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Colombia flagCristian CO
Can you correct me ? Please I need use "used to" When I was child, ten years ago, I used to have short hair, big eyes and skinny body. My change most important was my height, I used to measure 130 inches, but now, I measure 170 inches. When I was at school, my friends used to tell me ‘dwarf’ and I used to got sad. Now I can say that I have long hair, ok, medium hair and small eyes. Concerning to my knowledge I didn´t used to know about communication sense, but Now, I know about it, because I’ve been studying communication and journalism since 2008. Maybe I miss my knowledge about mathematic, because I used to be the best on it, but Now, later of 5 years, I forget it. However I can say that I am an excellent communicator. How did I use to be with my family and my friends? I love to my mother, I’ve ever loved to her, I used to be much time with her, I used to help in my house, I used to advise to my friends and cousin. I remember so well, I used to be very speaker. Any new place, I used to converse with someone.

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Your understanding of "used to" is correct. It indicates past states or repeated actions. However your use of it is wrong. When we tell stories or make narratives of the past we use the past simple. Your narrative begins: "When I was a child...." From then on you should use the past simple. We use "used to" when there is no statement or implication of the the actual time in the past. I used to have short hair. Now my hair is long. When I was at at school I had short hair. Mow I have long hair.
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Hi. Your use of 'used to' is correct. However you have used it too much, and it seems repetitive. I guess that's OK if it is just an exercise. The rest of your grammar is not great though. Perhaps post it as a notebook so that people can help you correct it there?

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