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Used To and Would – Worksheet 1

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This worksheet practises used to and would for talking about past habits and states that are no longer true. B1 learners work on positive, negative and question forms, learn when would is not possible, and fix typical mistakes.

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Exercise 1: Form of used to

Complete the sentences with the correct form of used to and the verb in brackets.

Example: My uncle ___ (drive) a taxi. → used to drive

  1. When I was a child, I (play) football in the street every day.

  2. My sister (not / like) cheese, but now she eats it all the time.

  3. (you / have) a pet when you were young?

  4. This building (be) a cinema. Now it's a supermarket.

  5. We (not / go) abroad on holiday when I was a kid.

  6. Where (your parents / work) before they retired?

  7. Marco (wear) glasses, but now he wears contact lenses.

  8. (Anna / walk) to school, or did she take the bus?

Exercise 2: Used to or would?

Complete the sentences with words from the box. You can use words more than once. Two words are not needed.

Example: We ___ live in a house with a big garden. → used to

Word box used towoulduse todidn't use toDiduses towas used to

  1. I have long hair when I was a teenager.

  2. On Sundays, my grandmother tell us stories by the fire.

  3. your brother use to play the guitar?

  4. They live in a small flat in the city centre.

  5. I didn't enjoy maths at school.

  6. Every evening after dinner, we go for a walk along the beach.

  7. Lena know how to swim until she was twelve.

  8. My dad believe in ghosts, but he doesn't anymore.

Exercise 3: Find and correct the mistake

Each sentence has one mistake. Write the correct sentence.

Example: She used to played the piano. → She used to play the piano.

  1. I use to live in Madrid when I was a student.

  2. Did you used to play tennis?

  3. She didn't used to drink coffee.

  4. We would have a dog called Max.

  5. My father used to working in a bank.

  6. When I was a child, I would to visit my aunt every summer.

  7. Tom would be very shy at school.

  8. There used to being a park here.

Exercise 4: Rewrite the sentences

Rewrite each sentence using the word in brackets. Keep the meaning the same and leave out 'in the past'.

Example: In the past, Lucy cycled to work. (used to) → Lucy used to cycle to work.

  1. In the past, Jack smoked. (used to)

  2. In the past, Maria didn't eat meat. (use)

  3. Was there a library in this street in the past? (use)

  4. Every summer we went camping in the mountains. (would)

  5. In the past, Sam had a lot of free time. (used to)

  6. Did you go to the same school as your cousin in the past? (use)

  7. My mum always sang to me at bedtime when I was little. (would)

Exercise 5: Put the words in order

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.

Example: used / he / to / tall / be / not / very → no example needed; start with the subject.

  1. used / I / to / in / live / a / village

  2. you / did / use / play / to / chess

  3. didn't / we / to / use / television / a / have

  4. would / every / my / morning / us / wake / grandfather / early

  5. there / to / be / used / a / here / bakery

  6. where / your / did / family / use / to / live

  7. sister / my / to / shy / be / used / very

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Printable B1 worksheet on used to and would for past habits and states: positives, negatives, questions, common errors and word order.

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used towould for past habitspast states vs past actionsnegatives and questions with use tocommon errors

Notes for teachers

Start with a quick timeline showing that used to and would describe things that happened regularly in the past but not now. Point out that would is only for repeated actions, never for states such as be, have, live, like or believe. Learners often write 'didn't used to' or 'did you used to'. Remind them that after did/didn't we use the base form 'use to'. As a follow-up, ask learners to write a short paragraph about their childhood using at least three sentences with used to and two with would.

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