — use the irregular form, not -ed.

Past simple — negative

They did not have a television at home. — use did not + base form.

Used to — positive

He used to walk five kilometres to school. — past habits or states, now changed.

Used to —

Did you use to play outside? She didn't use to like vegetables. — question and negative forms.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Past Simple + Used To

1.I use to like vegetables, but now I love them.

2.She her first story when she was eight years old.

3. they use to walk to school every day?

4.My parents me stories about their childhoods every night.

5.We have a television when I was a child.

6.Children used to simple wooden toys before plastic existed.

02Exercise 2 — Find and Correct the Error

find the error · rewrite the sentence

1.When I was young, I use to played football every afternoon.

2.She didn't used to have a lot of toys, but she was happy.

3.Did you used to walk to school alone?

4.He gived his sister a wooden toy for her birthday.

5.They didn't went to school until they were seven.

6.I use to believed in magic when I was a child.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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