Used to + Past Continuous.

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Used to

'Used to'

Vroeger keek ik naar horror films

1. Earlier I watched horror films
2. Before, I have watched horror films
3. I used to watch horror films
4. Early watched I horror films

Vroeger hield Susan niet van vliegen, maar nu is ze piloot!
( Start the sentence with Susan...)

Used to

Iets wat vroeger zo was en nu niet meer:

- I used to have long hair.

- He used to smoke.

 - They used to live in India.

 

Used to

Hoe maak je deze vorm?

+  Used to + werkwoord

? Did you use  to + werkwoord (WITHOUT THE "D")

- Didn't use to  + werkwoord ( WITHOUT THE "D")

Used to examples.

+ I used to live in Boston, now I live in Meppel

? Did you use to work out at Basic Fit?  I thought I saw you there.

- I didn't use to eat pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, but now I stuff myself silly.

USED TO

USE TO

+ Affirmative sentences

- Negative sentences

? Questions

Practice

The next 6 slides are open questions.

You need to write out the WHOLE sentence

AND

use proper punctuation

( Capital letters, full stop (period) etc...)

My sister (not - play) ... with dolls when she was little.
(Whole sentence with punctuation.)

What funny programmes (you - watch) ... when you were about 12?

When I was ten years old, I (go swimming) ... every week.

Guess where we (go) ... on holiday when I was young?

(your parents - learn) ... English when they were at primary school?

My sister (not - laugh) ... whenever we watched that comedy show on TV but I thought it was hilarious.

Any questions so far?

The next slides deal with the past tenses

Past simple

Past continuous

Past simple

Past continuous

Past Continuous 

Present Continuous

Was/were + werkwoord + ing

am/are/is + werkwoord + ing

Past simple

Past continuous

was cycling

were reading

was eating

ran

smiled

bought

Past simple

Past continuous 

was sitting

washed

were laughing

was working

moved

swam

One day when she (to clean) the cage, the mice (to escape) .

1. was cleaning/have escaped
2. was cleaning/escaped
3. is cleaning/escape
4. cleaned/was escaping

We worried about their numbers that (to grow) rapidly.

1. grew rapid
2. grow
3. were rapidly growing
4. growed

Everything (to come) to a head one evening when my mother (to cook) dinner.

1. came/cook
2. was coming/was cooking
3. came/cooked
4. came/was cooking

Any questions?

Continue working.

You can finish the story about the escaped mice in your workbook,

Lesson 2.2

exercise #22

or

Write verb sentences.