2. When I was a child….
• I used to play with
dolls.
but now (present)
I don’t do it anymore.
• I would play with
dolls.
but now (present)
I don’t do it anymore.
3. When she was young…
• My grandmother used
to walk five kilometres
each morning.
but now (present)
she doesn’t do it
anymore.
• My grandmother
would walk five
kilometres each
morning.
but now (present)
she doesn’t do it
anymore.
4. USE PAST HABITS
We can use both used toused to and wouldwould to talk
about repeated events and actions in the past.
5. USED TOUSED TO
Habits in the past
Finished actions in the past
Talk about characteristics of a person in the past
• AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT + USED + V-INFINITIVE + C.
TO
EXAMPLES:
We USED TO play video games.
She USED TO dance salsa.
6. 2. NEGATIVE
SUBJECT+DIDN’TDIDN’T + USE TOUSE TO++V-INFINITIVEV-INFINITIVE+C+C.
EXAMPLE:
We didn’t use touse to travel abroad
You didn’t use touse to drive a car.
7. 3. INTERROGATIVE
AUX.+SUBJECT + USE TO + V-INFINITIVE+C+?
(DID)
EXAMPLE:
Did you use to ride a bicycle?
SHORT ANSWERSHORT ANSWER
Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.
8. WOULD (ALWAYS)WOULD (ALWAYS)
1. AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT +WOULD ALWAYS +V-INFINITIVE +C.
EXAMPLES:
I WOULD ALWAYS play with my dolls
9. 2. NEGATIVE
SUBJECT +WOULD NEVER +V-INFINITIVE +C.
WOULDN’T
EXAMPLES:
I wouldn’t eat vegetables when I was a child.
I would never eat vegetables when I was a
child.
