Hello, everyone, and welcome back to my channel, Sparkle English, where I teach you how to improve
your level of English. If you haven't already, make sure to subscribe to my channel for more
English lessons. In today's lesson, I'm going to teach you about the phrase used to, to describe
habits or routines in the past. We use "use to" plus the infinitive when talking about habits
or situations that often happened in the past, but don't happen now. We start with the subject,
then we add the phrase use to, and then the verb. So for example, I used to play. You used to
run. He used to eat. She used to drink. They used to swim. Let's look at some examples.
I used to drink a lot of Diet Coke. Now, I drink a lot of water. We say used to in the past
to talk about something that no longer happens. So in the past, I used to drink a lot of Diet Coke.
That means that now I don't drink a lot of Diet Coke. He used to play football professionally.
So in the past, he was a professional football player. Now, he is a history teacher.
They used to live in a small apartment. Now, they live in a house with a big garden.
Now, let's talk about the negative form of use to. We use didn't use to when talking
about habits or situations that didn't happen in the past. So again, we start with the subject,
then we have the negative form didn't use to. Now be very careful not to add a D and put didn't used
to. We do not add the d at the end; we just say didn't use to without the D. So, for example:
I didn't use to like eggs, but now I love them. We didn't use to celebrate Halloween.
So in the past, we didn't often celebrate Halloween. She didn't use to like watching TV.
They didn't use to drink a lot of coffee.
When we use didn't use to, often it's a contrast from the past to now. So, she didn't use to like
watching TV. But now she probably likes watching TV or watches it more than she did in the past.
Now let's talk about asking questions. And the interrogative form of use to.
We use "did... use to?" to ask about someone's habits or routines in the past. Did I use to?
Did you use to? Did he use to? Again, we don't add a D after use. We don't say "Did I
used to?" We say, "Did I use to?" without the D. Examples. Did you use to have a Tamagotchi?
Did Jane use to paddle surf? Did they use to own a cottage on the lake? Did Kyle use to like eggs?
So now it's time to practice. You have to complete these sentences with the correct form of use to.
Number one. We ______ watch cartoons on Sunday mornings and this you put in the affirmative form.
Number two. They ______ ride their bikes to school.
Number three. You ______ drink coffee. This we have to put in the negative form. Number
four. ______ he ______ live in Greece? And this you have to put in the interrogative form. Number
five. Mom ______ braid my hair before school. Number six. ______ Jason ______ be your neighbor?
Number seven. Pink ______ be my favorite color. Number eight. She ______ have black hair. Okay,
so now it's time to correct these together. Number one. We used to
watch cartoons on Sunday mornings. That means that in the past, we often watched cartoons
on Sunday mornings. Number two. They used to ride their bikes to school. Number three. You didn't
use to drink coffee. Now be careful and do not add a D after the E. You say you didn't use to
drink coffee. Number four is a question. Did he use to live in Greece? Again for this one do not
add a D here because it's a question. We only add the D in the affirmative form. Number five.
Mom used to braid my hair before school. Number six. Did Jason use to be your neighbor?
Number seven. Pink used to be my favorite color. So in the past, pink was my favorite color.
And finally number eight, she didn't use to have black hair. Okay, so let me know in the
comments section how many you got correct out of eight. I'd also like you to answer this question
in the comment section. What did you use to play with when you were a child? What did you use to do
on the weekends when you were a child? Let me know in the comments section. Thank you
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