Used to / Would j i Lused to go. I didn't use to go. Did | use to go? You used to go. You didn’t use to go. Did you use to go? He / She / It used to go. He / She / It didn't use to go. Did he / she / it use to go? We used to go. We didn’t use to go. Did we use to go? You used to go. You didn’t use to go. Did you use to go? ‘They used to go. They didn't use to go. Did they use to go? Yes, / you /he / she / it / we / you / they did. “Negative == No, you/ he/she it / we / you / they didn't. USAGE AND EXAMPLES * Used to is found in sentences describing a past habit, or situation that is no longer true: it can be used for both actions and situations or states. Study these examples: Lused to be very shy but then I met my best friends Lisa and Carol. My brother goes to the theatre every two weeks but he didn’t use to like it as a teenager. What did you use to do when you were in elementary school? + Would can also be used to describe regular habits or activities of the past and it can often substitute used to. It is normally only used in the affirmative. When I was younger I loved walking in the park near home. Every morning, before going to work, I would go (used to go) for a stroll with my dog and enjoy the quiet. USED TO or WOULD + Remember that would cannot be used to describe states or situations. See the examples below: My brother used to be very touchy as a child. Every time he got a lower mark than me he would stop (or: used to stop) talking to me for a few days. My grandma was a great woman, She didn’t use to be very talkative but she would always give you a hand if you needed help. 1 Do these sentences refer to past habits / situations that aren’t true now (A) or not (B)? | used to get up late on Sundays when | was younger. | got up at 7 last Sunday. Where were you working in the 1980s? My sister didn’t use to wear jeans but now she loves them My sister wasn't wearing jeans when she came over. Did you use to be a bright student at school? When it rained we would take out a board game and play all afternoon. | used a lot of flour to make this cake. What would you like to do? | often invited them over but they would always say no. Bwowirs9Heaune Oo0o00000000> Oo0000000002 ©Pinom 19} pes € LINN ANA’S WORKSHOPS ESCUELA DE CAPACITACION V ENSELANZA DE IDIOMAS: 2 Change the underlined verbs in the following sentences using used to. 1 loved heavy metal when | was in high school. 2 We were friends but | don't know where he lives now. 3 What subjects did you like when you were in high school? 4 | didn’t go out very often in the past. There were fewer cars 10 years ago. 6 Itwasn't so warm in October when | was a child. 3> Underline the correct tense in the following sentences. 1 | saw / used to see my brother a lot but 4 Lucy would have / used to have long hair then we fell / used to fall out over an asa teenager. inheritance. 5 | lived / would live in Rome from 1990 2. Emma wouldn't / didn't use to write poems but then she met / used to meet Greg and would start / started being romantic. 6 3. | would hate / used to hate dark chocolate as a child, but | can't live without it now. to 2005. | went / used to go to St Peter's Cathedral every month. Did you use to be / Would you be shy when you were little? 4. 4 b-Listen to the an extract from ‘Eveline’, Dubliners by James Joyce and complete it with the verbs from the box. usedto play played used tobe bought passed used to keep saw built seemed used to play heard —_used often to hunt Few people _ The man out ofthe last house passed on his way home; she (2) his footsteps clackng along the concrete pavement and afterwards crunching on the cinder path before the new red houses. One time there 8) a field there in which they (4) every evening with other people's children. Then a man from Belfast ©). ‘the field and (6) ‘houses init — not like ther litte brown houses but bright brick houses with shining roofs. The children of the avenue (7) together in that field — the Devines, the Waters, the Dunns, little Keogh the ripple, she and her brothers and sisters. Emest, however, never (8) ‘he was too grown up. Her father (9) ‘them in out of the field with his blackthorn sti; but usualy litte Keogh (10) nixcand cll out when he (I!) her father coming. Still they (12) to have been rather happy then. Her father was not so had then; and besides, her ‘mother was alive, That was along time ago; she and her brothers and sisters were all rown up her mother was dead. Tizze Dunn ‘was dead, too, and the Waters had gone back to England. Everything changes. 5 Fillin the blanks with the correct verb from the box using the Past simple or used to / would. Write both used to and would if both of them can be used. -be(x3) be able to calll take 10 enjoy 0 | wos already so fond of movies! I used ‘o / would go to the cinema every weekend 1 Dad ___ bald when he was 28, of course! 2 We to speak German but we soon ___ it because we never used it 3° When | was at university 1___my grandma after every exam | fast forget get give go” She ___ scuba diving but one day some sharks attacked her so she it up. George __very sporty: every morning he ____up early and run 10 km. My grandfather ___ every Sunday: he believed it___ good for his health.