Things we used to do

 

Exercise : complete the sentences :

1) During my childhood, I used to watch cartoons but I didn't use to ride a motorbike.

2) When I was five, I used to play with dolls but I didn't use to go to college.

3) At primary school, we used to learn maths  but we didn't use to learn Spanish.

4) When I was eleven, I used to go to the swimming pool on Wednesday.

5) Before I started school,  I didn't use to eat at the canteen.

6) When my parents were children, they used to watch television  but they didn't use to surf on internet.

7) My grandparents used to have a fridge  but they didn't use to have a mobile phone.

 

Things people used to do.

1) In the 19th century, people used to light with candles.

 but they didn't use to drive cars.

2) In the middle ages, people used to ride horses

 but they didn't use to take the plane.

3) Before electricity, people used to heat with fires

 but they didn't use to listen to the radio.

4)Before cars, people used to have bicycles

 but they didn't use to go very far.

5) In the 1920s, people used to take the train

 but they didn't use to use computers.

 

Tuesday the 1st of October

used to + BV

(= autrefois)

I used to live in London

Autrefois, j'habitais à Londres

I didn't use to drive a car.

Je ne conduisais pas autrefois.