El Used to
Usamos la estructura used to para hablar de:
- Cosas que alguna vez fueron ciertas y ya no lo son
- Nuestros hábitos en el pasado
| I used to live in New York, I don't anymore. (alguna vez fue cierto) | I used to have a big house, but then we moved. I live in a smaller apartment today. (alguna vez fue cierto) |
| I used to have English lessons twice a week. (hábito en el pasado) | They used to go swimming every Friday. (hábito en el pasado) |
Estractura del Used to:
I:
I used to study at Bright English.
I didn’t use to study at Bright English.
Did I use to study at Bright English?
We:
Ben and I (we) used to study at Bright English.
We didn’t use to study at Bright English.
Did we use to study at Bright English?
You:
You used to study at Bright English.
You didn’t use to study at Bright English.
Did you use to study at Bright English?
They:
Ben and Maya (they) used to study at Bright English.
They didn’t use to study at Bright English.
Did they use to study at Bright English?
He:
Ben (he) used to study at Bright English.
He didn’t use to study at Bright English.
Did he use to study at Bright English?
She:
Maya (she) used to study at Bright English.
She didn’t use to study at Bright English.
Did she use to study at Bright English?
It:
It (the computer) used to study well.
It didn’t use to study well.
Did it use to study well?
Reglas del estractura Used to:
Sujeto + used to + v1 (I used to do)
- Usamos didn’t use to para formar negaciones. (DIDN’T cancela la conjugación).
- Usamos did + I, we, you, they, he, she, it + use to para formar preguntas. (DID cancela la conjugación).
Adverbios de frecuencia y expresiones de tiempo comunes con la estructura used to:
In 1992\3 etc. in the nineteenth century, in the 60’s, when I was a _____ ,always, very often, often, usually, sometimes, occasionally, every now and then, every now and again, seldom, hardly ever, rarely, never.
