ACTIVITY
3: USE OF LANGUAGE
PAST HABIT
Used to do
Repeated actions in the past
We can use used to + infinitive to
talk about things that we did repeatedly in
the past.
When I was a
child, I used to go skiing every winter.
From the age of
12 until I was 16, I used to dance at weekends.
Situations or states that are no longer
true
We can use used to + infinitive to
talk about situations or states (stative verbs) which were true in the past but
are no longer true.
As a child,
I used to be blond.
I used to
live with my mum when I was a child.
Would do
Repeated actions in the past
We can also use would +
infinitive to talk about things that we did
repeatedly in the past.
When I was a
child, we would go to the shopping centre every
Saturday.
My 5th-grade
teacher would tell me to shut up at the beginning of
every class.
NOT used to talk about situations or
states that are no longer true
We cannot use would to
talk about situations or states (stative verbs) which are no longer true.
I would
be blond as a child.
I used to
be blond as a child.
I would
live with my mum when I was a child.
I used to
live with my mum when I was a child.
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/would-and-used-to/
A)
Choose the
correct option to complete the sentence.