_______PAST FORMS______
1. USED TO + INF
➢ For repeated actions in the past
➢ Adverbs of frequency go before ‘used to’, e.g. ‘I OFTEN used to go dancing at the weekend.’
➢ Negative: I didn’t use to + Inf. ...
➢ Question: Did you use to + inf. …?
2. WOULD + INF
➢ For repeated past actions that don´t happen anymore – with ‘ACTION/DYNAMIC’ VERBS, but
cannot be used for expressing repeated actions in the past with ‘STATIVE’ VERBS
➢ E.g. You cannot say: I would own a car I used to own a car.
➢ Adverbs of frequency go after ‘would’, e.g. ‘I would ALWAYS help my father with the
gardening.’
3. REMEMBER + VERB+ING
➢ For repeated actions in the past
➢ e.g. I remember helping my father with the gardening every Sunday afternoon.
4. REMEMBER + USED TO (REMEMBER + VERB+ING IS MORE COMMON)
➢ For repeated actions in the past
➢ e.g. I remember we used to have a big breakfast together every Sunday.
5. Actions that you used to do in the past, but you do not do now.
➢ ANYMORE e.g. I don’t have a big breakfast on Sundays anymore.
➢ NO LONGER e.g. We no longer have a big breakfast on Sundays: we’ve all put on a bit of
weight.
6. LIKED TO DO / LIKED DOING (Also, loved/hated to do/ doing)
➢ I liked to go for a walk in the local park every Sunday morning.
➢ I liked listening to the sound of the birds, sitting on a park bench.
7. THERE WAS / WERE / THERE (DIDN’T) USE TO BE
➢ There were a lot of people at the conference.
➢ There didn’t use to be a lot of shops in this area, but now, we have all kinds of shops – it’s
made life a lot easier.
8. PAST SIMPLE
➢ To describe actions in the past – that started and finished in the past.
➢ To describe a sequence of actions in the past: X happened, then Y happened, and then... etc.
