Used to is used: to describe past habits in contrast with the present.

When I was fifteen I used to ride my bike every day. (I no longer ride my bike every day in the present)

to talk about past states (also in contrast with the present)

I used to love watching films. (I no longer love watching movies in the present) Note: In spoken English "used to" is used with the auxiliary "did" for questions and negative statements (some argue this is incorrect), Did you use to like Maths when you were in primary school? I didn t use to do my homework in first grade. hough rare, "used to" is used in formal or written English as a semi!modal ver", !sed you to go out at the weekends while at university? I used not to watch much ".#. when I was a teen.

Wouldis used to describe past habits typical of a person or repeated events in the past but not states.
Mary would always drink a glass of milk before going to bed. Note: both would and used to can be used to describe habits and states in the past whereas would" can only be used to talk about past habits and not states.

Fill in the blanks in the conversation with the correct forms of "used to" or "would". Use "would" if it is possible to do so. A: Have you always lived in Spain, lena! ": #o. $n fact, $%ve only been here for a year. $ &live' in San Acasio( it%s a small town north of here. And when $ was a little )irl, from *++, to *++-, my father was a visitin) professor at the University of Salamanca. .e there every summer durin) those four years, and we outside the city. /y father 0okyo now, but &)o' &rent' a farmhouse

&teach' his classes in the mornin)s and &you, not live' in Sapporo!

us &take' on outin)s in the afternoons. How about you! $ know you live in

A: 1es, we did when $ was youn). .e also &have' a summer house in a small villa)e near there. .e don%t have it anymore, thou)h. $t%s too bad, because $ have some fond memories of the place. .e &spend' a month there in the early summer and another month in the winter. $t was )reat for us children because we &not have to think' about school or homework for a whole month. $ really miss that simple life in the country. ": /e too. $%d like to )o back to it.

Stative (or State) Verb List like love hate want need prefer agree mind own sound hear disagree satisfy doubt wish dislike deserve lack owe know realise suppose mean understand believe remember recognise appear taste astonish please promise think (=have an opinion) imagine be involve measure (=have length etc) weigh (=have weight) belong fit contain consist seem depend matter see look (=seem) smell deny impress surprise feel (=have an opinion) concern have include possess

A verb which isnt stative is called a dynamic verb, and is usually an action.

Some verbs can be both stative and dynamic: Be be is usually a stative verb, but when it is used in the continuous it means behaving or acting you are stupid = its part of your personality

Think

you are being stupid = only now, not usually think (stative) = have an opinion think that coffee is great think (dynamic) = consider, have in my head what are you thinking about! m thinking about my ne"t holiday have (stative) = own have a car have (dynamic) = part of an e"pression m having a party # a picnic # a bath # a good time # a break see (stative) = see with your eyes # understand see what you mean see her now, shes $ust coming along the road see (dynamic) = meet # have a relationship with ve been seeing my boyfriend for three years m seeing %obert tomorrow taste (stative) = has a certain taste &his soup tastes great

Have

See

Taste

&he coffee tastes really bitter

taste (dynamic) = the action of tasting &he chef is tasting the soup ('taste' is the same as other similar verbs such as 'smell')

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