Used To (Solía)
Used to: Es un tiempo verbal que se usa para expresar ciertos hábitos que se hacían en el pasado.
USED TO ( SOLÍA)
El verbo modal: used to
Used to es un verbo modal que se utiliza para referirnos a acciones pasadas que ya no suceden en el presente. En español equivale a solía seguido de infinitivo o al pretérito imperfecto de indicativo: yo cantaba, tú cantabas, él cantaba, etc.
Example:
I used to sing in a choir when I was young. (Solía cantar/cantaba en un coro cuando era joven.)
I didn't use to like gardening. (A mí no solía gustarme/no me gustaba la jardinería.)
Recuerda que used to es un verbo modal que siempre se utiliza en past simple.
¿Cómo se utiliza el verbo modal used to?
- Used to se utiliza generalmente para referirnos a aquellas acciones que tenían lugar en el pasado y que ya no suceden en el presente.
I used to go swimming but now I don't. Yo solía ir a nadar pero ahora no lo hago.
Did you use to read a lot at my age? (tú) ¿Leías mucho a mi edad?
COMPLETE CADA FRASE CON USED TO O USE TO, TENGA EN CUENTA SI ES NEGATIVA, INTERROGATIVA O AFIMATIVA.
1. I _____________________ walk to school every morning.
2. ______ you __________________ go on holidays to the beach?
3. I ______________________ like garlic in my food, but I love it now.
4. We ____________________ eat lots of sugar, but we’re on a diet now.
5. She ____________________ come to our parties, but she’s started coming recently.
6. _______ he _________________ drink so much? I can’t remember seeing him like that before.
7. I __________________ believe in ghosts, but then I went to a haunted castle and I saw things I can’t explain.
8. She ____________________ come to our parties, but she’s started coming recently.
9. I didn't ________________to do much skiing.
10. We __________________to walk to school when we were children.
11. They ________________not to let women join this club.
12. There _______________to be a lake here years ago.
13. John didn't _____________to like Mary when they were teenagers.
14. When ______________they to live here?
15. Why did you ____________________to use this old photocopier?