USED TO: SOLIA : USED TO + VERB ( base form)

DESCRIBE ACTIONS IN THE PAST THAT NO LONGER HAPPEN.

USED TO : REGULAR VERB IN PAST

AFFIRMATIVE

HE USED TO PLAY SOCCER BUT NOW HE PLAYS BASKETBALL.

THEY USED TO GET UP EARLY.

I used to watch cartoons when I was a child .

NEGATIVE DID + NOT = DIDN’T

HE USED TO PLAY SOCCER.

HE DIDN’T USE TO PLAY SOCCER.

THEY USED TO GET UP EARLY.

THEY DIDN’T USE TO GET UP EARLY.

I used to watch cartoons when I was a child .

I didn’t use to watch cartoons when I was a child.

INTERROGATIVE

HE USED TO PLAY SOCCER

DID HE USE TO PLAY SOCCER?

YES, HE DID / No, he didn’t

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF THE VERB TO BE

TO BE : SER ESTAR
PRESENT (AM /IS /ARE) PAST WAS WERE
I AM WAS
YOU ARE WERE
HE IS WAS
SHE IS WAS
IT IS WAS
WE ARE WERE
YOU ARE WERE
THEY ARE WERE

WAS NOT = WASN’T / WERE NOT = WEREN’T

Luisa was an excellent student.

Luisa was not an excellent student

Was Luisa an excellent student?

Yes, she was / No she wasn’t