ex: People  used to call from a telephone booth, now they call from a mobile.

   USED TO + base verbale permet d’accentuer la RUPTURE avec le passé:

    c’etait vrai avant ( ou c’était une habitude du passé)

    mais ce n’est plus le cas aujourd’hui.

Forme négative:                They didn’t use to call from a mobile.

Forme interrogative:      Did they use to call from a mobile?

Attention!

to use = utiliser/se servir de

to be used to +V.ing = avoir l’habitude de faire quelque chose

to get used to+V.ing =s’habituer à

1. Traduire:

1. Il y avait un cinéma autrefois.

2. Ils ont l’habitude de téléphoner tous les jours.

3. A l’époque, Les Beatles jouaient dans les pubs de Liverpool.

4. Ils s’habitueront à leur nouvelle vie.

5. Avait-il l’habitude de courir tous les matins quand il était jeune?

6. 6.Ils n’étaient pas aussi impolis avant!
   

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8. 2. Karen works very hard and has very little free time.
   

9.      A few years ago, things were different:
   

Karen a few years ago                Karen now

“Do you do any sport?” - “Yes, I go swimming every day and I play volleyball.”       I work very hard

“Do you go out in the evening?” - “Yes, I go out most evenings.”in my job. I don’t have

“Do you play a musical instrument?” - “Yes, I play the guitar.”any free time. I can’t do

“Do you like reading?” - “ Yes, I read a lot.”                     all these things anymore.

“Do you travel much?” - “Yes, I go away 2 or 3 times a year.”

Write sentences about Karen with USED TO:

ex: She used to go swimming every day....................

3. Complete the sentences. Use USED TO or the SIMPLE PRESENT:

1. 1.I  ( play)...................................tennis but I stopped playing a few years ago.
   

2. 2.“Do you do any sport?” - “Yes, I ( play)............................basketball twice a week.
   

3. 3.“Have you got a car?” -“ No, I ( have) ....................................one but I sold it.”
   

4. 4.George ( be) ...........................a waiter; now he is the manager of a hotel.
   

5. 5.“Do you go to work by car?” - “Sometimes, but most days I ( go) ................by train.
   

6. When I was a child, I never ( eat ) ....................meat, but I eat it now.

7. Mary loves watching TV. She (watch) ..................................TV every evening.

8. We ( live) ............. near the airport but we moved to the city centre a few years ago.