English — Past Habits: Used to and Would — 3rd Year Middle School — Algerian Curriculum

Past Habits: Used to and Would

Used to and would express past habits and states that no longer exist. Used to + verb: I used to play football every day (but I don’t now). She used to live in the countryside. Did you use to smoke? Negative: didn’t use to / never used to. Would + verb: Every summer we would go to the beach. He would always help his mother. Used to vs would: used to can describe past states (I used to have a car), would cannot. Would is for repeated actions only.