Unit 2
Do you know who she is?
Information Why is it important?
1
2
3
4
5
6
September 2nd, 1966
University Teresa
L.A.
My Crazy Life
Frida
Salma Hayek was born
International Relations
Popular TV soap
Carrer in Hollywood
First big break
Huge success in U.S.
Kicked out of school
Dropped out of school
What is the meaning of?
Got a big breakThe film bombed
Expelled from school
Left school before
completing studies
Had a great opportunity
The film was very
unsuccessful
What kind of verb tense is used in the texts?
Her parents sent her to a private Catholic school in Louisiana.
…she used to misbehave constantly…
Hayek wasn’t used to going against her parents’ wishes.
…a job in a local theater, which didn’t pay much…
Although Hayek was used to considerable success…
SIMPLE PAST
WAS USED TO + ING
VERB
USED TO + VERB
SIMPLE PAST
WAS USED TO + NOUN
When do we use Simple Past?
When do we use “used to”?
When do we use WAS USED TO?
My mom always told me to do exercise and so I was
used to jumping.
But now that I live alone I do not do exercise anymore
When do we use WAS USED TO?
This person was used to cassette tapes BUT
now he has to use something else
It's easy to confuse used to do and be used to. Both forms look alike, but they have very different meanings and structures.
First let's look at used to do, or used to + verb.
When I say I used to do something, I mean that I did something regularly in the past which I no longer do now.
For example, "When I was a child, I used to fight with my siblings, but now we get along."
We can also use used to do to talk about something that was true in the past but is not true now,
for example, "Drinking alcohol used to be illegal in the U.S." *In other words, drinking alcohol was illegal in the past, but it is no longer illegal.
Be used to means something different.
If you were used to something, you were accustomed to it. It was normal or usual for you.
Be used to is always followed by a noun or gerund (verb ending in ing).
For example, I can say I was used to the rain, or I can say that I was used to staying up late.
Let’s see if you get the point…When I lived in
CanadaIn 2002YesterdayThree days agoAt ChristmasThis morningLast winterAt midnightLast nightOn my last birthday
WHICH PHRASES GO WITH
SIMPLE PAST AND WHICH
ONES GO WITH USED TO?
Can we use a phrase in
BOTH cases?
At nine o’clock Last summerWhen I lived in MexicoOn my last birthdayThis afternoonIn 2009YesterdayTwo days agoAt Christmas timeAt midnightWhen I was a child
Let’s play a game!