Grammar of Class 11 (Unit 16 - Used to+V1)

                            Use of "Used to" (Grammar)

Unit-16: Critical Thinking (Page 149)

Use of "used to"

A. Notice the use of used to in the following text.

I was a young girl in the 1960s. My friends and I used to do a lot of things which shocked our parents. We used to do things our mothers never did. We used to cut our hair, we used to wear short skirts. We used to sing songs but did not use to dance.

 

(Used to + V1 is used to refer past habitual action.)

Structure:   S + used to + V1 + O.

                   Did + S + use to + V1 + O?

                   S + didn't + use to + V1 + O

Now, rewrite the following sentences using ‘used to’. You can make an affirmative/negative statement or a question.

 

a.      I/live in a flat when I was a child.

Ans: I used to live in a flat when I was a child.

b.     She/love eating chocolate but now she hates it.

Ans: She used to love eating chocolate but now she hates it.

c.      He/go to fishing in the summer?

Ans: Did he use to go to fishing in the summer?

d.     My sister/play tennis when she was at school.

Ans: My sister used to play tennis when she was at school.

e.      He/play football every weekend?

Ans: Did he use to play football every weekend?

f.       My grandfather/speak five languages.

Ans: My grandfather used to speak five languages.

g.     I/not hate school from the beginning.

Ans: I didn’t use to hate school from the beginning.

h.     You/live in Kathmandu?

Ans: Did you use to live in Kathmandu?

i.       He/play Dandibiyo when he was a small child.

Ans: He used to play Dandibiyo when he was a small child.

b.     She/wear a frock when she was small but nowadays she wears jeans.

Ans: She used to wear a frock when she was small but nowadays she wears jeans.

 

B. Write a short paragraph describing your past habits.

 

Ans: When I was a small boy, I used to go to primary school. There used to be a few students in the school. I used to write A, B, C, D, etc. I used to speak Nepali with my friends. I used to get four-lined exercise books for doing English homework. I used to my homework with the support of my mother. I used to wear shorts to go to school. I used to go to school with my father on his bike. I used to play hide and seek with my friends when I had leisure time.