1 / 14

Used to - an English grammar review

An English grammar review on applying 'used to'. Presentation gives information on how to form the structure, why and when to use 'used to' - along with grammar exercises (answers included).

lesleyjy
Download Presentation

Used to - an English grammar review

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ‘Used to’ Grammar review

  2. Why do we use ‘used to’? • Describe a past habit or state which happened in the past but doesn’t happen anymore. xxxxxxxx past future present

  3. How do we form ‘used to’? (Positive form) Examples: We used to live in France, but now we live in England. James used to have long hair, but now he has short hair. Sarah used to eat meat, but now she is a vegetarian. Anna used to study ballet when she was younger, but she doesn’t anymore.

  4. How do we form ‘used to’?(Negative form) Examples: Anna didn’t use to eat chocolate, but she does now. Manchester didn’t use to have a tram network, but it does now. James didn’t use to have a cat, but he has 2 now. Sarah didn’t use to have a laptop, but she does now.

  5. How do we form ‘used to’?(Question form) Examples: Did Manchester use to have a tram system? No it didn’t. Did you use to play with toys when you were younger? Yes I did. Did Sarah use to eat meat? Yes she did Did Anna use to eat chocolate? No she didn’t.

  6. Can you make a sentence using the positive form of used to? Then Now

  7. Answer People used to listen to music on a Walkman, but now they listen on their mobile phone.

  8. Can you make a sentence using the positive form of used to? Then Now

  9. Answer Trains used to run on steam, but now they are run using electricity.

  10. Can you make a sentence using the negative form of used to? Then Now

  11. Answer People didn’t use to have access to the internet to study, they had to read books.

  12. Can you make a sentence using the negative form of used to? Then Now

  13. Answer Big shopping centres didn’t use to exist; people did their shopping on the high street.

  14. Extra Practice

More Related