Did Rob use to play video games? Listen to find out and learn more.
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Hello, and welcome to six minute grammar.
With me, Neil and me, Catherine.
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In this program we're talking about things we used to do, in other words.
Things we did regularly in the past.
Yes, we'll look at the phrase used to ingest positive and negative sentences ending questions.
We'll bring you some spelling and pronunciation.
Tips and we'll finish, of course, with a quiz.
So let's start with some example sentences from Rob.
Hello, Rob, hello.
Listen carefully and answer this question.
What activities did these people do regularly?
In the past, Petra used to eat junk food, but now she eats salads and vegetables.
I used to play computer games, but now I read a lot.
So Petra used to eat junk food and rob used to play computer games.
The words used to in front of an infinitive verb like used to eat or used to play tell us that someone did an activity regularly or several times in the past.
Now, pronunciation wise, we say used to with a short sound, used to, not a long.