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What is Grammar?
English Grammar Terms
The 8 English Parts of
Speech
These are the words that you use to make a sentence.
There are only
8 types of word - and the most
important is the Verb!
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Verbs |
be, have, do, work |
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Nouns |
man, town, music |
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Adjectives |
a, the, 69, big |
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Adverbs |
loudly, well, often |
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Pronouns |
you, ours, some |
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Prepositions |
at, in, on, from |
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Conjunctions |
and, but, though |
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Interjections |
ah, dear, er, um |
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Hot Links
Verbs
Passive voice
Modal verbs
Conditionals
Questions
Irregular
verbs
Going to
Gerunds
Phrasal Verbs
Tenses
Nouns
(Un) Countable nouns
Adjectives
Articles
Pronouns
Preposition List
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| Grammar Quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Future Time Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb
Quiz
Used to do or Be used to
Quiz
Have to,
Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able
to Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions
Quiz
Infinitive or
-ing Quiz
Gerunds Quiz
Phrasal Verbs
Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Simple
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Simple
Questions
Comparative
Adjectives
Superlative
Adjectives
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Used to do
We use used to do to talk about the past. It is not a tense
but it is like a tense. It is a special expression. We use the expression
used to do for the past only.
| EnglishClub.com Tip |
| Do not confuse used to
do with with the expression be used
to. They have different meanings. |
How do we make used to do?
The structure is:
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subject |
auxiliary did |
(not) |
main verb use |
infinitive |
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I |
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used |
to do. |
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I |
did |
not |
use |
to do. |
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Did |
you |
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use |
to do? |
| EnglishClub.com Tip |
| Used or use? |
- when there is did in the
sentence, we say use to (without the d)
- when there is no did in the
sentence, we say used to (with the d)
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How do we use used to do?
We use this expression to talk about:
- an activity that we did regularly in the past (like a
habit)
- a situation that was true in the past
| I used to
smoke. |
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present |
future |
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Look at these examples.
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the past |
the present |
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She used to work in a shop. |
Now she works in a bank. |
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He used to watch a lot of TV. |
Now he doesn't watch much TV. |
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They used to be married. |
Now they are divorced. |
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There used to be a cinema here. |
Now there is a supermarket here. |
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I didn't use to go swimming. |
Now I go swimming. |
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Did you use to smoke? |
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