Used To: Questions and Negatives

Use did + use to in questions and negatives.

Examples

• Did you use to smoke?
• I didn't use to like fish.

Key rules

• Questions: Did + subject + use to + verb?
• Negatives: subject + didn't + use to + verb
• In questions and negatives drop the d (use to, not used to)
• Used to describes past habits or states that have stopped

Common mistakes

• Did you used to smoke? → Did you use to smoke?
• I didn't used to like → I didn't use to like