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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : Lesson : Used To



Mimi
09-20-2008, 12:56 PM
In the name of Allah most compassionate most Merciful

May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon you

Here's a new topic

about grammar i hope you

that it could satisfy you

Study this example situation :)

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Khaled stopped smoking two years ago. He doesn't smoke any more


But he used to smoke.

He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.


He used to smoke= he smoked regularly sometime in the past

But he doesn't smoke now. He was a smoker,

But now he isn't.


Past = he used to smoke

Now = he doesn't smoke


"Something used to happen" = something happened regularly in the past

no longer happens



* I used to play tennis a lot but I don't play very often now.


* Sara used to travel a lot. These days she doesn't go away so often


* "Do you go to cinema very often?"

"Not no, but I used to." (= I used to go….)

We also use used to… for something that was true but is not true anymore


* This building is now a furniture shop. It used to be a cinema.


* I used to think he was unfriendly but now I realise he's a very nice person.


* I've started drinking coffee recently. I never used to like it before.


* Sara used to have very long hair when she was a child.


"I used to do something" is past. There is no present form.

You can't say "I use to do".

To talk about the present, use the present simple (I do).


Compare :rolleyes:


Past: he used to smoke, we used to live, there used to be

Present: he smokes, we live, there is


* We used to live in a small village but now live in Nasr City


* There used to be four cinemas in town. Now there is only one


The normal question form is did (you) use to…?


* Did you use to eat a lot of sweets when you were a child?


The negative form is didn't use to…. (used not to… is also possible)


* I didn't use to like him. (or I used not to like him.)


Compare I used to do and I was doing



* I used to watch TV a lot. (= I watched TV regularly in the past,

but I no longer do this)



* I was watching TV when the phone rang. (= I was in the middle

of watching TV)


Do not confuse I used to do and I am used to doing.

The structures and meanings are different


* I used to live alone. (= I lived alone in the past but I no longer live alone)


* I am used to living alone. (= I live alone and I don't find it strange

Or new because I've been living alone for sometime)

THE END


Although it's short

but i hope it means a lot

If u have guys any Questions u can ask :)


Best Regards

Hassan Mohamed
09-20-2008, 12:57 PM
لا تعقيـــم

eslam mamdouh
09-20-2008, 01:12 PM
ممكن ترجمه للغلابه اللى زيى

Mimi
09-20-2008, 01:38 PM
ماشي الحال نحن في خدمة الجميع

الشرح هو لقاعدة Used To واللي بتعبر عن عادة عملناها زمان ومعدناش بنعملها دلوقتي

مثلا

I used to walk to school every day

We used to go to work by bus

الفعل بييجي بعدها بدون اي اضافات او تحويل

يعني باختصار الـ Form كالآتي : Used to + Simple verb

نقدر نشوف أمثلة كتير في التوبيك الأصلي

يعني باختصار ممكن نستخدمها من تحويل حاجة كانت في ماضي لحاجة اتعودنا نعملها في الماضي

أقصد مثلا خلينا نشوف مثال دا

He was afarmer

هنا بنقول انه كان مزارع في الماضي بس الافضل اننا نستخدم Used to عشان دا كان عمل اعتاد عليه في الماضي فنقول

He used to be afarmer

لاحظو الفعل was اتحول لـ be

بتمنى تكون قاعدة خفيفة

AYMAN GAMAL
10-26-2008, 12:10 PM
Great work my friend

staying on top of mountains means creation

mohammed zayed
03-22-2009, 08:05 PM
ربنا يكرمكم يا جماعة