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4 Structure

4.  Structure: - used to + do (v1)

Usage: - To talk about habitual or regular action or 

states in the past that are now finished.

इस संरचना का इस्तेमाल भूतकाल की आदत, नियमित 

क्रिया के लिए किया जाता है |

In Hindi

In English

किया + करता था/थी/थे

खेला + करता था/थी/थे

जाया + करता था/थी/थे

समझाया + करता था/थी/थे

Used to+ do

Used to+ play

Used to+ go

Used to+ make understand

 

                                    Examples

Your mother used to churn the curd.

आपकी मम्मी दही बिलोया करती थी।

She did not use to ride on the swing.

वह झूला नहीं झूला करती थी ।

Did they use to dream in broad daylight?

क्या वे दिन मे सपने देखा करते थे?

He used to speak English fluently.

वह फर्राटेदार अंग्रेजी बोला करता था


 

                      4 words for your vocabulary

Elocution – the art of public speaking

Omnivore – that eats everything i.e., both plants and flesh

Carnivore – that eat the flesh

Herbivore – that eats plants.