Used to and would

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Agenda

Tests in magister

Warm up

Recap used to and would

Check ex from last week

[...] there is an important difference between 'would' and 'used to'. 'Used to' can be used to talk about past states as well as past repeated actions and habits, but 'would' is only used to talk about past habits. 'Would' is not used to talk about past states.

	habits and repeated actions	states	things that happened once
used to	x	x
would	x
past simple	x	x	x

    I used to love energy drinks when I was 16

X I would love energy drinks when I was 16

X One day in September when I was 16 I used to have an energy drink

Used to and would + infinitive

Both are used for: Past habits that do not happen now

-we used to stay at the campsite every year

NOT -we used to stay at the campsite last July (that's only once)

Would: to emphasize that the action is typical of a person or situation

- when we were little, it would always rain/dad would always dress up for my birthday

Which one is correct?
1. My little brother used to play with trains.
2. My little brother would play with trains.

1. 1 is correct
2. 2 is correct
3. both are correct

Which sentence is correct?
1. I would visit my aunt every weekend when I was young.
2. I used to visit my aunt every weekend.

1. Sentence 1 is correct
2. Sentence 2 is correct
3. Both are wrong
4. Both are correct

Which sentence is correct:
1. Our house would be a church.
2. Our house used to be a church.

1. Sentence 1 is correct
2. Sentence 2 is correct
3. Both are wrong.
4. Both are correct.

Which one is correct?
1. Tim used to have a camera, but he lost it.
2. Tim would have a camera, but he lost it.

1. 1 is correct
2. 2 is correct
3. both are correct

Used to or would?

1. The Twin Towers used to be the tallest buildings in the world.
2. The Twin Towers would be the tallest buildings in the world.

p30, unit 3A

- we will discuss topic sentences (strategy) first

- then make ex. 2 -4

YOUR TURN

- pick a story from https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read (!super long) or https://www.theguardian.com/uk/commentisfree (more manageable)

- copy/paste the text into a Google Doc

- find the topic sentences and highlight

- write a summary

- submit in Classroom

copy/paste your summary here

Story time

Write about something you used to do as a child, and a time this thing got you in trouble. Turn this in in Classroom.

For example: When I was young I used to steal cookies from the tin my dad bought. I always made sure never to take so many of one kind that he noticed them missing. One time, though, I forgot to put the tin back in the cupboard....

Story time, and then?

When you have finished the story time assignment in classroom: 

Study the vocab words

Study irregular verbs

Read (in English!)