Used To vs Would by Hürü Ekren

📝 Used To

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:04:16 UTC

Repeated actions in the past
We can use used to + infinitive to talk about things that we did repeatedly in the past.

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:07:44 UTC

> When I was a child, I used to go skiing every winter.

> From the age of 12 till I was 16, I used to dance at weekends.

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:10:55 UTC

Situations or states that are no longer true
We can use used to + infinitive to talk about situations or states (stative verbs) which were true in the past, but they are no longer true.

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:13:25 UTC

> As a child I used to be blond.

> I used to live with my mum when I was a child.

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:18:43 UTC

We can also use would + infinitive to talk about things that we did repeatedly in the past.

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:19:53 UTC

> When I was a child, we would go to the shopping center every Saturday.

> My 5th grade teacher would tell me to shut up at the beginning of every class.

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:22:15 UTC

We cannot use would to talk about situations or states (stative verbs) which are not longer true.

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:23:00 UTC

> I used to be blond as a child. (NOT I would be blond as a child.)

> I used to live with my mum when I was a child. (NOT I would live with my mum.)

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:24:21 UTC

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:29:15 UTC

USED TO

past states

(stative verbs)

USED TO / WOULD

past repeated actions

WOULD

things we did repeatedly

(action verbs)

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:34:10 UTC

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:34:23 UTC

hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:47:13 UTC

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hrekren — 2025-05-02 23:57:51 UTC