Used To

           El verbo “use” significa “usar” o “utilizar”. Sin embargo, cuando utilizamos este verbo en el pasado simple, más la preposición “to”, como verbo modal, el significado cambia. Además, se puede utilizar “used to” como adjetivo. 

USED TO (SOLER)
       El verbo modal “used to” se emplea para indicar algo que ocurría o sucedería en el pasado de manera habitual. También, se utiliza para algo que antes era verdad pero ya no lo es. Como con los otros verbos modales, “used to” está seguido por la forma base del verbo (el infinitivo sin “to”).

FORMULA AFIRMATIVA
Sujeto + Used to + Verbo en infinitivo + complemento.
Examples:

Venezuela used to have another name
(Venezuela solia tener otro nombre) 

Caracas used to have a trolley
(Caracas solia tener un Tranvia)

Essolene used to bring gasolinne to Venezuela
(Essolene solia traer gasolina a Venezuela)


FORMULA NEGATIVA

Sujeto + didn't + use to+ Verbo en infinitivo+ complemento

Examples:

Food didn't use to be expensive
(La comida no solia ser tan cara)

Venezuela didn't use to be the size it is now
(Venezuela no solia ser el tamaño que es ahora)

Maria didn't use to collect stamps
(Maria no solia coleccionar sellos)


FORMULA INTERROGATIVA

Did+ sujeto + use to + verbo en infinitivo + complemento + ?

Examples:

Did we use to have another constitucion?
(¿Soliamos tener otra constitucion?)


Did you use to exercise every day?
(¿Solías ejercitarte todos los días?)


Did they use to play with dolls?
(¿Solian ellas jugar con muñecas?)


Did you use to live here?
(¿Solias vivir aqui?)
Yes, I used to live here
No, I didn't use to live here


DIALOGO Nº1 (2 personas)
Lee el siguiente dialogo entre Isabel y Diana

Isabel: Did you know that Venezuela's first name was los Estados Unidos de Venezuela?
Diana: Wow! I didn't know that
Isabel: Yes, And did you know that we used to have more land than what we have now?
Diana: Really? How is that?
Isabel: Well, in 1941, President  Eleazar Lopez Contreras signed a land border treaty with the president of Colombia and we lost 108,000km2.
Diana: That's a pity!


DIALOGO Nº 2 (2 personas)
Lee el siguiente dialogo entre Manuel y Daniel


Manuel: Did you know that Venezuela used to have a different constitution?
Daniel:  Yes, the one from 1961.
Manuel: Yes, but there used to be others.
Daniel: Really? How many constitutions have we had?
Manuel: We have had 20 constitutions.
Daniel: Wow, that's too many!
Manuel: Yes, I know

DIALOGO Nº 3 (2 personas)
Lee el siguiente dialogo entre Roberto y Susana.

Roberto: I didn't know Venezuela's flag used to have seven stars.
Susana: Yes, Venezuela also used to be different.
Roberto: What do you mean?
Susana: I mean, it didn't use to have so much traffic.
Roberto: Yeah, I know. It didn't use to be so noisy.
Susana: What about what people used to eat then?
Roberto: I don't know, I guess they used to eat the same food we eat now.


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