USED TO
PRESENT
PERFECT
PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
TO EXPRESS HABITUAL
ACTIONS ONLY IN THE
PAST, THINGS YOU DID
REPEATEDLY AS A
ROUTINE IN THE PAST
BUT YOU DON´T DO IT
ANY MORE IN THE
PRESENT
When I was 10 years
old I used to play in the
park with my school
friends ( now I don´t do
it any more)
When I was 10 years
old I didn´t use to go
clubbing with my
friends (now I do)
ONE OF THE USES IS TO
SPEAK ABOUT
PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES
ONE OF THE USES IS TO
SPEAK ABOUT
ROUTINES
(USED TO) CANNOT BE
USED IN THE PRESENT.
WE USE USUALLY
ONE OF THE USES IS TO
EXPRESS TEMPORARY
SITUATIONS IN THE
PRESENT, NOT
ROUTINES
TO EXPRESS PLANS OR
IMMEDIATE FUTURE,
FOR EXAMPLE NEW
YEAR´S RESOLUTIONS
TO EXPRESS FAR
FUTURE OR NON
PLANNED FUTURE
I have never been in
Tokio but I would like
to visit it in the future
I usually get up at
seven o´clock in the
morning
I work as a teacher but
this month I am helping
my mum in her shop
This year I´m going to
eat more healthily
Think about your
personal experiences,
things you have or
haven´t done yet but
you would like to.
Think about some
routines in your daily
life different from the
ones you did in the past
Think of temporary
activities you are doing
in the moment
Think of some
resolutions for this new
year
I have never been to
Tokio but I would like
to visit it. Maybe I will
go there with my
husband next year
Think of some future
prospects which you
haven´t planned yet
What did you use to do
in your free time when
you were a child?
Would you like to do
something now that
you used to do in the
past but now you
don´t? what?
TO BE GOING TO
WILL
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