tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45219233128128135902012-06-09T05:13:10.817-07:00Ben Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06647852117012342252noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521923312812813590.post-63927651335540447102012-06-07T21:09:00.001-07:002012-06-08T20:49:28.096-07:002012-06-08T20:49:28.096-07:00<div id="fb-root"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dFP8dstoxxM/T9F0ZKx8xCI/AAAAAAAAAEs/5mHcEHM62r0/s1600/hurdle-face.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dFP8dstoxxM/T9F0ZKx8xCI/AAAAAAAAAEs/5mHcEHM62r0/s320/hurdle-face.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>'I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.'</i></span><br /> <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="text-align: left;"><u>Grammar</u></span></h3> <div> <span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i> Positive</i></span></h3> <div> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div> used to + verb</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> 'I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.' </div> <div> <br /> <h4 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"> Meaning</span></h4> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>a past habit or regular activity that isn't done anymore.</li> <li>something that was true in the past, but not now.</li> </ul> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZcoVgnnUC78/T9Grk6PZ4TI/AAAAAAAAAFM/hn0fQmTAnmg/s1600/usedto.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZcoVgnnUC78/T9Grk6PZ4TI/AAAAAAAAAFM/hn0fQmTAnmg/s1600/usedto.png" /></a></div> <div> <br /> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vIbLT5lF_7s/T9F5Z4HYJRI/AAAAAAAAAE4/NaK-gGtajCc/s1600/White+Shark+KayakThomas+P.+Peschak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vIbLT5lF_7s/T9F5Z4HYJRI/AAAAAAAAAE4/NaK-gGtajCc/s320/White+Shark+KayakThomas+P.+Peschak.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> </div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i> Negative</i></span></h3> <div> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div> didn't + use to + verb <br /> <br /> (note: not use<b>d </b>to<b>. </b>This would make the sentence a double negative)</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> I didn't use to be afraid of kayaking.</div> <br /> <div> <h4 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"> Meaning</span></h4> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>a habit or activity that wasn't done in the past, but now is.</li> <li>something that wasn't true in the past, but now is.</li> </ul> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6AZpKOOkPCU/T9GsjK6ZYGI/AAAAAAAAAFU/jVEflIPMAfk/s1600/didn'tuseto.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6AZpKOOkPCU/T9GsjK6ZYGI/AAAAAAAAAFU/jVEflIPMAfk/s1600/didn'tuseto.png" /></a></div> <div> <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Question</i></span></h3> </div> </div> <div> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div> did + subject + use to + verb</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Did you use to eat monkeys?</div> <div> &nbsp;- Yes, I did.</div> <div> &nbsp;- No, I didn't.</div> <div> <br /></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <u> Examples</u></h3> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RL3jBVceNdg/T9GwWxgfpdI/AAAAAAAAAFg/7sw_L5suFvs/s1600/usedtobesingle.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RL3jBVceNdg/T9GwWxgfpdI/AAAAAAAAAFg/7sw_L5suFvs/s1600/usedtobesingle.png" /></a></div> <div> I used to be single.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> I didn't use to be married.</div> <br /> <br /> <br /></div><div class="fb-like" data-href="http://esltweet.blogspot.co.nz/2012/06/used-to-and-didnt-use-to.html" data-send="false" data-width="450" data-show-faces="true" data-font="arial"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4521923312812813590-6392765133554044710?l=esltweet.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06647852117012342252noreply@blogger.com0