Used to in English

Used to is used to speak about situations that happened regularly in the past or that were true in the past but are not anymore.

Examples
I used to work for Intel, but I work for Apple now.

past	present
I used to buy my clothes at H&M	now I buy them at Zara.
We used to have coffee after class	now we have no time.

	Question	Answer
Did	you use to park in the garage?	Yes, I did./No I didn’t.
Did	your live in Paris?	Yes, I did./No I didn’t.

Used to Explanation
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Present and Past Unreal Conditionals

Unreal conditionals are used to talk about situations that are improbable, imaginary, or past events that never occurred.

Second conditional is used to talk about situations in the future that have a probable or improbable chance of happening (10% chance).  For example if I say: If I would go to Rome, I could have an audience with the Pope.  There is a probability that I could go to Rome, but an audience with the Pope is highly improbable, but not impossible, it could happen.

Second Conditional

Format

	Condition	Result clause
	past conditional	would + base form of the verb
If	I went to Rome	I would have an audience with the Pope.
If	I had a million dollar salary	I would buy a Mansion in New York.

You can also start with the result clause

Result clause		Condition
would + base form of the verb		past conditional
I would have an audience with the Pope.	If	I went to Rome
I would buy a Mansion in New York.	If	I had a million dollar salary

Third conditional is used to talk about situations in the past that have 0% probability of happening, because they depend on a condition in the past changing and that can't happen.


Third Conditional

Format

	Condition	Result clause
	past perfect	would + past participle
If	I had gone to Rome	I would have had an audience with the Pope.
If	I had had a million dollar salary	I would have bought a Mansion in New York.

or 

Result clause		Condition
would + past participle		past perfect
I would have had an audience with the Pope.	If	I had gone to Rome
I would have bought a Mansion in New York.	If	I had had a million dollar salary

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Relationships Vocabulary

bachelor	a man who has never been married
browsing	looking at things in a fairly casual way
calling the shots	giving the orders
cheat on	be sexually unfaithful to one's partner
chemistry	the way two individuals relate to each other
compatible	able to get along or work well together
eligible	worthy of choice; qualified
fall head over heels	fall in love quickly
hit it off	become good friends with someone quickly
ideal	a person or a situation said to be perfect; the best result or goal of something
not go over	unsuccessful
reluctant	not wanting to do something; unwilling
turnoff	speech, behavior, or some other thing that causes you to lose interest
uninhibited	free; not restricted.
foot the bill	pay for the cost of something, usually a meal
supervisor	a person who manages or directs activities
blown away	to impress very strongly and usually favorably
commitment	the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
dumped	to get rid of unceremoniously or irresponsibly
etiquette	rules governing socially acceptable behavior
I´m into (something)	to not be interested in something
insensitive	..., not caring; slow to feel or notice
soulmate	someone, usually your romantic or sexual partner, who you have a special relationship with, and who you know and love very much
pressuring	making a forceful effort to influence

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Subject Relative Clauses Unit 9

Who, that, and which are subject relative pronouns which are used to join two English sentences, or to give more information about something.  A relative clause defines or gives information about the noun that it follows.

Use that to talk about people or things.
Use who and whom to talk about people, and which to talk about things.

Examples: 
She bought a blouse. The blouse is red.
She bought a blouse that is red.

Defining Relative Clause - tells which noun we are referring to, this information is necessary to understand the sentence.

I was working at the company that went bankrupt.
(If we don't say that went bankrupt we don't know why I don't work there anymore)

Non-defining Relative Clause - gives extra information about something, but it is not necessary to understand the sentence.

Marie, who was married to Steve, is coming to Madrid this week.
(What is important is that she is coming to Madrid this week, that she was married to Steve is extra information.)

More Information on Relative Clauses
What is a Relative Clause?

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How to Formulate Embedded Questions

An embedded question is a question that is part of another sentence. It can appear in a declarative sentence or a question.

Direct Questions		Embedded Questions
Where is the museum?		Could you tell me where the museum is?
Why was the train delayed?		Do you know why the train was delayed?
Why are the children screaming?		I don’t know why the children are screaming.

These expressions are used to introduce embedded questions:

I was wondering…

The question is…

Who knows…

I’d like to know…

I’m not sure why…

It’s not clear…

Can you remember

Uses for embedded questions:

To ask for information politely

Direct Questions		Embedded Questions
What time is the show?		Can you tell me what time the show is?

Speaking about something the speaker doesn't know.

Direct Question		Embedded Questions
Why did the girl start to cry?		I was wondering why the girl started to cry?

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