used to

&
would
Let’s imagine a situation. This is Dennis. He gave up smoking two
years ago, and he doesn’t smoke now. He smoked regularly for some
time in the past, but he doesn’t smoke now. There’s almost no
possibility that he will smoke. Then, he used to smoke
past now

2 years ago
He doesn’t
smoke now
He used to smoke
Remember, Used to + infinitive is always
past. We cannot say I use to do

I used to live in a small village.

It used to be a movie theater

I never used to like drinking coffee before.

Ann used to have short hair

The normal question form is did… use to…?

Did you use to eat a lot of sweets when

you were a child?

In negative sentences,

I didn’t use to smoke

 Attention!

Make sure that these structures don’t confuse you – I used to do / I

am used to doing

I used to live alone

I’m used to living alone

We can use would  to talk about repeated past actions that don't happen any
more. Would for past habits is slightly more formal than used to.  It is often used
in stories. Note that we can't usually use would  to talk about past states. 

Every Saturday I would go on a long bike

ride.

My dad would read me amazing stories

every night at bedtime.
Be used to doing something means something isn’t strange for
you, because you tend to do it on a regular basis. One another
structure, get used to doing something means that you’re in
progress of getting a new habit

They are used to sleeping outdoors.

I am getting used to my new flat