Do you remember the two Past Tenses in English?
Watch the videos and then do the exercises that follow.
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Expressing Past Habits
I played chess with my brother at weekends.
I used to play chess with my brother at weekends.
I would play chess with my brother at weekends.
Note: would is only used in positive sentences, NOT in questions and negatives
Expressing Past States
I lived in Athens when I was ten.
I used to live in Athens when I was ten.
× I would live in Athens when I was ten. (wrong – would is not used in past states)
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