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Used To and Would

The document contains two conversations between two people discussing their past living situations. In the first conversation, the speakers discuss having previously lived in other places in Spain and visiting a university town annually as children. They also talk about having had summer houses where they would spend months without school obligations. In the second conversation, the speakers reminisce fondly about their simpler lives in the country in the past compared to their current lives.

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Used To and Would

The document contains two conversations between two people discussing their past living situations. In the first conversation, the speakers discuss having previously lived in other places in Spain and visiting a university town annually as children. They also talk about having had summer houses where they would spend months without school obligations. In the second conversation, the speakers reminisce fondly about their simpler lives in the country in the past compared to their current lives.

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1. 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, Elena?

B: No. In fact, I've only been here for a year. I _______________________ (live) in San Acasio; it's a

small town north of here. And when I was a little girl, from 1990 to 1994, my father was a visiting

professor at the University of Salamanca. We _______________________ (go) there every summer

during those four years, and we _______________________ (rent) a farmhouse outside the city. My

father _______________________ (teach) his classes in the mornings

and _______________________us (take) on outings in the afternoons. How about you? I know you live

in Tokyo now, but _______________________ (you, not live) in Sapporo?

A: Yes, we did when I was young. We also _______________________ (have) a summer house in a small

village near there. We don't have it anymore, though. It's too bad, because I have some fond memories

of the place. We _______________________ (spend) a month there in the early summer and another

month in the winter. It was great for us children because we _______________________ (not have to

think) about school or homework for a whole month. I really miss that simple life in the country.

B: Me too. I'd like to go back to it.

2. Complete with “used to” and “would”.


1. On Sundays, after his football match, Bob _______________________ often come home
exhausted.
2. You _______________________like him... Yes, but now I hate him !
3. She _______________________live in London before the war, then she moved to New York.
4. I remember we _______________________ go fishing every morning when I was a child. It was
great. Now, I am an accountant and I don't have any free time.
5. The children_______________________ often help me to make a cake. They still do
sometimes.
6. He_______________________ be a very good tennis player, until he broke his ankle.
7. My grandfather_______________________ swim in this river. Unfortunately, now it's
forbidden.

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