DECEPTION Write down 3 Past Tens // present perfect / habitual past (USED 2) sentences about things that you have and 3 about what you haven't done in your life using the verbs in the box. Some of the sentences should be true and some should be false.
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H A B I T U A L P A S T
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USED + infinitive
Usage [just for past]
We use used to +verb to talk about past habits and states which are now finished...no longer true
I used to smoke, BUT now I've stopped. (NOT I was used to smoke ... )
That bingo hall used to be a cinema.
when it is not used
Used to refers to things that happened at an earlier stage of one's life and are now finished: there is an idea that circumstances have changed. It is not used simply to say what happened at a past time, or how long it took, or how many times it happened.
I worked very hard last month. (NOT I used to work very hard last month.)
I lived in Chester for three years. (NOT I used to live in Chester for three years.)
I went to France seven times last year. (NOT I used to go t
Form:
Used to ... has no present form (and no progressive, perfect, infinitive or -ing forms).
To talk about present habits and states, we usually just use the simple present tense. He smokes. (NOT He uses to smoke.)
Her brother still collects stamps.
questions and negatives
When questions and negatives are written, they often have did ... used instead of did ... use.
What did people use(d) to do in the evenings before TV?
I didn't use(d) to like opera, but now I do.
....subject + did + not + use(d) to + verb...
The most common negative is: never used 2....
I never used to like opera...but now I do.
These forms are not used in tag, tail questions.: You used not to like him, did you?
WOULD + infinitive w/o to
Would can refer to repeated actions and events and routines in the past, in the same way as Used to... but 2 exceptions:
a) not for the states [not with static verbs]
b) not for important habits that are bordering conditions
When she was old, she would sit in the corner talking to herself for hours.
Sometimes he would bring me little presents without saying why.
When we were children we would / used to go skating every winter.
a) Used to can refer to past states/comditions.
I used to have an old Rolls-Royce. (BUT NOT I would have an old Rolls Royce - not a routine.)
b) And we use used to, not would, to talk about important habitual behaviour.
Robert used to play a lot of football. (NOT Robert would play ... )
I used to smoke. (NOT I would smoke.)
BE USED TO +gerund // ....be ==>> ...ing form
Usage
Can be in for past [was were]present [am are is] or future [will be] accustomed to something/someone...when you are used to something, it is familiar; it is no longer strange or new.
I've lived in Temple Bar for six years now, so I'm used to the noise.
I think Tom’s strange – I’m not used to him.
At the beginning I couldn't understand Dubliners because I wasn't used to their accent.
DIFFERENCE EXAMPLE
I didn't use to drive a big car. (= Once I didn't drive a big car, but now I do.) (NOT I wasn't used to drive a big car.)
I wasn't used to driving a big car. (= Driving a big car was a new and difficult experience - I hadn't done it before.)
Form:
In this structure, used is an adjective to a preposition.
NO INFINITIVES please after prepositions
Be used to can be followed by nouns or -ing forms, but not infinitives
I'm used to driving in Ireland now, but it was hard at the beginning. (NOT I'm used to drive in Ireland ... )
It was a long time before she was used to working with people.
I wonder if you will ever ____working so hard. // if you will ever
Get, become can also be used before used to +gerund instead of to be.
You'll soon get used to living in the country.
Little by little, he became used to his new family.
It took them a long time to become used to getting up in the night.
TRY
Sheila ____ having to cook for herself. //She is xx wasn’t xx get xx did not become xx
His dog ____ staying home alone all day. //The dog -,,-
They _____ staying out so late. // They -,,-
Usage [just for past]
We use used to +verb to talk about past habits and states which are now finished...no longer true
I used to smoke, BUT now I've stopped. (NOT I was used to smoke ... )
That bingo hall used to be a cinema.
when it is not used
Used to refers to things that happened at an earlier stage of one's life and are now finished: there is an idea that circumstances have changed. It is not used simply to say what happened at a past time, or how long it took, or how many times it happened.
I worked very hard last month. (NOT I used to work very hard last month.)
I lived in Chester for three years. (NOT I used to live in Chester for three years.)
I went to France seven times last year. (NOT I used to go t
Form:
Used to ... has no present form (and no progressive, perfect, infinitive or -ing forms).
To talk about present habits and states, we usually just use the simple present tense. He smokes. (NOT He uses to smoke.)
Her brother still collects stamps.
questions and negatives
When questions and negatives are written, they often have did ... used instead of did ... use.
What did people use(d) to do in the evenings before TV?
I didn't use(d) to like opera, but now I do.
....subject + did + not + use(d) to + verb...
The most common negative is: never used 2....
I never used to like opera...but now I do.
These forms are not used in tag, tail questions.: You used not to like him, did you?
WOULD + infinitive w/o to
Would can refer to repeated actions and events and routines in the past, in the same way as Used to... but 2 exceptions:
a) not for the states [not with static verbs]
b) not for important habits that are bordering conditions
When she was old, she would sit in the corner talking to herself for hours.
Sometimes he would bring me little presents without saying why.
When we were children we would / used to go skating every winter.
a) Used to can refer to past states/comditions.
I used to have an old Rolls-Royce. (BUT NOT I would have an old Rolls Royce - not a routine.)
b) And we use used to, not would, to talk about important habitual behaviour.
Robert used to play a lot of football. (NOT Robert would play ... )
I used to smoke. (NOT I would smoke.)
BE USED TO +gerund // ....be ==>> ...ing form
Usage
Can be in for past [was were]present [am are is] or future [will be] accustomed to something/someone...when you are used to something, it is familiar; it is no longer strange or new.
I've lived in Temple Bar for six years now, so I'm used to the noise.
I think Tom’s strange – I’m not used to him.
At the beginning I couldn't understand Dubliners because I wasn't used to their accent.
DIFFERENCE EXAMPLE
I didn't use to drive a big car. (= Once I didn't drive a big car, but now I do.) (NOT I wasn't used to drive a big car.)
I wasn't used to driving a big car. (= Driving a big car was a new and difficult experience - I hadn't done it before.)
Form:
In this structure, used is an adjective to a preposition.
NO INFINITIVES please after prepositions
Be used to can be followed by nouns or -ing forms, but not infinitives
I'm used to driving in Ireland now, but it was hard at the beginning. (NOT I'm used to drive in Ireland ... )
It was a long time before she was used to working with people.
I wonder if you will ever ____working so hard. // if you will ever
Get, become can also be used before used to +gerund instead of to be.
You'll soon get used to living in the country.
Little by little, he became used to his new family.
It took them a long time to become used to getting up in the night.
TRY
Sheila ____ having to cook for herself. //She is xx wasn’t xx get xx did not become xx
His dog ____ staying home alone all day. //The dog -,,-
They _____ staying out so late. // They -,,-