I used to love chocolate!

Hi, this is Finn with another BBC English Class. Now, today we are looking at used to . Right, let’s learn a few things about used to , in just 90 seconds, as always.

So, first of all, why do we use used to? It’s for when we’re talking about things we did regularly in the past. Things we used to do regularly in the past. So, for example, me, I used to eat chocolate every day. I used to eat so much chocolate. These days, of course, I don’t you know, that’s it we’re using used to to contrast the past and the present. So, I used to eat chocolate every day, now I rarely eat it. I never eat it. I never eat it at all. There we are. So, in terms of form, you’ll notice that used to we’ve got the d on the end, it’s the simple past here, form, and then we add the infinitive on the end: I used to eat, I used to love, I used to enjoy chocolate every day.

Now, when we’re talking about a question or a negative, then we don’t have this d on the bottom. Use to . I didn’t use to eat chocolate every day. Did you use to eat chocolate every day? There we go.

One last point: pronunciation. Did you notice how I said it? Generally when we’re speaking fast we just say used to Like that. Not used to , but used to . I used to eat chocolate every day. And perfect timing, there we go. And cut it there Rob, if you’re happy?

Yeah, that’s good, thanks. Well done, Finn.

Great. I think I’ve earned this, haven’t I?

Finn!

You still recording?

Yeah.