English.Web Tenses

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To talk about a habit in the past (now discontinued), or a situation in the past different from the present:

I used to play a lot of football, but I don't any more.
I used to go to work by bus, but now I drive to work.

We used to live in the city, but now we live in the country.
I used to love her, but it's all over now.

To talk about a routine in the past:

I used to get up at 6 every morning and have breakfast. Then I used to walk two miles to the bus stop to catch a bus to the city. The journey used to take half an hour, and I used to read the paper...

I used to play

Be careful of this construction. If you sometimes make mistakes with it, check why mistakes are easy to make...

We used to live

For comparative examples...

used

In this example, you could also use "would" to describe the details of the routine...

"The journey would take half an hour, and I'd read..."

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