Used To

Positive form:
I/You/He/She/We/They used to walk to school

Negative form:
I/You/He/She/We/They didn’t use to drive.

Question form:
Did I/You/He/She/We/They use to go by train?

1.We use ‘used to’:

a. For actions that happened many times in the past (habits):
He used to wait for me at the school gates.

b. For feelings, thoughts, ideas, etc., in the past.
I used to be afraid of the dark.

c. notice that the habit or state is probably not true now.
We used to have a dog called Tilly. (= we don’t have a dog now)

or it may be true now.

I didn’t use to like sport at school. (= but I like it now)

2. We can always use the Past Simple instead of ‘used to’.

We had a dog called Tilly. I didn’t like sport.

3. We do not use ‘used to’ for actions that happened only once.

I went to Spain on holiday in 1999.