Used to / would past simple exercises

1. When we use used to and would?
2. Would used to examples?
3. Where past simple tense is used?
4. How do you use past simple form?

When we use used to and would?

'Would' is only good for actions or situations that were repeated many times; 'Used to' is good for any action or situation that continued for a period of time in the past, including repeated actions or situations.

Would used to examples?

Would is also used to talk about habitual actions in the past, but not to talk about past states.

• When I was young I used to go fishing with my father every summer. ( correct) When I was young I would go fishing with my father every summer. ( ...
• She used to have a house in the country. ( correct)

Where past simple tense is used?

Using the Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past is used for actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. It's also possible to use the simple past in a sentence without specifying a time, but it must have previously been made clear that the speaker is referring to a finished period.

How do you use past simple form?

Using the past simple

1. We use it with finished actions, states or habits in the past when we have a finished time word (yesterday, last week, at 2 o'clock, in 2003). ...
2. We use it with finished actions, states or habits in the past when we know from general knowledge that the time period has finished.