2. London used to be very foggy

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Listen to this famous song, Viva la Vida by Coldplay and say how many times can you find the structure used to through the song. To watch and listen to the song, you must go to Youtube. Notice that the structure used to is quite common in English, like Madonna's song This used to be my playground or Daughtry's song Used to.


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I / smoke / when I was young: I used to smoke when I was young.

 

They / play tennis / on Saturdays: _________________________________________

He / live / in Madrid: _____________________________________________________

Paco / study English / before the trip: ______________________________________

Sonia / help / his brother with English: ______________________________________

Change the sentences into the past tense with used to. Look at the example:

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Order these sentences as said in the song. Use numbers from 1 to 9.


Used to, the song.
Used to lyrics, by Chris Daughtry.
 
Can we get this back?
. At least there's you, and at least there's me.
When nights were clear, you were the first star that I'd see.
Can we get this back to how it used to be?
We used to have this under control.
We never thought.
We used to have this figured out;
. We used to know.
We used to breathe without a doubt.

 

  

Icono IDevice Curiosity: London
THE CITY OF LONDON CROSSWORD
  1                          
2  
                5          
3      
                         
                    8    
4            
                       
                       
  6    
                       
  7      
                             
                             
                             

1.IT OPENS WHEN A BOAT PASSES 2. THE CROWN JEWELS ARE HERE

3. A FAMOUS ABBEY 4. IT IS A CLOCK

5. YOU CAN FIND NELSON HERE 6. THE QUEEN LIVES IN THIS PALACE

7. YOU CAN RELAX HERE 8. THE RIVER OF LONDON
The view from Greenwich Park, with the Queen's House and the wings of the National Maritime Museum in the foreground
By Pixel8. GNU free license


How much do you know about London?
Paco is visiting a lot of famous places in London. Sure you know some of them. Try this easy exercise.


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Let's visit London. Click here to visit some famous places in London.
About the use of used to in Spanish.
About the use and form of used to in English.