Introducción

Se usan "used to" y "would" para describir los hábitos o cosas que eran verdad o ciertas en el pasado pero que ya no ocurren o no son verdad en el presente.

• Se puede usar "used to" o "would" para describir las acciones repetidas en el pasado
• Sólo se usa "used to" para cosas ciertas en el pasado.

Ejemplos:

"used to" o "would"

• I used to get up at 6am to go to school.
• I would get up at 6am to go to school.

used to

• I used to live in France. not I would live in France.
• I used to have a pet rabbit. not I would have a pet rabbit.
  Son verdades del pasado

"used to" vs. "would"
Compare las siguientes frases:

• I used to / would go camping when I was young.
  "go" describe una acción repetida.
   
• I used to love camping when I was young.
  "love" describe una verdad/realidad.

Forma 1 - used to

Se usa "used to" con el infinitivo del verbo principal (sin "to)". En las formas negativas e interrogativas, se usa "did" con "use to" (no "used to"):

Positivo	I / You / We / They He / She / It	used to	like	chocolate.
Negativo		didn't use to did not use to

interrogativo

Did

I / you / we / they he / she / it

use to

like

chocolate?

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Práctica

Complete las frases con la forma afirmativa, negativa o interrogativa de "used to" usando el verbo entre paréntesis:

.

1)

Sarah    good at dancing. (be)

 

2)

When I was young, I    fish but now I eat it all the time. (not eat)

 

3)

I    piano lessons. (have)

 

4)

Where did they    to school? (go)

 

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Forma 2 - would

Se usa "would" con el infinitivo del verbo principal (sin "to"):

Positivo	I / You / We / They He / She / It	would	eat	chocolate.
Negativo		wouldn't would not

interrogativo

Would

I / you / we / they he / she / it

eat

chocolate?

Se pueden contraer "would" y el pronombre sujeto:
I’d / you’d / we’d / they’d / she’d / he’d / it’d

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Práctica

Complete las frases con la forma afirmativa, negativa o interrogativa de "would" con el verbo entre paréntesis:

.

1)

When I was learning to play the piano, I    every evening. (practise)

 

2)

At university, Michael    until late at night. (study)

 

3)

They    spicy food when they were young. (not eat)

 

4)

Before you bought a car, how    you    to work? (travel)

 

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Forma 3 - "used to" / "would" con "always", "never", "ever"

Se puede usar "always" con las formas afirmativa, negativa e interrogativa de "used to" y "would". Se usa "never" con la forma afirmativa de "used to" y "would" y "ever" con las formas negativa e interrogativa:

used to

Positivo	I / You / We / They He / She / It	never / always		used to	like		chocolate.
Negativo		didn't did not	ever / always

interrogativo

Did

I / you / we / they he / she / it

ever / always

use to

like

chocolate?

would

Positivo	I / you / we / they he / she / it	never / always		used to	like		chocolate.
Negativo		didn't did not	ever / always

interrogativo

Would

I / you / we / they he / she / it

ever / always

eat

chocolate?

Ejemplos:

• I always used to swim at the weekend.
• I would always swim at the weekend.
• He never used to swim at the weekend.
• Would he ever swim at the weekend?

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Práctica

Complete las frases usando o "used to" o "would" y el verbo entre paréntesis:

.

1)

He    always    vegetables at the market. (buy)

 

2)

Sarah never    . (smoke)

 

3)

They    always    English. (speak)

 

4)

Did they ever    to the library? (go)

 

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Más práctica

Complete las frases con la respuesta correcta de a, b, c ó d:
.

1)

We ____ breakfast in the same café every morning.
 

use to have

would had

would to have

used to have

 

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2)

I ____ the bus to school.
 

always would take

would always take

used always to take

used always take

 

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3)

They ____ on time.
 

wouldn't always finish

always wouldn't to finish

always wouldn't finish

wouldn't finish always

 

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4)

He ____ Mexican food but he loves it now.
 

didn't use to like

didn't used to like

wouldn't liked

wouldn't to like

 

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5)

____ work in a bank?
 

He would to

Did he used to

Did he use to

Would he to

 

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6)

When they were children, ____ the dinner?
 

would ever they cook

would they cook ever

they would ever cook

would they ever cook

 

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Tenga en cuenta que a veces se cambia el orden de "never / "always" y "used to" en el inglés hablado, como en el ejemplo: "I used to always like chocolate."

Sin embargo, en los ejemplos y ejercicios de esta hoja de trabajo se usa el orden de palabras estándar como se ha explicado anteriormente (por ejemplo, "I always used to like chocolate.").