Unit 18 Used to (do)

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Something used to happen = something happened regularly in the past but no longer happens:
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I used to play tennis a lot but I don’t play very often now. Diane used to travel a lot. These days she doesn’t go away so often. Do you go to the cinema very often? Not now, but I used to.
We also use used to... for something that was true but is not true any more:
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this building is now a furniture shop. It used to be a cinema. I used to think he was unfriendly but now I realise he’s very nice person. I’ve started drinking coffee recentl. I never used to like it before. Janet used to have very long hair when she was a child.
I used to do something is past. There is no present form. You cannot say ‘I use to do’. To talk about the present, use the present simple.
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He used to smoke, he smokes, we used to live, we live, there used to be, there is.
The normal question form is did (you) use to...?
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Did you use to eat a lot of sweets when you were a child?
The negative form is didn’t use to... (used not to... Is also possible)
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I didn’t use to like him. (or I used not to like him)

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