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Language Focus
1. We can use used to when we talk about repeated actions in the past that aren’t true now.
used to / didn’t use to + base form of the verb
Young people used to dance the Twist.
People didn’t use to wear tie-dyed clothes.
2. We can also use used to to talk about past states.
used to / didn’t use to + base form of the verb
The Beatles used to be very popular.
I didn’t use to be happy.
3. Questions and short answers
Where did you use to work?
Did you use to live in Australia?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
Practice
4 a Read the sentences below. Underline the one that cannot be rewritten with used to / didn’t use to.
1 I was very healthy.
I used to be very healthy.
2 John smoked twenty cigarettes a day before he quit.
3 Jane had a lovely necklace when she was in the UK.
4 Jane bought a lovely necklace when she was in the UK.
5 I didn’t like spicy food.
6 Hanna was very outgoing when she was young.
7 My father hated using computers.
8 Everyone liked disco music in the seventies.
b Rewrite the other sentences with used to / didn’t use to.
c Track 38 Listen and check.
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