When we talk about things in the past that are not true anymore, we can do it in different ways.

USED TO
We can use used to, to talk about past states that are not true anymore.
We used to live in New York when I was a kid. (+)
There didn't use to be a supermarket there. (-)
Did you use to have a garden? (?)
=We can also use used to to talk about past habits (repeated past actions) that don't happen
anymore.
I used to go swimming every Thursday when I was at school.
She used to smoke but she gave up a few years ago.

WOULD
=We can also use would to talk about repeated past actions that don't happen anymore.
Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride.
My dad would read me amazing stories every night at bedtime.

• Would for past habits is slightly more formal than used to.
• We don't use the negative or question form of would for past habits.
✓ She didn't use to like chocolate, but she does now. (Correct)
❖ She wouldn’t like chocolate, but she does now. (Incorrect)
✓ Did he use to study French? (Correct)
❖ Would he study French? (Incorrect)

• Used to is for past states (stative verbs) or actions but would is for past actions only.
✓ When I was young, I used to go fishing with my father every summer. (Correct)
✓ When I was young, I would go fishing with my father every summer. (Correct)
✓ She used to have a house in the country. (Correct)
❖ She would have a house in the country. (Incorrect)

• When we emphasise the period of time or we mention when, we use past simple
She worked for a factory for three years.
• Past simple doesn't emphasise the repeated of the action. If something happened only once, we
must use the past simple.
✓ We used to go to the same beach every summer.
✓ We would go to the same beach every summer.
✓ We went to a beach on the summer of 2014.

PAST HABIT THAT IS NOT TRUE ANYMORE.

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USED TO: (stative and action)

1. There used to be a swing in a tree the park.

2. I used to take piano lessons every Sunday.
3. I used to play the guitar when I was a child.
4. You used to work very hard.

LEO, CARLOS, FRIDA , HANNA

DIDN’T USE TO:

1. I didn’t use to study too much.

2. I didn’t use to go cycling as a child.
3. He didn’t use to visit the museum at the end of the week.
4. I didn’t use to talk too much before.
5. I didn’t use to be the best student on my class.

STEPHANIE, VICTOR , KARLA , ALETSE)

WOULD:

1. My cousin would come and visit me on Saturday.

2. Every Saturday I would work on a bakery.
3. We would go on holidays to Spain when I was younger.
4. My parents and I would go to the cinema at the weekend.
I would have a cat.
1- GET AHEAD: It's tough for a woman to get ahead in politics. a. TAKE CHARGE
D OF
ASSUME
2- TURN DOWN: His novel was turned down by publisher after publisher. b. INITIATE
F
3- TAKE OVER: "In 1938 the Nazis took over" c. COMPLETE
A
4- SET UP: "She set up the business with a $4,000 bank loan" d. PROSPER
B
5- KEEP AT: If you keep at it long enough, you'll succeed. e. MATCH
G UNDERSTAND
6- FILL IN: Companies will encourage customers to fill in questionnaires about f. REJECT
themselves.
C
7- KEEP UP WITH: I read the papers to keep up with what's happening in g. CARRY ON
the outside world.
E

HW
Student book page 21 exercise 3a(answers)
WB 14 & 15