Post #2217398

The construction is simple (used to + root verb), but the concept is surprisingly hard to explain. I remember learning the equivalent in Spanish (solía que...) and understanding quickly since English has a direct translation. But it was tricky for some of my students! "It's something that you did many times in the past, but you no longer do," I said, though it also works for things that were continuous but no longer are ("I used to be a little girl"). I'm excited to keep working on this one