USO DE USED TO

CUNDO USAMOS USED TO EN INGLS?

Usamos used to para hablar de hbitos, estados o acciones que se
repetan con frecuencia en el pasado y que ya han dejado de ocurrir. Por
ejemplo:

Hbito: I used to collect trading cards when I was a child (de nia sola
coleccionar cromos)(=ahora ya no lo hago)
Estado: My friends used to be crazy about the Spice Girls (mis amigas estaban
locas por las Spice Girls)
Accin: My teacher used to say "sit down and shut up" (mi profesor sola decir:
"sintate y cllate).

CMO SE FORMA?
Se usa la misma forma con todas las personas.

Afirmativas
I / You / He / She / It / We / They + used to + verbo
Ej: I used to play football, he used to play football, we used to play football...

Negativas
I / You / He / She / It / We / They + didn't use to + verbo
Ej: I didn't use to play football, he didn't use to play football, we didn't use to
play football...

Interrogativas
Did + I / You / He / She / It / We / They + use to + verbo?
Ej: Did you use to smoke? (Solas fumar?)
What did you use to do? (Qu solas hacer?)

Respuestas:
Did you use to smoke? Yes, I did / No, I didn't
Did she use to watch TV at night? Yes, she did / No, she didn't
Did they use to play football? Yes, they did / No, they didn't

CUIDADO:
1. No olvidis quitar la "d" de "used" en negativas e interrogativas.

2. No debemos confundir used to (seguido de infinitivo) con get used to o be

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used to (seguidos de verbo acabado en -ing).

Used to +infitivo = sola (hbitos pasados)

get used to +ing = acostumbrase a
be used to +ing = estar acostumbrado a

3. Used to es un tiempo pasado y, por tanto, slo se puede usar en pasado. Si

queremos expresar hbitos en el presente, hay que usar adverbios de
frecuencia como "usually".
Ej: I usually have breakfast at 8 a.m (suelo desayunar a las 8 de la maan
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Ejercicios

Elige la opcin correcta.

1 My siste r _ __ _ to smo ke.

use s

is use d

use s to

2 Did yo u _ __ _ to li ve in L iver po o l?

use

use d

are use d

3 I __ __ li ke he r.

didn' t use to
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do n' t use

use d to no t

4 We __ __ go in g to the librar y all d ays.

we re use d

go t use d

go t use d to

5 I __ _ my te e th w he n I was tw o .

be co me use d to w ash

be co me use d to w ashin g

be co me w ashi ng use d

6 _ __ _ play basketba ll a lo t?
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Did you use to

Did you use d to

Use d yo u to

7 _ __ _ to r un w he n I bro ke my le g.

' m ge tti ng use d

was ge tti ng use d

was ge tti ng use d

8 I __ __ dr inki ng w ine .

was use d

go t use d

have go t use d to
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9 Do you t hink we _ __ _ the no ise ?

' ll ge t use d to t

ge t use d too

didn' t go t use d to

10 __ __ to living to ge the r?

W ill w e use

Did we use d

Shan' t w e ge t use d