Verbs Followed by –ing (Gerunds) in English (A Clear Guide with Examples) Hello dear English learners! Today, we are looking at a very important grammar point: some verbs in English must be verbs followed by –ing, not to + infinitive. This comes up all the time in everyday English, and Read more
“Be to” vs “Be about to” – Understanding the Difference in Meaning and Use Hello, English learners! Welcome to a new lesson. Today, we will explore the difference between two future-related constructions that often confuse learners: “be to” and “be about to”. Although both refer to the future, they express Read more
Past Perfect Simple vs Past Perfect Continuous (What’s the Difference and When Should You Use Each?) Hello English learners! Welcome to a new lesson. When we talk about the past in English, we sometimes need to talk about the past before the past. That’s exactly what the past perfect tenses are Read more
Talking about Past Habits in English: Used to, Would, and Past Simple When we talk about our childhood, our school years, or “the good old days”, we often talk about things that happened again and again: I played outside every day. My grandpa told us stories every evening. We went Read more
In this lesson, we will be learning about the use of “used to”.
The structure used to + infinitive is used to talk about past habits, jobs, or hobbies we no longer practice or which we replaced with the new ones