GRAMMAR

USED TO AND
WOULD

This explains how to talk about activities and recurring states in

the past, that is, about the things you did or used to do in the past .

Use ¨would + verb¨ to talk
QUICK TIP:
about recurring actions in
Use ¨used to + verb¨ to talk about
the past (NOT for states). I
recurring actions and for long-
would fight a lot with my
term states in the past. I used to
sister when we were
want to live in a big city, but not
young, but now we're good
anymore.
friends.

The difference between ¨ used to

¨ and ¨ would ¨ to talk about
activities or recurring states in
the past, it is necessary to be
clear about the difference
between action verbs ( action
verbs ) and state verbs ( state
verbs ).

Action verbs They are verbs that talk about actions.

State verbs: They are verbs that speak more about states and not actions.
These verbs are not usually put in the continuous form .

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