USED TO The event in the past: used to + verb FORMULA The event in the past: used to + verb The event in the present: verb EXAMPLE I used to play with dolls, but now I play games on my computer. People used to smoke in restaurants in the Netherlands, but now they go outside to smoke. WHEN If you want to say that you did something in the past and make a comparison with the present. ‘EXCEPTIONS’ attention! In the second part of the sentence, the verb automatically gets a +s. Why? This is the ‘shit’ rule. EXAMPLE: He used to play with dolls, but now he plays games on his computer. She used to smoke at home, but now she doesn’t smoke anymore. My mum used to read that magazine every week, but now she thinks it’s boring. Dit is een ontkennende zin. Je maakt een zin ontkennend met don’t/doesn’t . He/she/it krijgt doesn’t + het werkwoord. Er zou ook kunnen staan: she used to smoke at home , but now she smokes everywhere.