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
