Hi guys and welcome back to Love English! so, I am back! I am back of holiday! many
of you who follow us on Instagram will know that I have been to Cuba, so not
only am i back with a tan but I'm also married! There we go just to show you
proof wedding ring engagement rings so thank you so much for all your lovely
comments many of you said congratulations on YouTube community and
of course those of you on Instagram that commented on my lovely wedding pictures
thank you very much now today you're going to learn even more about me
because I'm going to give you some examples, some sentences, personal
sentences about me to illustrate the grammar point that I am looking at today
so not only will you learn more about grammar but you're learning more about
me today we are looking at use two and would to talk about the past
specifically to talk about past habits routines and regular activities that you
did in the past but you don't do now or that you didn't do in the past but you
do do now does that make sense now although this grammar point
is actually quite simple it's super useful to use in IELTS FCE CAE any kind
of speaking exam where you might be asked to talk about some past
experiences even your childhood rather than just using the past simple I was
always out playing with my friends when I was a child you could use use to or
would this shows your range of grammar your range of language in English and
we'll get you a higher grade in a speaking exam so as always before we get
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with the lesson shall we talk about the past
now one thing Sabra and I always recommend whether it is grammar or
vocabulary you need to personalize it a language and today I am going to play a
bit of a game with you I'm going to tell you two things about me that are true
and one that is a lie so I'm going to tell you three things about me referring
of course to the past and my childhood now one of these things that I am going
to tell you is a lie and I want you to guess which one is the lie right number
one when I was a child I used to eat raw onions raw meaning uncooked so when I
was a child I used to eat raw onions number two when I was a child I would
often play outside in the garden when I was a child I would often play outside
in the garden and number three when I was a child I
used to love mushrooms when I was a child I used to love mushrooms so there
we are three things about me which one do you think is the lie keep watching it
to the end to find out the answer don't forget you can of course play this game
why don't you comment in the box below using the grammar once I've explained it
and tell me two things about you that are true one that is the lie and I will
guess which one let's understand why we use use two and would they are used to
talk about habits routines regular activities in the past that no longer
happen now so when I was a child I used to watch cartoons when I was a child I
used to watch cartoons do i watch cartoons now no so I
can say that that is correct I used to in the past but I don't now when I was a
child I didn't use to eat the bananas I didn't used to eat bananas do I eat
bananas now yes I do when I was a child I used to eat chocolate when I was a
child I used to eat chocolate now if I said that I used to do it in the past it
means that I don't do it now can I say that not really
I feel like eating chocolate so that one would be wrong well this is good
chocolate I've eaten chocolate my whole life who
wouldn't now remember with use to M word they are
actions that regularly happened in the past if it was an action that happened
once then you need to use the past simple when I was a child
I went to Spain if you said I used to go to Spain it means you regularly went or
I would often go to Spain you went regularly more than once it was a
pattern a habit a routine so just remember that if it was only one time
then past simple so now we understand the concept of use - and would being in
the past but I'm not being true now or vice versa
we can look at the grammar used - plus the base form of the verb the infinitive
that is the positive I used to eat I used to play I used to go negative I
didn't use - I didn't use - they didn't use to we'd and used to the great thing
about this grammar is that there is no third person because we are talking in
the past so therefore we used to they used to she used to we didn't use to
they didn't use - she didn't used to and of course after both twos whether it's
negative or positive you would use the base form of the verb the infinitive the
same goes for wood wood is a modal verb and of course we need an
after a modal verb I would go I would play I would do I would eat when I was a
child I would often run around the park and of course don't forget question
forms did you used to play football when you were a child would you often play
football when you were a child just simply invert those auxilary verbs and
the subject to make the sentence a question and of course using those
adverbs often always sometimes rarely seldom any kind of adverb that indicates
a period of time or even every day once a day every evening these are great to
give more context and to explain in more detail how regularly you did something
in the past now what you may have noticed is the pronunciation of use 2 in
the negative and the positive I didn't used to play football I used to
play football listen carefully there are used to play I used to play I didn't
used to play there's no difference in pronunciation because we need the
infinitive verb after did we would remove the D from used use but when we
are speaking quickly there is a T at the end
it connects used and use to to so I used to play I didn't use to play you stir
you stir very strange when you listen to it separately from the sentence but that
is how we speak and that is also going to help you sound much more natural and
native when you are using this grammar now most of the time we are able to use
used to or would interchangeably however when it comes to state verbs when it
comes to talking about States in the past we have to use used to would is
only used for actions but used to can be used for both when I was a child I used
to have short hair when I was a child I would have short
hair no we can't say this we cannot use wood
in this way it doesn't work when I was a child I used to be naughty in the
evenings when I didn't want to go to bed I used to be e of course is a state verb
we're talking about estate in the past that you were but are not now I cannot
use when I was a child I would be naughty no this is a state so we would
only use used to or of course you can use the past simple when I was a child I
was often naughty before bed if you don't know whether you are using a state
verb or an active verb and action then simply use the past simple or use use
too don't get stressed about which to use when used to is actually perfectly
okay so that's it a really simple grammar point used to and would to talk
about past habits routines and activities you did or didn't do
regularly in the past that you do or don't do now remember if you did it in
the past you don't do it now if you didn't do it in the past you do do it
now makes sense let's look at those examples that I gave you about myself at
the beginning of the lesson and of course I will reveal which one is the
lie so the three sentences I gave you when I was a child I used to eat raw
onions uncooked onions number two when I was a child I would often play outside
in the garden number three when I was a child I used to love mushrooms so which
one did you think was a lie right it is in fact number three that's right when I
was a child I used to eat raw onions uncooked onions like an apple almost can
you imagine if I did that now I don't think I would get a kiss from my husband
or have anyone come near me I don't think my students would be very happy to
have a teacher with onion breath when I was a child of course I would often play
outside in the garden as most children do do I play outside in the garden now
no I might sit in the garden in the summer with a glass of wine but number
three when I was a child I used to hate mushrooms which means I love them now
right four so that is it now of course like I told you you need to comment
below I want you to give me three sentences two that are true about your
childhood and one that is a lie I will guess which one is the lie and you tell
me if I got it right try and make them a little bit strange and interesting but
hopefully believable so that it will be hard for me to guess which one is the
lie thank you so much for watching don't forget to Like of course comment with
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