Past tenses

I ...... born 60 years ago .
used to be
was

My childhood ... not the best but not the worst .
didn´t use to be
was

I ...in America.
lived
used to live

My dead was very strict and he ...to church a lot when
I was young.
went
used to go

He ...me to go to church with him every Sunday .
I had to wear a tie and a black suit.
used to want
wanted

My mum ...me:“You must always be a good boy!“
told
used to tell

I ... Sundays and I still do.
used to hate
hated

While my friends... football, I was walking slowly back
home from the church.
used to play
were playing

When I ... 16, I started rebelling.
used to turn
turned

One Sunday I even ... away from home.
used to run
ran

I ... in the street.
lived
used to live

One evening I ...Kate. She was 4 years older than me.
used to meet
met

We... a week after we met.
used to
get married
got married

When my parents ... about it, they were furious.
used to learn
learnt

Kate had a small cafeteria where we both ... until we moved
out of the city.
worked
used to work

We ... in the evenings and we both loved nature.
didn´t use to
like going out
didn´t
like going out

We ...Kate´s cafeteria and bought a nice, cosy house
on the shore. Life was so great!
used to sell
sold

When you live in a house, there´s always a lot of things
to mend. So I ...really interested in construction work.
used to become
became

Soon I ...my own building company, bought a land and
started to build new houses there.
used to set
set

When my son ... ,we were the happiest family
in the world.
used to be born
was born

As my company was doing well, we ...a lot together.
travelled
used to travel

I ... with my parents and they came to see us very often,
especially after our daughter was born.
used to
reconcile
reconciled

I ...even harder at that time to build a bigger house for my
family. The house should have been something really special.
worked
used to work

I needed a special kind of stone which couldn´t
be found in America. So I ... to go abroad and find it.
used to
decide
decided

I ... my best friend´s ship every time
when I went to other countries.
hired
used to hire

However, his ship ... big enough. So I had to hire another one.
didn´t use to be
wasn´t

I found the stone but on the way back, there... a terrible storm
and the overloaded ship sank.
used to be
was

I have been living on this island since then. I ... everything
but now I have only the tent.
had
used to have

You may ask why I don´t sleep in the lighthouse. Well,
once I... a ghost of a cannibal there. He called himself Sunday!
used to see
saw

I don´t know anything about my family.
I still remember how happy we ... .
were
used to be

Well, now you know my life story. I hope to leave this island one day.
And remember: what doesn´t kill you makes you stronger !
Thanks for being with me.
BYE

When we speak about a past and repeated activity
( or state)
that no longer occurs at the moment of speaking.
For example:
When I was young, I used to run 5 miles a day
but now I just walk.(activity)
He used to be fat when he was a boy but now
he weights only 60 kilos.(state)
WHEN DO WE SAY “USED TO + INFINITIVE“?
Write 10 sentences about your childhood
Use past tense and “used to + infinitive“.