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Used to and would are used to talk about past habits or situations. Used to is used for past states or actions that no longer happen, while would is used for repeated past actions. Some examples of their correct usage include: "My parents used to smoke when they were teenagers"; "We would go sailing every summer weekend"; and "Ted would go out rather than do his homework." We don't use would with state verbs and never used to/would never are common negative forms.

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Used to and would are used to talk about past habits or situations. Used to is used for past states or actions that no longer happen, while would is used for repeated past actions. Some examples of their correct usage include: "My parents used to smoke when they were teenagers"; "We would go sailing every summer weekend"; and "Ted would go out rather than do his homework." We don't use would with state verbs and never used to/would never are common negative forms.

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USED TO and WOULD (exercises)

We use used to or would We don’t use used to or We don’t use never used to and If we stress the word
to talk about habits or would when we say how would with state would never are would, it means that
situations in the past that long a situation or habit verbs. We use common negative
we found the habit
are now finished. in the past continued; used to. forms
we use the past simple.
annoying.
She used to like ice My mother used Sam never used to
cream, but she doesn’t Ann wore the same to be a go to the Ted would go out
now. black coat for 3 years. teacher./not kindergarten. rather than do his
would be homework.

Used to - past states/actions that don’t happen now


Would - repeated past actions

Task 1

Used to / would If possible, use both structures:

1. My parents …………………………………………….. when they were teenagers. (smoke)


2. I ………………………………………. veryshy. (be)
3. Every summer weekend we ………………………………….. sailing. (go)
4. My mum ………………………………….. waist-lengthhair. (have)
5. My grandfather …………………………………. a pipe when he was in his 50s. (smoke)
6. When my brother was a student he ………………………………. to parties every Saturday.
(go)
7. My grandparents …………………………………. in the countryside when they were
younger. (live)
8. Tom ……………………………….. climb trees when he was a small kid. (climb)
9. I ………………………………………. as a waiter in a pizza restaurant when I was a
student. (work)
10. My dad ……………………………………. a lot when he was in the rock band. (travel)
11. Eddie …………………………….. a bike to work every day when he was in his 20s. (ride)
12. My sister ……………………………….. the most handsome boy in the neighbourhood
when we were in high school. (date)
13. Mum …………………………………….. bed time stories for usbefore we fell asleep.
(read)
14. Mike ……………………………… overweight before he took uprunning. (be)
15. When we werekids, my sister and me ………………………………… tons of sweets. (eat)
16. I ……………………………………………. to classical music when I was a teenager. (not
listen)
17. My uncle …………………………….. football in a schoolsports club in the early 1990s.
(play)
18. I ……………………………… the guitar every evening when I still lived with my parents.
(play)
19. Cynthia ……………………………………. such a cheerful person but after her divorce she
is so bitter. (be)
20. We …………………………………. across corn fields when we were kids. (run)

Task 2
2) Replace USED TO with WOULD in these sentences, where possible
1. As a student, Peter used to work on a farm every summer. ___________________
2. We used to live in Oxford in the 1980s. _____________________
3. Our cat used to be scared of our neighbour’s dog. ________________
4. My sister used to go swimming every week. _________________
5. Most of the time your school used to beat our school at football. __________________
6. Jane’s just had a message from someone she used to know at primary school.________
7. My parents used to take me to the theatre once a month. _____________
Task 3
3) Choose the correct endings: a, b or both.
1. Before getting his driving licence, Mark________
a) used to ride a bicycle everywhere. b) would ride a bicycle everywhere.
2. While he was at university, Sam _____
a) used to spend two summers working in a café. b) spent two summers working in a café.
3. John Brown _______
a) worked for the same company all his life. b) used to work for the same company all
his life.
4. Mr. Smith sometimes got angry with his son because _____
a) he would interrupt his phone calls. b) he constantly interrupted his phone
calls.
5. When Mary was a small girl _____
a) she never used to go dancing. b) she didn’t use to go dancing.
6. Centuries ago people _______
a) used to be a lot shorter than today. b) would be a lot shorter than today.

Task 4
4) Correct sentences, where necessary.

1. Did Sam used to work in a factory?


_________________________________
2. He’s not used to wear suits, but he does now. _______________________________

3. Ted would have a nice big house.


____________________________________
4. Jill used to be a doctor for 20 years.
____________________________________
5. She would never return my phone calls.
____________________________________

Task 5
5) Complete the sentences to suggest criticism using WOULD and a verb given below.
leave run insist spend
1. Sam spent days trying to train his dog, but it ________
______ off whenever they went out.
2. The man __________his suitcases in the middle of the hall where people would trip over
them.
3. It’s obvious that Sally failed her end of year tests – she ________so much time doing nothing.
4. Dad warned Nick not to go to the forest alone, but he ____________ on doing it.

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