USUALLY AND USED TO

Good morning! En este post aprenderemos a utilizar en el momento correspondiente el usually y el used to, así que los explicaremos al mismo tiempo observando las diferencias y los posibles usos. Esta tabla nos ayudará a ver algunos ejemplos y comprender el contexto de uso de cada expresión.

USUALLY	USED TO
Present habits and stats	Past habits and states
I usually get up  at 9.00 on school days.	We used to be close friends but we don't see each other any more
I don't usually go out during the week	I used to go out with that girl when was at school.
Houses in the suburbs usually have gardens	Did you use to wear glasses?
Do you usually walk to work?	She didn't use to have fair hair. She had dark hair before

USES

• For present habits use ussually or normally + present simple
• For past habits use used to/ didn't use to + infinitive. Used to does not exist in the present tense. 
• We use used to for tgings that were true over a period of time in the past. It usally refers to somethings which is not true now.
• I used to smoke = I smoked for a period time in the past buy now I don't
• Used to / didn't use to can be used with action verbs (wear, go out) and non-action verbs (be, have)
• We often use not... any more/any longer (=not now) with the present simple to contrast with used to
• I used to go to the gym but I don't any more/any longer.