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Be Get Used To Would

This document discusses the differences between using "used to" and "would" when talking about past habitual actions and states. "Used to" is used to talk about past states or repeated actions that no longer occur, while "would" can also be used for repeated past actions but not past states. Both "used to" and "would" can be used to talk about repeated past actions, but only "used to" can be used when referring to past states. The negative form of "would" implies refusal rather than something that no longer happens.

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147 views6 pages

Be Get Used To Would

This document discusses the differences between using "used to" and "would" when talking about past habitual actions and states. "Used to" is used to talk about past states or repeated actions that no longer occur, while "would" can also be used for repeated past actions but not past states. Both "used to" and "would" can be used to talk about repeated past actions, but only "used to" can be used when referring to past states. The negative form of "would" implies refusal rather than something that no longer happens.

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BE/GET USED TO

USED TO/ WOULD

USED TO
When we talk about things that happened
in the past but dont happen anymore we
can do it in different ways.

We used to live in New


York when I was a kid.
There didnt use to be a petrol
station there. When was it built?

We can use used to to talk about past states


and we can use used to to talk about repeated
past actions.
I used to go swimming every Thursday when I
was at school.
I used to smoke but I gave up a few years ago.
Remember that used to is only for past
states/actions that dont happen now we cant
use it for things that still happen now.
Also, used to + infinitive should not be
confused with be/get used to + ing form

WOULD
We can use would to talk about repeated
past actions.
Every Saturday I would go on a long bike
ride.
My teachers would always say Sit down and
shut up!
Often either would or used to is possible.
Both of these sentences are possible.
Every Saturday, I would go on a long bike ride.
Every Saturday I used to go on a long bike ride.

However, only used to is possible when we talk


about past states.
We used to live in New York when I was a kid.
We would live in New York when I was a kid.
CAREFUL!
In the negative you cannot use would without a
change in meaning.
I didn't use to play with my dolls.
If I said I wouldn't play with my dolls. It would mean I
refused to play with my dolls.
We didn't use to go out much in the winter months.
If I said we wouldn't go out much. It would mean we
refused to go out much.

BY ALEJANDRA SCHLESINGER
2014

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