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'Used to' / 'would'

(Used to/would)


Einführung

We use "used to" and "would" to describe habits or truths in the past; they do not happen or are not true in the present. ------------------- Translation: Wir verwenden „used to" und „would", um frühere Gewohnheiten oder Tatsachen zu beschreiben; sie passieren nicht in der Gegenwart oder treffen in der Gegenwart nicht zu.
Beispiele:

„used to" oder „would" used to
„used to" versus „would"
Vergleichen Sie die folgenden Sätze:

Form 1 - used to

Wir verwenden „used to“ mit dem Infinitiv des Hauptverbs (ohne „to“). Bei der negativen und der Frageform verwenden wir „did" mit „use to" (nicht „used to"):

positiv I / You / We / They
He / She / It 		used to like chocolate.
negativ didn't use to
did not use to

Frage Did I / you / we / they
he / she / it 		use to like chocolate?

Übungen

Vervollständigen Sie die Sätze mit der positiven, negativen oder Frageform von „used to“ unter Verwendung des Verbs in Klammern:

.
1)
Sarah    good at dancing. (be)

 
2)
When I was young, I    fish but now I eat it all the time. (not eat)

 
3)
I    piano lessons. (have)

 
4)
Where did they    to school? (go)

 

Form 2 - would

Wir verwenden „would“ mit dem Infinitiv des Hauptverb (ohne „to"):

positiv I / You / We / They
He / She / It 		would eat chocolate.
negativ wouldn't
would not

Frage Would I / you / we / they
he / she / it 		eat chocolate?
Wir können „would" und das Subjektpronomen zusammenziehen:
I’d / you’d / we’d / they’d / she’d / he’d / it’d

Übungen

Vervollständigen Sie die Sätze mit der positiven, negativen oder Frageform von „would“ unter Verwendung des Verbs in Klammern:

.
1)
When I was learning to play the piano, I    every evening. (practise)

 
2)
At university, Michael    until late at night. (study)

 
3)
They    spicy food when they were young. (not eat)

 
4)
Before you bought a car, how    you    to work? (travel)

 

Form 3 - „used to" / „would" mit „always", „never", „ever"

Wir können „always“ mit der positiven, negativen und Frageform von „used to“ und „would“ verwenden. Wir verwenden „never“ mit der positiven Form von „used to" und „would" und „ever" mit den negativen und der Frageform:

used to

positiv I / You / We / They
He / She / It 		never / always used to like chocolate.
negativ didn't
did not 		ever / always

Frage Did I / you / we / they
he / she / it 		ever / always use to like chocolate?

would

positiv I / you / we / they
he / she / it 		never / always used to like chocolate.
negativ didn't
did not 		ever / always

Frage Would I / you / we / they
he / she / it 		ever / always eat chocolate?
Beispiele:
  • I always used to swim at the weekend.
  • I would always swim at the weekend.
  • He never used to swim at the weekend.
  • Would he ever swim at the weekend?

Übungen

Vervollständigen Sie die Sätze entweder mit „used to“ oder „would“ und dem Verb in Klammern:

.
1)
He    always    vegetables at the market. (buy)

 
2)
Sarah never    . (smoke)

 
3)
They    always    English. (speak)

 
4)
Did they ever    to the library? (go)

 

Weitere Übungen

Vervollständigen Sie die Sätze mit der richtigen Antwort von a, b, c oder d:
.
1)
We ____ breakfast in the same café every morning.
 

 
2)
I ____ the bus to school.
 

 
3)
They ____ on time.
 

 
4)
He ____ Mexican food but he loves it now.
 

 
5)
____ work in a bank?
 

 
6)
When they were children, ____ the dinner?
 

 
Beachten Sie, dass Sie manchmal „never“ / „always“ und „used to“ im gesprochenen Englisch in anderer Reihenfolge hören werden, wie in diesem Beispiel: „I used to always like chocolate."

Für die Beispiele und Übungen in diesem Arbeitsblatt haben wir jedoch die Standard-Wortfolge, wie oben erklärt, verwendet (z. B. „I always used to like chocolate.").
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