English — Grammar: Used To for Past Habits — 3rd Year Middle School — Algerian Curriculum

Used To for Past Habits

Introduction

We use “used to” to talk about past habits or states that are no longer true.

Formation

Subject + used to + base verb
Ex: I used to play football every weekend. (but I don’t now)

Negative: Subject + didn’t use to + base verb
Ex: She didn’t use to like coffee.

Questions: Did + subject + use to + base verb?
Ex: Did you use to live in Algiers?

Examples

1. My grandfather used to tell us stories.
2. We used to live in a small house.
3. I didn’t use to wake up early.
4. Did you use to have a pet?

Exercises

1. Complete: I ___ (play) with dolls when I was young.
2. Make negative: He used to smoke. → ___
3. Ask a question: you / go to that school? → ___

See Past Simple and Present Perfect.

📍 دروس مشابهة

• English — Demonstratives: This, That, These, Those — 3rd Year Middle School — Algerian Curriculum
• اللغة الإنجليزية – The Past Perfect: Sequence of Events – 3rd Year Secondary
• English – Linking Words: Connectors for Coherent Writing – 3rd Year BAC
• English – Used to: Past Habits and States – 3rd Year Middle School – Algerian Curriculum