WOULD, USED TO, BE+ALWAYS+ING

FORM	FUNCTION	EXAMPLES
Would(always/never)+base form	Used to talk about habits or customs in the past.	Sara would never remember to buy milk on her way home
(always/never) used to+base form	Used to talk about habits or customs, or to express something that was true in the past, but is no longer true.	The wind always used to blow really hard in Montreal. When I was younger, I used to have short hair.
Be+always+-ing form (present or past progressive)	Used to talk about habits or customs in the `present and past.	They are always laughing and joking. He was always singing

Past habit – used to/would/past simple

When we talk about things that happened in the past but don’t happen anymore we can do it in different ways.

Cuando hablamos de cosas que sucedieron en el pasado pero ya no ocurren, podemos hacerlo de diferentes maneras

Used to

• We used to live in New York when I was a kid.
• There didn’t use to be a petrol station there. When was it built?

We can use ‘used to’ to talk about past states ….

• I used to go swimming every Thursday when I was at school.
• I used to smoke but I gave up a few years ago.

·         Solíamos vivir en Nueva York cuando era un niño.

·         No solía haber una gasolinera allí. ¿Cuándo fue construido?

Podemos usar 'usado' para hablar sobre estados pasados

·         ​​Solía ​​ir a nadar todos los jueves cuando estaba en la escuela.

·         Solía ​​fumar, pero me rendí hace unos años.

Would

• Every Saturday I would go on a long bike ride.
• My teachers would always say “Sit down and shut up!”

We can use ‘would’ to talk about repeated past actions.

Often either ‘would’ or ‘used to’ is possible. Both of these sentences are possible.

• Every Saturday, I would go on a long bike ride.
• Every Saturday I used to go on a long bike ride.

Todos los sábados iba en un largo paseo en bicicleta.
Mis maestros siempre decían "¡Siéntate y cállate!"
Podemos usar 'would' para hablar sobre acciones pasadas repetidas.

A menudo, 'would' o 'used to' es posible. Ambas frases son posibles.

Todos los sábados, iba en un largo paseo en bicicleta.
Todos los sábados solía ir en un largo paseo en bicicleta.