Unit 4 grammar used to / would

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

	used to	would	past simple
habit in the past	I used to invite my friends every Friday	I would invite my friends every Friday
state in the past	I used to live in France	X
specific events in the past	X	X	I first got drunk in 2001

When I was young we _____ in a big house in the countryside

1. would live
2. used to live

On summer mornings my brother
and I ______ while everyone else was asleep.

1. used to go fishing
2. have fished

We _______ breakfast and then go quietly out of the house to the river.

1. would have
2. had

	used to	would	past simple
habit in the past	I used to invite my friends every Friday	I would invite my friends every Friday
state in the past	I used to live in France	X
specific events in the past	X	X	I first got drunk in 2001

We ____ hours fishing in a small boat belonging to my grandmother.

1. would spend
2. didn't use to spend

My brother _____ the names of all the different types of fish that were in the river.

1. would know
2. used to know

We would often fall asleep in the boat and our father _____ to find us.

1. would come
2. was coming

I didn't _________ to go to school much.

1. used to
2. use to

Did you ________ go out
every weekend?

1. used
2. used to
3. use
4. use to

	used to	would	past simple
habit in the past	I used to invite my friends every Friday	I would invite my friends every Friday
state in the past	I used to live in France	X
specific events in the past	X	X	I first got drunk in 2001

Boek Speakout p.134

ex. 6 Complete the text. Where possible use would

remember:
you cannot use would to talk about a past state
I would be happy when I was a kid
I would live in Middelburg before my parents divorced