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2.7 Used To: Affirmative and Negative Statements

Affirmative Negative
Subject Used To Base Form Subject Didn’t Use To Base Form
I/She/They used to study history. I/She/They didn’t use to study math.

1. Used to expresses a habit or state in I used to run several times a week. (Now, I don’t.)
the past that no longer exists. I used to live in a small town. (I live in a city now.)
I didn’t use to eat meat. (I do now.)

2. In negative statements use use to, I didn’t use to love math.
not used to.

REAL ENGLISH
Use used to instead of the
simple past to emphasize that
the habit or state is not true now.

When I was young, I used to
go to the beach every day.

4 Rewrite each sentence with used to or didn’t use to and the verb in bold.

1. Archaeologists removed objects from historic sites.

Archaeologists used to remove objects from historic sites.
2. I went to museums every weekend when I lived in Berlin.

3. My cousin lived across the street, but I didn’t see him much.

4. Jim didn’t like math when he was in school.

5. There was a supermarket near my home until last year.

6. Carole played in a band in college.

7. I didn’t drive much when I lived downtown.

8. Mike worked in a bank before he got his new job.

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