USED TO

 USED TO

OBJECTIVE

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to express ideas related to activities that they did and they do no more.

WARM UP

Write in the chart the names of the traditional games according to the illustrations. Choose two games and explain the rules of them. (Escribe en el cuadro los nombres de los juegos tradicionales de acuerdo con los dibujos. Escoge dos juegos y explica las reglas de ellos).

ILLUSTRATION	NAME OF THE GAME

Mary and Sophia stopped playing with their dolls three years ago.

They do not play with their dolls anymore.

They used to play every day

You can use USED TO to talk about past habits and situations.

 

Something used to happen, something happened regularly in the past but no longer happens.

 

                      I used to play tennis a lot, but I do not play very often now.

 

I used to do something is past. There is no present form. You cannot say "I use to do" 

 

 

You also use USED TO ...for something that was true, but it is not true anymore.

 

                    This building is now a furniture shop, it used to be a cinema.

 

 

The formal question form is DID (YOU) USE TO...? 

 

Did you use to eat a lot of sweets when you were a child?

 

Yes, I did / No, I didn`t

 

 

The negative form is DIDN´T USE TO

 

I didn´t use to eat a lot of sweets

 

PRACTICO LO QUE APRENDÍ

 

Subraya la palabra correcta de las que están en el paréntesis

 

 

 Brian changed his lifestyle. He stopped doing some things and started doing other things:

HE STOPPED	HE STARTED
Studying hard Going to bed early Running three miles every morning	Smoking Going out in the evening Spending a lot money

Write sentences about Brian with USED TO and DIDN´T USE TO

 

1. He used to study hard                               4. __________________________

2. He didn´t use to smoke                             5. __________________________

3. ________________________                  6. __________________________

 

Choose one of the following verbs to complete these sentences with USED TO…

 

    PLAY              HAVE                   GO           EAT                   BE        TRAVEL

 

1. Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke  40 cigarettes a day.

2. Liz _____________________ a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.

3. I rarely eat ice cream now but I ____________________ it when I was a child.

4. Jim ___________________ my best friend but we aren´t friends any longer.

5. When you lived in London, _____________________ to the theatre very often.

6. Before Covid 19, I _______________________ to different countries.

7. When I was a child, I ______________________ with many toys.

 

By means a video explain a traditional game that you used to play when you were a child.

(Por medio de un video explica un juego tradicional que solías jugar cunado eras un niño )

 

 

Listen the audio and complete the dialogue with the following expressions

(Escucha el audio y completa el diálogo con las siguientes expresiones)

 

 used to be            didn’t use                 used to go         used to                     didn’t use

Oliver: Where’s Mum?

Daisy: I don’t know. She called earlier and said she’d call back. She wants to speak to us both.

Oliver: Did she sound happy or serious?

Daisy: Happy.

Oliver: Is she finally going out with your headteacher?

Daisy: Ha! I’m not sure, but I think they’ve been seeing each other for a while. He ________ to wear nice clothes, and recently he’s looking quite cool.

Oliver: I wonder if she’ll start travelling less.

Daisy: Maybe. She ________ away on really long trips and these days it’s maximum a week.

Oliver: Oh! Hi, Mum! Are you in London?

Sophie: Yes! Surprise!

Oliver: Are you writing about London?!

Sophie: Yes, I am! I’d forgotten how amazing it is … and it’s near home.

Oliver: Ha-ha. So … do you have more reasons to stay near home these days?

Sophie: No … like what?

Daisy: Never mind.

Sophie: I just thought that I’m always abroad, but we’ve got one of the most interesting cities in the world just an hour from home and I’ve never even written about it! So here I am. I haven’t been here to visit for years. It’s nothing like it__________! The record shop I always used to visit is now a really cool café specializing in bubble tea!

Oliver: So what else did you use to go to London for?

Sophie: For fun. For concerts and to buy new clothes … but it __________to be as busy as it is now. I love what they’ve done on the South Bank. I hadn’t seen the London Eye close up before, and the Tate Modern’s an impressive building with great views of the bit that used to be the docks.

Oliver: So is it all so different?

Sophie: No, not completely. The area near the river is very different, but the West End hasn’t changed much. The theatres are still great and Piccadilly Circus looks a little different than it________, but it’s still a meeting place and the lights are still there, but … I like the new London! So …

Daisy: Yes?

Sophie: I’ve booked hotel rooms for the three of us for this weekend, so you can get to know London a bit better.

Oliver and Daisy: Cool! Wow!

Sophie: I’ll book your train tickets now and call you back in an hour or so. OK?

Oliver and Daisy: OK! All right!

 

Read the below text, underline the expression with used to, look at the highlighted words in the text, and match to the definitions 1-10.

(Lee el siguiente texto, subraya las expresiones con USED TO, mira las palabras resaltadas y relaciónalas con las definiciones del 1 al 10)