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'Used To' as an Auxiliary Verb

In the recent posts we came across several "Universal Auxiliaries". Now in this post we would learn more about universal auxiliaries. In this post we would learn some of the four special auxiliaries which are "used to, keep, kept, and going to". 1. USED TO: The conditions for the auxiliary "used to" is  a. to talk about a regular habit of present time. b. to talk about a past regular habit discontinued some time in the past. c. to express future expectations. Used To Grammar Exercises Some of the rules are 1. In the present tense the auxiliaries "AM USED TO, IS USED TO, ARE USED TO" are used where in the verb form no other verb but a noun must follow. 2. In the past tense the auxiliaries "WAS USED TO, WERE USED TO" are used where in the verb form no other verb but a noun must follow. 3. In the simple past tense the auxiliaries "DID,........ USE TO" are used where in the verb form present form verb i