Конструкция used to

1. Примеры

1
I used to live alone
Я раньше жил один
2
She used to play tennis
professionally
Она раньше играла в
теннис профессионально
We used to go to them
every day
He used to play cards
when he was a teenager
Мы раньше ходили к ним
каждый день
Он раньше играл в кадры,
когда был подростком
Our boss used to work
after midnight
Наш босс раньше работал
после полуночи
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4
5

2. Использование

Конструкция used to используется для выражения
давнишних привычек или действий, которые
регулярно происходили в прошлом, а потом
прекратились.
Ann used to eat a lot of sweets. Раньше Аня ела
много сладостей.
Kate used to spend a lot of money when she was
single. Раньше Катя тратила много денег, когда
у нее не было парня.
Вместо конструкции used to можно
использовать Past Simple. Used to не
употребляется, если есть четкое указание времени.
John used to go out/went out a lot when he was
younger.
Andrew visited Italy last month.

3. Утверждение

I
We
You
They
He
She
It
used to

4. Отрицание

I
We
You
They
He
She
It
did not(didn’t)
use to

5. Вопрос

Did
I
We
You
They
He
She
It
use to?

6. Exercises

Раскройте скобки, употребив правильную форму
глагола.
Julia ____________ (be) my best friend, but we are not
friends any more.
I gave up smoking one year ago. I _____________ (smoke) two
packets of cigarettes a day.
Chris ____________ (live) in a small flat, but now he lives in
a big house.
Andrew _____________ (drink) milk every day when he was a
child.
Ann _____________ (eat) at home, but now she eats out.
I _____________ (not/like) meat, but now I am not a
vegetarian.
She ______________ (cry) a lot when she was younger.
_____________ (you/go) to work on foot?
He ______________ (not/watch) news, but now he watches it
every day.
Peter _____________ (earn) a lot, but now he is unemployed.

7. Преобразуйте предложения, употребляя оборот "used to".

Преобразуйте предложения,
употребляя оборот "used to".
Например:
I sometimes work on Sundays.
I used to work on Sundays.

8.

I never take a taxi to go to work. - .. .
2. She doesn't take books from the library. - .. .
3. Sam seldom visits his grandparents on Saturday. - ..
.
4. My Granny often cooks cakes every weekend. - .. .
5. Mother doesn't wake up her children early. - .. .
6. We don't go to the cinema every day. - .. .
7. This family always spends holidays at the seaside. ..
8. They never drink coffee with sugar. - .. .
9. Our dog sometimes lies under the sofa. - .. .
10. His parent often take him to the park. - .. .
1.