USED TO
1. Usage : With USED TO we refer to habits or situations which were true in the past but are not true now.
I used to walk to school but now I take the bus.
usually walked to school
My sister didn’t use to like jazz but she does now.
2. USED TO refers to the past. There is no present form or future form.
3. Form :
Positive : S + used to + V1 + O + …
I used to walk to school.
Negative : S + didn’t use to + V1 + O + …
My sister didn’t use to like jazz
Question : Did + S + use to + V1 + O + …
Did he use to wear glasses?
Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.
BE USED TO
1. Usage : With BE USED TO we refer to an activity or situation which is (or was) familiar to us.
I am used to driving on the left now.
Driving on the left isn’t strange for me now.
I wasn’t used to driving on the left when I first came to Britain.
Driving on the left was strange for me when I first came to Britain.
2. BE USED TO can refer to the present or the past.
3. Form : (PRESENT)
Positive : Negative :
| I | am |
used to |
Ving
.
driving. |
|
He She It |
is | ||
|
We You They |
are |
sth. cold weather. |
| I |
am not
’m not |
used to |
Ving
.
driving. |
|
He She It |
is not
isn’t |
||
|
We You They |
are not aren’t |
sth. cold weather. |
I am used to driving on the left now. She is not used to driving on the left.
We are used to cold weather. They aren’t used to cold weather.
Are they used to cold weather? Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
4. Form : (PAST)
Positive : Negative :
|
I
He She It |
was |
used to |
Ving
.
driving. |
|
We You They |
were |
sth. cold weather. |
|
I
He She It |
was not
wasn’t |
used to |
Ving
.
driving. |
|
We You They |
were not weren’t |
sth. cold weather. |
I was used to driving on the right. She wasn’t used to driving on the left.
They were used to cold weather. We weren’t used to cold weather.
Was she used to driving on the left? Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t.
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