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USED TO 

TO USED TO = AVOIR L'HABITUDE DE 

-I USED TO GO TO THE CINEMA ON WEDNESDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

  J'avais l'habitude d'aller au cinema le mercredi quand j'étais jeune.

-DID YOU USE(D) TO GO TO THE CINEMA WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG  ?

  Avais-tu l'habitude d'aller au cinema quand tu étais jeune

-I DIDN'T USE(D) TO GO TO THE CINEMA WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG

  Je n' avais pas l'habitude d'aller  au cinema quand tu étais jeune. 

USED TO traduit l'habitude dans le passé. Notez qu'en Français on utiliserait aussi l'imparfait tout simplement ex : 

Allais tu au cinéma quand tu étais petit ? 

 

​                                                          TO BE USED TO 

TO BE USED TO      s’utilise pour signaler une habitude courante.

 TO GET USED TO  se traduit par « s’habituer à » en français.

 TO USE TO                   s’utilise pour parler d’une habitude du passé.

USED TO : ​​

Attention lorsque to be used to est suivi d'un verbe celui ci est en ING 

-I AM USED TO DOING IT 

J'ai l'habitude de le faire ( je suis habitué

-ARE  YOU USED TO DOING IT ? 

  as tu l'habitude de le faire ?  ( es tu habitué )  

-I AM NOT  USE(D) TO DOING IT

je n'ai pas l'habitude de ( je ne suis pas habitué ) 

 

GET USED TO :

 

I AM GETTING USED TO IT OR TO DOING IT 

je m'habitue à ....

 

  

 

 

Conversation 1

Man: Do you play sports?
Woman: I used to play sports in high school.
Man: Yeah, I used to play too.
Woman: Why did you stop?
Man: No time I guess.
Woman: Yeah, I used to have so much free time.
Man: Me too! I miss those days.

Conversation 2

Man: Do you speak French?
Woman: I speak it a little. I used to use it all the time, but not anymore.
Man: Really, why is that?
Woman: Well, I used to work for a French company, and then I changed jobs.
Man: Oh, really. I didn’t know that.
Woman: Yeah, it was a lot of tun.

Conversation 3

Man: Are you coming to the party?
Woman: No, I have to work.
Man: Work! What happened? You used to never miss a party!
Woman: True, but I also didn’t use to have a stressful job.
Man: True, you used to be poor -- but you were fun!
Woman: Yep! I used to be fun! (Sigh!)

Conversation 4

Man: Hey, you used to have a Spanish coworker, right?
Woman: Yeah, Maria, but she moved.
Man: Really! that’s too bad.
Woman: Yeah, I really miss working with her.
Man: Yeah, I liked her. She used to always make me laugh.
Woman: I know. We used to have such fun together.

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