Usedtosunu

USED TO

USED TO: It is only used in the past; it has no present form. We use it to talk about past habits and states which are not happening now.

USED TO + VERB1

Examples: My father USED TO smoke, but he has stopped. Derya USED TO be very shy. I USED TO go to beach everyday.

Leyla USED TO eat meat, but now she is a vegetarian.

USED TO is also used to talk about past facts or generalizations which are no longer true.

Examples: Hülya USED TO be fat, but now she is thin.

Hakan USED TO live in Manisa.

Cars USED TO be expensive.

Berna USED TO be beautiful when she was young.

In the old days

People USED TO listen to old radio.

Now

People use mp3 Players.

In the old days

Women USED TO wash dirty clothes by hand.

Now

They use washing machines.

In the old days

Photographers USED TO take photos with old machines.

Now

They use new technology.

In the old days

People USED TO listen to gramophone records.

Now

They listen to CD players.

In the old days

People USED TO travel by horse cars.

Now

They use sport cars.

In the old days

Türkan Şoray USED TO have long hair.

But now

She has got short hair.

In the old days

We USED TO watch Karagöz-Hacivat.

But now

We watch TV programmes.

In the old days

We USED TO have abacuses.

But now

We have calculators.

In the old days

We USED TO have telegraphes.

But now

We have mobile phones.