USED TO AND WOULD

Hi 3rd graders, please copy this into your notebooks. Then, do Ex. 6 and 8 on p.22 in your book. And ex.9 on p.22 IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.

When we talk about past routines and habits, we can use PAST SIMPLE as in this example:

When I was a child, I spent my summers in India.

But we can also use two other forms to express the same. 

USED TO

• past routines and habits that happened regularly

I used to spend my summers in India when I was a child.

I didn’t use to spend my summers in England.

• past states and situations

I used to have long hair when I was a child.

I used to live in Miami.  

WOULD

• past routines and habits that happened regularly

I would play football when I was a child.

BUT NOT past states and situations

I would have long hair when I was a child.  

I would live in Miami.

BEWARE! (ojo!)

be used to - estar acostumbrado

get used to - estar acostumbrándose

Explain the difference in these sentences IN YOUR NOTEBOOK:

I'm used to waking up at 5am.

I'm getting used to waking up at 5am.
I used to wake up at 5am.