Used To: Past Habits

• CEFR B1
• Grammar
• Printable
• Answer key

Used To: Past Habits is a printable grammar worksheet for English language learners at CEFR level B1. It covers used to for past states and routines, with 5 exercises and an answer key.

Use used to for habits or situations that were true in the past but are not true now.

After did or did not, use use to, not used to.

Do not use used to for a single finished action.

Examples

• I used to ride my bike to school.
• She used to have long hair.
• We did not use to eat spicy food.
• Did your parents use to live here?
• There used to be a cinema in this street.
• He used to smoke, but he stopped.
• I did not use to understand English films.
• Did you use to share a bedroom?

What's in this worksheet

1. Complete the sentences
2. Make questions
3. Correct the mistake
4. Past habit or single event
5. Then and now

Common mistakes

• Did you used to live here?  →  Did you use to live here? After did, use use to.
• I use to play tennis when I was young.  →  I used to play tennis when I was young. Positive form is used to.
• I used to go to Rome last year.  →  I went to Rome last year. Use past simple for one finished event.
• She did not used to like tea.  →  She did not use to like tea. After did not, use use to.

Speaking prompts

• What food did you use to hate?
• What games did you use to play?
• Did you use to be shy?
• Where did you use to spend holidays?