This lesson will help you to improve your English, because "Used to" is very much needed when we use spoken and written English.
"I used to + verb" is something that was done in the past and is not usually done now." Here are some examples:
- During the depression, I used to hop freights at least once a month.
- I used to be able to skate quite well, but I've lost the knack.
- I used to develop websites.
- I used to get teased about my name.
- I used to go to the beach every day.
- I used to hate being teased about my red hair when I was at school.
- I used to have fantasies about living in Paris with an artist.
- I used to have many men friends but there are fewer now that I'm past my bloom.
- I used to hit out at my husband and throw things at him.
- I used to jog every day.
- I used to keep a diary.
- I used to like the clowns best at the circus.
- I used to like vegetables.
- I used to live in London.
- I used to live in York and I'm still fond of the place.
- I used to paint.
- I used to play here as a boy.
- I used to pour time and energy into projects that were doomed from the start.
- I used to run six miles a day in my army days.
- I used to scatter in the cinema last year.
- I used to share a bedroom with my brother.
- I used to smoke, but I gave up a couple of years ago.
- I used to stay up late with my mom and watch movies.
- I used to take a bath twice a day last year, morning and night.
- I used to take plenty of exercise, but now I'm terribly unfit.
- I used to think avocados tasted soapy when I was a child.
- I used to think that Gordon was a moron.
- I used to think the worst feeling was losing someone you love. But, I was wrong. The worst feeling is the moment you have lost yourself.
- I used to wear a brace.
- I used to work as a cleaner in a hospital.
- I used to work from home.
- John and I used to bunk off school.
- When I was little I used to like sliding on the polished floor in my socks.