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Folosim "used to" și "would" pentru a descrie obiceiuri sau situații adevărate din trecut, care nu se mai aplică sau nu mai sunt adevărate în prezent.

• Putem folosi "used to" sau "would" pentru a descrie acțiuni repetate din trecut
• Folosim doar "used to" pentru situații adevărate din trecut.

Exemple:

"used to" sau "would"

• I used to get up at 6am to go to school.
• I would get up at 6am to go to school.

used to

• I used to live in France. not I would live in France.
• I used to have a pet rabbit. not I would have a pet rabbit.
  Acestea sunt situații adevărate din trecut.

"used to" vs. "would"
Comparați frazele următoare:

• I used to / would go camping when I was young.
  "go" descrie o acțiune repetată.
   
• I used to love camping when I was young.
  "love" descrie un adevăr.

Forma nr. 1 - used to

Folosim "used to" alături de infinitivul verbului principal (fără "to"). În formele negativă și interogativă, se folosește "did" alături de "use to" (iar nu "used to"):

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

Forma interogativă

Did

I / you / we / they he / she / it

use to

like

chocolate?

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Exerciții

Completați propozițiile cu forma afirmativă, negativă sau interogativă a "used to" folosind verbele dintre paranteze:

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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)

 

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Forma nr. 2 - would

Folosim "would" alături de infinitivul verbului principal (fără "to"):

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

Forma interogativă

Would

I / you / we / they he / she / it

eat

chocolate?

Putem contracta "would" + pronumele cu funcție de subiect:
I’d / you’d / we’d / they’d / she’d / he’d / it’d

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Exerciții

Completați propozițiile cu forma afirmativă, negativă sau interogativă a "would", folosind verbele dintre paranteze:

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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)

 

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Forma nr. 3 - "used to" / "would" cu "always", "never", "ever"

Putem folosi "always" alături de forma afirmativă, negativă sau interogativă a "used to" și "would". Se folosește "never" cu forma afirmativă a "used to", și "would" și "ever" cu forma negativă sau interogativă:

used to

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

Forma interogativă

Did

I / you / we / they he / she / it

ever / always

use to

like

chocolate?

would

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

Forma interogativă

Would

I / you / we / they he / she / it

ever / always

eat

chocolate?

Exemple:

• 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?

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Exerciții

Completați propozițiile folosind fie "used to", fie "would" și verbul dintre paranteze:

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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)

 

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Exerciții suplimentare

Completați propozițiile cu răspunsul corect dintre a, b, c sau d:
.

1)

We ____ breakfast in the same café every morning.
 

would to have

would had

used to have

use to have

 

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2)

I ____ the bus to school.
 

used always to take

always would take

would always take

used always take

 

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3)

They ____ on time.
 

always wouldn't to finish

wouldn't finish always

always wouldn't finish

wouldn't always finish

 

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4)

He ____ Mexican food but he loves it now.
 

didn't use to like

didn't used to like

wouldn't liked

wouldn't to like

 

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5)

____ work in a bank?
 

He would to

Did he use to

Would he to

Did he used to

 

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6)

When they were children, ____ the dinner?
 

would ever they cook

would they ever cook

would they cook ever

they would ever cook

 

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Rețineți că, uneori, veți auzi forma inversată a "never" / "always" și "used to" în engleza vorbită, ca în exemplul: "I used to always like chocolate."

Cu toate acestea, pentru exemplele și exercițiile din această foaie de lucru, am folosit ordinea standard a cuvintelor, după cum am explicat anterior (de exemplu: "I always used to like chocolate.").