Used to (Grammar): David’s Secret Past (Unravel David’s past find hidden Easter eggs - ESL Video) HD

Discover David’s secret past and teach pre-intermediate level learners used to (grammar) & “didn’t use to” using this ESL video story. If you love our videos, please support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oomongzu WEBSITE: http://oomongzu.com For more creative, engaging and interactive animated grammar teaching videos, please visit our website. For the “No Music” version of this video, please click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2O0_ZzHCbE Title of English / ESL Video: David’s Secret Past Target English Grammar: Used to (grammar) with “didn’t use to” and past simple. Student Proficiency Level: Pre-intermediate level Suggested Courses: General English Instructions: – Play the video in class after delivering a warm-up activity first. – Pause the video whenever the narrator asks students a question to give students time to answer. For example, after elicitations and concept checking questions (CCQs). Summary of English Grammar: Used to (Grammar) Approximate chronological order: Rules and Explanation: – Elicitation of example sentence. Function: – To talk about things that happen repeatedly or regularly or over a long period of time in the past, but are usually not true now. – We can also use the past simple instead. Example: – I played football every weekend. – I used to play football every weekend. Specific Uses: – Past habits: I used to eat healthy. – Past states: I used to be strong. – Preferences, feelings, thoughts, ideas, etc.: I used to like this girl at work. – We use didn’t use to to talk about things that are true now, but weren’t true before. – Example: I didn’t use to smoke. Actions that only happened once: – We don’t use used to for actions that only happened once. Instead, we use the past simple. – Example: I went to Egypt last year. (Past simple – This is correct.) – Example: I used to go to Egypt last year. (Used to – This is incorrect.) Timeline: – Used to / didn’t use to talks about something that happened regularly in the past. – It started at an unknown time in the past and stopped happening at an unknown time in the past. Form: Statements: – Subject + used to / didn’t use to + verb (base form) + … – I + used to + play + football every weekend. – We can use both action and non-action verbs with used to. – Action verbs: play, eat, smoke, went, etc. – Non-action verbs: be, like, have, afraid, etc. – Used to + not… any more / any longer (present simple) – We use not… any more / any longer to contrast with used to. – Example: I used to play football every weekend, but I don’t any more / any longer. Yes/No Questions: – Did / didn’t + subject + use to + verb (base form) +