To express anger or irritation at a repeated action in the past, to emphasize that something was done repeatedly (too/very often, all the time) (always, constantly, continually)

Used to do

Used to do – means that something happened regularly in the past, but no longer happens. It describes past habits, past states or regularly repeated actions in the past, usually in contrast with the present.

I used to play football a lot, but I don’t play very often now.

I used to think Peter was unfriendly, but now I see he is a nice person.

The interrogative and the negative forms are formed by means of the Past Indefinite of the auxiliary verb to do (did) and the infinitive of the verb to use without the particle to.

Affirmative	Interrogative	Negative
I us ed to work	DidI use to work?	Ididn’tuseto work
He us ed to work	Did he useto work?	Hedidn’tuseto work
She us ed to work	Did she useto work?	Shedidn’tuseto work
It us ed to work	Did it useto work?	Itdidn’tuseto work
We us ed to work	Did we useto work?	Wedidn’tuseto work
You us ed to work	Did you useto work?	Youdidn’tuseto work
They us ed to work	Did they useto work?	Theydidn’tuseto work

I used to do something is past. There is no present form. Use the Present Simple to talk about the present.

I used to live in a small village, but now I live in Kyiv.

There used to be four banks in our town. Now there is only one.

Note that would is also usedto expressregularly repeated actions and routines in the past, but it isn’t used for states:

She used to tell me the stories. (= She would tell me the stories.)

He used to have a beard. (not would - state)

Past Continuous = Past Progressive

The Present Continuous is formed by means of the Past Indefinite of the auxiliary verb to be and Participle I of the notional verb. In the interrogative form the auxiliary verb is placed before the subject. In the negative form the negative particle not is placed after the auxiliary verb.

Affirmative	Interrogative	Negative
I was working	WasI working?	I was not working
He was working	Washe working?	He was not working
She wasworking	Wasshe working?	She was not working
It wasworking	Wasit working?	It was not working
We were working	Werewe working?	We were not working
You were working	Wereyou working?	You were not working
They were working	Werethey working?	They were not working

The Past Continuous is used:

1. To express an action which was in progress, in its development at a particular moment of time or period in the past:

He was playing tennis at 4.30 yesterday.

We were cleaning the flat the whole evening yesterday.

At school you were always coming late.

In his childhood he was constantly losing his keys.

3. With some Stative Verbs when there is a change of meaning and they become dynamic verbs (denote an action).

Yesterday the whole evening I was thinking of you.

She was being very naughty during the party.

4. Was/were going to do smth. is used to express actions one intended to do but didn’t do.

She was going to move to London but she decided to stay in York.

The Past Continuous is used with the following time indicators: while, when, as, all morning/evening/day/night etc.

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