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This is the "No Music" version. For the version with background music, please click here: http://oomongzu.com/pre-intermediate/used-to/ If you love our videos, please support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oomongzu Discover David’s secret past and teach pre-intermediate level learners used to (grammar) & “didn’t use to” using this ESL video story. WEBSITE: http://oomongzu.com For more creative, engaging and interactive animated grammar teaching videos, please visit our website. Title of English / ESL Video: David’s Secret Past Target English Grammar: Used to (grammar) with “didn’t use to” and past simple. Student Proficiency Level: Pre-intermediate level Suggested Courses: General English Instructions: – Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first. – Pause the video whenever the narrator asks students a question to give students time to answer. For example, after elicitations and concept checking questions (CCQs). Summary of English Grammar: Used to (Grammar) Approximate chronological order: Rules and Explanation: – Elicitation of example sentence. Function: – To talk about things that happen repeatedly or regularly or over a long period of time in the past, but are usually not true now. – We can also use the past simple instead. Example: – I played football every weekend. – I used to play football every weekend. Specific Uses: – Past habits: I used to eat healthy. – Past states: I used to be strong. – Preferences, feelings, thoughts, ideas, etc.: I used to like this girl at work. – We use didn’t use to to talk about things that are true now, but weren’t true before. – Example: I didn’t use to smoke. Actions that only happened once: – We don’t use used to for actions that only happened once. Instead, we use the past simple. – Example: I went to Egypt last year. (Past simple – This is correct.) – Example: I used to go to Egypt last year. (Used to – This is incorrect.) Timeline: – Used to / didn’t use to talks about something that happened regularly in the past. – It started at an unknown time in the past and stopped happening at an unknown time in the past. Form: Statements: – Subject + used to / didn’t use to + verb (base form) + … – I + used to + play + football every weekend. – We can use both action and non-action verbs with used to. – Action verbs: play, eat, smoke, went, etc. – Non-action verbs: be, like, have, afraid, etc. – Used to + not… any more / any longer (present simple) – We use not… any more / any longer to contrast with used to. – Example: I used to play football every weekend, but I don’t any more / any longer. Yes/No Questions: – Did / didn’t + subject + use to + verb (base form) + …? – Did + you + use to + play + football every weekend? Open Questions: – Wh-/how + did / didn’t + subject + use to + verb (base form) + …? – What sport + did + you + use to + play + ? “d”: – Elicitation from students: Why is there a d in used to, but no d in didn’t use to. – Didn’t is already in the past tense, so we don’t change use into the past tense as well. Past Tense vs. Present Tense: – Used to / didn’t use to = past tense – Don’t use used to / didn’t use to for present tense sentences. – Instead use: present simple + usually for present tense sentences. – Example: I usually play football every weekend. Concept Checking Questions (CCQs) Summary of Functions and Uses: – To talk about things that happened repeatedly or regularly or over a long period of time in the past, but are usually not true now. – Repeated actions in the past. – Past habits. – Past states. – Past preferences, feelings, thoughts, ideas, etc.