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Comprehension and Conversation

1. 
   When did Mr. Powell come?
   
2. 
   Why was Arthur so angry when Mr. Bradley told him that?
   
3. 
   What did Arthur think he did before he left?
   
4. 
   Why didn’t Miss Bradley phone him?
   
5. 
   What were Arthur’s exact words when he apologized?
   
6. 
   What do we say in English when someone apologizes to us?
   

Practice drill
Which form do we use in statements about the past? Make sentences with each:

1. 
   have/ had
   
2. 
   tell/ told
   
3. 
   phone/ phoned
   
4. 
   understand/ understood
   
5. 
   give/ gave
   
6. 
   know/ knew
   
7. 
   forget/ forgot
   
8. 
   go/ went
   
9. 
   come/ came
   
10. 
    fall/ fell
    

Used to do and be used to doing

Used to do
Used + to-infinitive, means, that something happened regularly or went on for a time in the past. I used to travel, means that in the past, I regularly traveled, but I no longer do so.

Here are some more examples:

We used to play that game when we were younger.

Nick used to smoke, but he gave it up. I used to like fish, but I never eat it now.

There used to be a dancehall here, but they knocked it down.
We cannot use this structure in the present tense.

Claire travels a lot. not Claire uses to travel a lot.

We normally use “didn't use to” in negatives and “did... use to” in questions.

We didn't use to have computers. OR We never used to have computers.

Where did people use to buy their food before the supermarket was built?

Did you use to live in London?