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Unit
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Dave u sed t o w o r k in a factory. N o w he w o rk s in a superm arket.
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he w orks
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Dave u sed t o w o rk in a factory = he w orked in a factory before, but he doesn't w o rk there now.
You can say I u sed t o w o r k ... / sh e u sed t o h ave ... / t h e y u sed t o be ... e t c.:
l/ you/ w e/ they
he/ she/ it
u sed t o
be
w o rk
have
p lay etc.
W hen I was a child, I u sed t o lik e chocolate.
I u sed t o read a lot o f books, but I don't read
m uch these days.
Lisa has got sho rt hair now, but it u sed t o be
very long.
They u se d t o live in the sam e street as us, so
we u sed t o see them a lot. But we don't see
them m uch these days.
Helen u sed t o h ave a piano, but she sold it a
few years ago.
I ueed t o have
very long hair.
The negative is I d id n ' t u se t o ...
W hen I was a child, I d id n ' t u se t o like tom atoes.
The question is d id yo u u se t o ... ?:
W here d id you u se t o live before you cam e here?
W e use u sed t o ... only for the past. You canno t say 'I use to ...' for the present:
I u sed t o p lay tennis. These days I p lay golf. (n o t I use to play golf)
W e usually g et up early. (n o t W e use to get up early)
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