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Rule: Used to modal fe’lidan keyin holat fe’llari (state verbs) ishlatiladi va bu holatda used to modal fe’li bir vaqtlar haqiqatda bo’lgan, lekin hozirda mavjud bo’lmagan holatlarni ifodalash uchun ishlatiladi.
This building is now a furniture shop. It used to be a cinema. Bu bino hozir mebellar do’koni. Bir vaqtlar u kinoteatr edi.
In my childhood, there used to be a shop in our street, but it was pulled down later. Bolaligimda ko’chamizda bir do’kon bo’lar edi, ammo u keyinchalik buzib tashlandi.
Years ago, John used to have an old car, but he sold it later. Bir necha yil avval Jonning bir eski mashinasi bo’lar edi, ammo keyinchalik u uni sotib yubordi.
I used to think Jack was unfriendly, but now I realise he is a very nice person. Bir vaqtlar Jekni ichi qora kishi deb o’ylardim, lekin hozir bilsam u yaxshi odam ekan.
Sarah used to have very long hair when she was a child. Bolaligida Saraning sochlari uzun edi.
NOTE: Used to modal fe’li the Past Simple tense ning ba’zi qoidalari bilan bir xil ma’noda ishlatiladi.
Compare:

The Past Simple tense	Used to
We moved house to house a lot when I was a kid. Bolaligimda uydan uyga ko’p ko’chardik. When I was a child, I had a lot of toys. Bolaligimda o’yinchoqlarim ko’p edi. When she was a little girl, Sarah was very shy. Kichkina qizchaligida, Sara juda tortinchoq edi.	We used to move house to house a lot when I was a kid. Bolaligimda uydan uyga ko’p ko’chardik. When I was a child, I used to have a lot of toys. Bolaligimda o’yinchoqlarim ko’p edi. When she was a little girl, Sarah used to be very shy. Kichkina qizchaligida, Sara juda tortinchoq edi.