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NARRATIVE TENSES,
'USED TO' AND
'WOULD’
The Past
Narrative tenses
 They make reference to sth that happened in the past – sth specific
 Past simple: used for main actions (We knocked the
door...)
 Past continuous: used for
 a) describing background actions (...while the wind was howling...)
 b) sth in progress in the past (...because a girl was crying in the
room...)
 Past perfect simple/continuous: used when sth
happened before another action in the past [before
(x2)](...because we had never seen such an awful cry... /
...because we had seen the lady through the window...)
Used to
 Always ‘used to’ + infinitive!
 It usually means the same as past simple= repeated
actions in the past (We used to play football every
Friday - it was a routine in the past)
 It is also used for emphasizing that something
happened in the past, but it is not true anymore =
changes, things that are not the same (I used to
believe in God - now, I don’t)
Would
 Always ‘would’ + infinitive!
 It means the same as ‘used to’ when it comes to
referring to repeated actions/routines in the past
(We would play football every Friday) – but it’s a
little more formal (use it if you don’t want to sound repetitive by
overusing ‘used to’, so you can mix ‘would’+ ‘used to’ + past simple)
 Be careful! ‘Would’ NEVER goes with stative verbs
(you should use ‘used to’ instead!!): We would
believe in God
‘Used to’ & ‘Would’
 Used to & Would USUALLY convey (=transmit) a
feeling of NOSTALGIA (I used to play marbles with
my brother when I was 5)
was/were + always + -ing
 We use “was/were + always + -ing” when we refer to
irritating, repeated actions in the past (You were
always singing in the morning: I hated it!! / They
were always smoking and shouting in that bar; it
was so annoying!)

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Narrative tenses

  • 1. NARRATIVE TENSES, 'USED TO' AND 'WOULD’ The Past
  • 2. Narrative tenses  They make reference to sth that happened in the past – sth specific  Past simple: used for main actions (We knocked the door...)  Past continuous: used for  a) describing background actions (...while the wind was howling...)  b) sth in progress in the past (...because a girl was crying in the room...)  Past perfect simple/continuous: used when sth happened before another action in the past [before (x2)](...because we had never seen such an awful cry... / ...because we had seen the lady through the window...)
  • 3. Used to  Always ‘used to’ + infinitive!  It usually means the same as past simple= repeated actions in the past (We used to play football every Friday - it was a routine in the past)  It is also used for emphasizing that something happened in the past, but it is not true anymore = changes, things that are not the same (I used to believe in God - now, I don’t)
  • 4. Would  Always ‘would’ + infinitive!  It means the same as ‘used to’ when it comes to referring to repeated actions/routines in the past (We would play football every Friday) – but it’s a little more formal (use it if you don’t want to sound repetitive by overusing ‘used to’, so you can mix ‘would’+ ‘used to’ + past simple)  Be careful! ‘Would’ NEVER goes with stative verbs (you should use ‘used to’ instead!!): We would believe in God
  • 5. ‘Used to’ & ‘Would’  Used to & Would USUALLY convey (=transmit) a feeling of NOSTALGIA (I used to play marbles with my brother when I was 5)
  • 6. was/were + always + -ing  We use “was/were + always + -ing” when we refer to irritating, repeated actions in the past (You were always singing in the morning: I hated it!! / They were always smoking and shouting in that bar; it was so annoying!)