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Are Not Happening Now, We Use: When We Talk About Events, States, or Habits That Took Place in The Past and and

This document discusses the differences between using "used to" and "would" when talking about past habits, actions, or recurring events. "Used to" is used for describing past states or habitual actions, while "would" is used to talk about repeated events that happened in the past. The document provides examples of how to fill in blanks with the correct form of "used to" or "would" depending on whether a state, action, or repeated event is being described.

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Are Not Happening Now, We Use: When We Talk About Events, States, or Habits That Took Place in The Past and and

This document discusses the differences between using "used to" and "would" when talking about past habits, actions, or recurring events. "Used to" is used for describing past states or habitual actions, while "would" is used to talk about repeated events that happened in the past. The document provides examples of how to fill in blanks with the correct form of "used to" or "would" depending on whether a state, action, or repeated event is being described.

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When we talk about events, states, or habits that took place in the past

and are not happening now, we use used to and would.


Used to: My father used to live in Paris. Would: We would visit my grandmother every summer when I
For actions and states was little.

Used with stative verbs For an event that happened many times
Negative: didn’t use to More formal
Questions: Did (he) use to Cannot be used with stative verbs
Used more often No negative or question

Fill in the correct form of used to or would


If both answers are possible- use would

1. Michael Jordan ______would______ live in Brooklyn, N.Y.


2. When he was young, he __didn’t use ______ often play basketball
with his older brother.
3. He _____didn’t used to play_______ (not) play only basketball- he
played football and baseball too.
4. He really wanted to grow tall- so he ____would_____ put salt in his
shoes and pray. And it worked- he did grow tall!
5. When he was a child, he __would___ often dream about winning an
Olympic gold medal.
6. When Michael Jordan played in the NBA, there __didn’t use_____
(not) be 30 teams as there are today.
7. _____did__ you ____used to_____ cheer for Michael Jordan when
he was a Chicago Bulls player?
8. Scottie Pippen is the youngest of 12 children and he _____used to___
live in a small town in Arkansas.
9. When he was young, he ___used to____ dream about making the
winning shot in the 7th game of the NBA championship.-
10. ____did __Scottie ___used to_____ play basketball very well? No,
he didn’t.
11. He was on his high school basketball team, but he __didn’t use
to________ (not) play very much.
12. Pippen ______used to__ be so skinny- he weighed 150 pounds or 68
kilos- no college offered him a scholarship..
13. So his coach found him as job as basketball team manager at the
University of Central Arkansas where he ____used to___ be in charge of
equipment and laundry for the team.
14. He _____didn’t used to play_ (not/play) basketball very well- he
_____used to__ be on the reserve team.
15. Because many players quit the team, Pippen got a chance to play. He
________would_ score 4.3 points per game.
16. Not many people ____used to_____ watch his games. He was almost
unknown.
17. Michael Jordan ____would__ always stick his tongue out when he
was making a shot.
18. Jordan and Pippen ___usted to_____ be called the greatest duo in
basketball. Has any other duo taken their place yet?

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