Ways of expressing habits

• Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be.
• Her mother is constantly checking up on her.
• 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)
• The negative and interrogative forms of used to are:
• I didn't use to like dancing in those days.
• Why did you use to hate dancing?
• WOULD
• Would describes repeated past actions but not states. It can only be used with action verbs:
• From time to time, he would call her to ask if she wanted to meet for lunch.
With time expressions such as always, constantly, continually and all the time, the past continuous can express frequently repeated past actions which annoy(ed) the speaker:
• With time expressions such as always, constantly, continually and all the time, the past continuous can express frequently repeated past actions which annoy(ed) the speaker:
• She was always teasing me.
• They were constantly arguing about money.
With action verbs, often either used to or would is possible:
• With action verbs, often either used to or would is possible:
• On Sundays, my parents used to take me to dance school.
• On Sundays, my parents would take me to dance school.
• With state verbs, however, only used to is possible:
• I used to hate dancing in those days.
Used to + infinitive should not be confused with be/get used to + gerund (verb-ing):
• Used to + infinitive should not be confused with be/get used to + gerund (verb-ing):
• She used to live alone in a small apartment. (it was true in the past, but not any more)
• She was used to living alone in a small apartment. (she was accustomed to it)
• She got used to living alone in a small apartment. (she became accustomed to...

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