Used to VS would

Ecco un esempio di forma affermativa, negativa e interrogativa:

I used to walk to school when I was younger.
I didn’t use to walk to school when I was younger or I never used to walk to school…
Did you use to walk to school when you were younger?

LEGGI TUTTO E SCOPRI GLI ESERCIZI

Quando ci riferiamo ad azioni abituali del passato con VERBI DI MOVIMENTO possiamo usare:
Would+ BASE FORM
“I would walk to school when I was younger” corrisponde quindi a “I used to walk to school when I was younger”.

Quando used to e would NON sono intercambiabili?

Non possiamo usare would con i verbi di stato:

I used to have a Fiat Panda. have = own – possession.
I used to understand French.

Ecco qualche esempio di state verbs:
have (possession), understand, believe, want, forget, love, like, hate, …

Ora svolgete l’esercizio per esercitarvi!

When I was young…

Look at the subjects below and write sentences about when you were a child, using used to or would. Write both positive and negative sentences.

Home

1.

2.

Family

3.

4.

Pets.

5.

Food

7.

8.

What you were(n’t) afraid of

9.

10.

Ambitions

11.

12.

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