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Sunday 9 October 2016

Used To

We use ‘used to’ to talk about things that happened in the past – actions or states (PAST HABITS) – that no longer happen now.
AffirmativeUsed to + infinitive
  • Tom used to smoke a lot 5 years ago.
  • There used to be a great restaurant here, but it closed a few years ago.


Negativedidn’t use to + infinitive

Mary didn’t use to like vegetables when she was a little child.


InterrogativeDid you use to + infinitive …?
Did he use to be thinner when he was younger?

There is no present tense equivalent of ‘used to’. To talk about present habits we use the present simple and an adverb of frequency (usually, always, often, never, etc.)
I usually study at the library. 

You can practise the "USED TO" structure with this song:
"Did they use to talk?"

We Don't Talk Anymore  by Charlie Puth (feat. Selena Gomez)


Chorus 1. Fill in the gaps


[Charlie Puth:]
We don't talk anymore, we don't talk anymore
We don't talk anymore, like we .......... to do
We don't love anymore
What was all of it ..........?
Oh, we don't talk anymore, like we .......... to do

Order the sentences

I wish I would have known that wasn't me
I just heard you found the one you've been looking
Why I can't move on
Cause even after all this time I still wonder
Just the way you did so easily
You've been looking for

Chorus 2. Cross out the odd word
Don't wanna to know
What kind of dress you're wearing on tonight
If he's holding onto you so very tight
The way that I did before
I overdosed it
Should've known your love was not a game
Now that I can't get you out of my brain
Oh, it's just such a shame
That we don't talk anymore

Chorus 1

Fill in the gaps
[Selena Gomez:]
I just .......... you're lying next to somebody
Who knows how to love you .......... me
There must be a good reason that you're ..........
Every now and .......... I think you
Might want me to come show up at your ..........
But I'm just too .......... that I'll be wrong
Don't wanna ..........
If you're looking .......... her eyes
If she's holding onto you so .......... the way I did before
I overdosed
Should've known your love was a ..........
Now I can't get you out of my ..........
Oh, it's such a shame
[Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez:]
That we don't talk anymore (We don't, we don't)
We don't talk anymore (We don't, we don't)
We don't talk anymore, like we .......... to do
We don't love anymore (We don't, we don't)
What was all of it for? (We don't, we don't)
Oh, we don't talk anymore, like we .......... to do
Like we .......... to do

Chorus 2


Some more practice here and here.