Used to

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Goals for today

Used to: 

> To understand when "used to" is used 

> How to form it in a question and negative form

What is the difference between "I use" and "I used to"?

Used to

Om te zeggen dat iets vroeger gebeurde.

I used to have long hair
(but now I have short hair).

He used to smoke
(but now he doesn't smoke).

They used to live in India
(but now they live in Germany).

used to + hele werkwoord

Forms

The form 'used to' is used with all subjects:

I used to live

He/she/it used to live

we used to live

you used to live

they used to live

Questions (?)

Did you use to play tennis? 

(Did - use to - hele ww)

Negatives (-)

My son didn't use to have a mobile phone.

(Did not - use to - hele ww)

What does 'did' indicate in both the question and negative sentences? 

What happens to "used to" and why?  

Fill in the correct form:
Grandpa ___ 5 miles every day.

1. used to swim
2. used to swam
3. used to swum
4. used to swimmed

Fill in the correct form:
I ____ to bed very late.

1. used to go
2. used to went
3. used to gone
4. used to goes

My cousins ___(not - to go) to this school. They went to JVL.

1. didn't use to went
2. didn't use to going
3. didn't use to go
4. didn't use to goes

We ___ comics every day, when we were younger.

1. used to read
2. used to reading
3. used to reads
4. used reading

Write the whole sentence and add a (.)

____ (she - to eat) meat.

Write the full sentence, use the contraction and a (.)

(-) ____ (we - go) to restaurants when we were little.

Make a question and use the correct form of "used to"
(? ) He / to play / football

Continue with...

1. U1:L5 Ex. 3

2. Then this online exercise 

3. U1:L5 Ex. 4, 5, 6, 7

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What have you learnt in this lesson?

'Used to' wordt gebruikt bij gebeurtenissen in de ...

1. verleden tijd
2. tegenwoordige tijd
3. toekomstige tijd