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ENGLISH GRAMMAR II TUTOR: ELMER JORGE GUARDADO GOMEZ Ma. T MARCH 29th, 2012
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How use used to Used to structures Examples of the Uses "Used to"/Simple Past Active/Passive Expressions Used to/ Would Finish
We also use it for something that was true but no longer is.
Example She used to have really long hair but she's had it all cut off. There used to be a cinema in the town but now there isn't.(Thornbury, 1999)
Used to do is different from 'to be used to doing' and 'to get used to doing #1 We use 'to be used to doing' to say that something is normal, not unusual Example I'm used to living on my own. I've done it for quite a long time. .(Murray, 1816)
We use 'to get used to doing' to talk about the process of something becoming normal for us.
Example She has started working nights and is still getting used to sleeping during the day. (Torrevieja. Departamento de Ingls used to. 1, 2002, p. 369)
Used to Structures
We normally use the expression used to to talk about an action, or better, a habit in the past and finished. It stopped to exist at the present time. (Torrevieja. Departamento de Ingls used to. 1, 2002, p. 370) Grammar structure Affirmative form Negative form Interrogative form
Grammar structure
subject + ? I I Did did you not auxiliary did not main verb use used use use Infinitive to do. to do. to do?
Affirmative form
In this form expression used to is used to describe a long lasting action, a state or habit in the past. The sentence tells use indirectly that what you are talking about ceased to exit. Example Leila used to have dinner very later at night (now she no longer does). We used to live in a large house (but now we live in smaller one). (Bartles, 1983)
Negative form
In this form the d of used to is omitted because the auxiliary did does its job.
Examples: I did not use to go school by bike (but now I do). Leila did not use to wear a scarf. (but now she does). (Smalzer W. R., 1998)
Interrogative form
Like with the negative form, when we want to ask a question about to repeated action, a state, or a habit in the past, the auxiliary did take the role of the d of used to. Examples: Where did they use to live? Where did you use to spend your holiday? (Torrevieja. Departamento de Ingls used to. 1, 2002, p. 370)
"Used to" expresses the idea that something was an old habit that stopped in the past. It indicates that something was often repeated in the past, but it is not usually done now. Examples: Jerry used to study English. I used to start work at 9 o'clock. (Smalzer R. M., 2002)
Examples: I used to live in Paris. Sarah used to be fat, but now she is thin. George used to be the best student in class, but now Lena is the best (Smalzer R. M., 2002)
Active/Passive Expressions
When we express something ideas depending of the structures that we will use it denoting active or passive voice Examples: Jerry used to pay the bills. Active The bills used to be paid by Jerry. Passive. (Language Dynamics, 2006)
EXAMPLES
Examples When I was a child, I used to visit my grandmother every day. I would have supper there, and she would help me with my homework. (Reimes, How English Work, 1998, p. 99)
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JOSE ELIZARDO TURCIOS HERNANDEZ DANIEL ESAU ORELLANA FUNES