Understanding 'Used To' and 'Would' in English: Past Habits and Actions - Prof. Pereyra, Esquemas y mapas conceptuales de Biología Humana

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Meaning: I think that…

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I believe that we can share our problems like

everyone else.

Viva la vida Coldplay Used to or Would? I _____________ rule the world Seas ____________ rise when I gave the word Now in the morning I sleep alone Sweep the streets ___________ own I _____________ roll the dice Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes Listened as the crowd ____________ sing Now the old king is dead long live the king One minute I held the key Next the walls were closed on me And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand Used to Would Used to Used to Would

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Used to refers to past habits and states which were true in the past but are not true any more. It can be used with both action verbs and state verbs.

On Sundays, my parents used to take me to dance school. (habit,

action verb)

I used to hate dancing in those days. (state, state verb)

I didn't use to like dancing in those days.

Why did you use to hate dancing?

Would describes repeated past actions but not states. It can only be used with action verbs: Are verbs that animates a sentence, either physically ( swim, jump, drop, whistle) or mentally ( think, dream, believe, suppose, love) Are Verbs that describes a state and not an action. Example: love, have, own, hear, smell, look, taste, like, hate, adore, prefer, need, hope, know, believe, think, forget, remember, etc I would hate dancing in those days. I used to hate dancing in those days..