Used to vs Would / Practice English with Paul

hello my friends and welcome to practice English with Paul today's video is simple it is used to versus wood yes it's time for some grammar now used to is a very simple word which we use in English all the time you will find it in elementary textbooks pre-intermediate textbooks and it gets a little bit more difficult when we start to use the word wood and I will explain both today how they can be similar and different at the same time so let's look at use two with the structure the pronunciation and what it is and then wood ok firstly used two is plus u infinitive affirmative sentence I used to have hair I used to have a car I used to live in England we have negative I didn't use to have hair I didn't used to have a car I didn't use to live in England but be careful in my friends do you see this I never used to this is actually more common to say in English then didn't used to so better I never used to have here I never used to have a car I never used to live in England that's more common better question did you use to have hair did you use to have a car did you use to live in England now the form of use Tube is really easy and that's why this is easy to teach because it's only past simple there is no present simple there is no continuous form there's no perfect or future only past simple now the pronunciation of this is very interesting now we know the verb use like it looks similar to this I am using a pen to write I am using or board I am using a chair but listen to the sound of the S using using it's like that but here I used to have hair used it more like s-sound and that's important I used to have did you used okay now we know how to form it we know the pronunciation but what is it very very easy very simple used to we use to talk about past States or past habits which are now finished something has changed so I used to have hair that's a past date but something changed and now I have no hair that's important and also there is no specific length of time there is no specific length oh you don't say used to plus a specific time word I used to go to work on Thursday doesn't work we need a more general time expression when I was younger I used to have hair I used to live in England there is sort of no time word here but we understand it for a period of time look at this example here I used to go swimming every day last week it doesn't work it is wrong because last week is specific therefore we can't say used to better I went swimming every day last week do you see the difference now let's have a look at wood so my friends let's have a look at wood now wood is plus a bare infinitive a bare infinitive is infinitive without to because wood is a modal verb and as we know modal verbs are not plus two that should go can go Moscow not must ago would to go can't go there no wood and used to both talk about the past but there is a difference when I was young I used to sit in the park reading now I'm talking about a past habit because I'm using used to when I was young I would sit in the park reading now there is a difference I'm going to say this again to make it a bit more understandable when I was young I was sitting apart reading exactly it gives an idea of nostalgia so when we talk about the past using wood for a period of time it gives the idea of nostalgia that's the difference now this is where things become a bit problematic when we talk about past States we use used to not would never for example I used to have hair I can't say when I was younger I would have hair it's incorrect English because it's a state similarly I used to own a Volvo not I would own of although many years ago is bad English used to because it's a state now number four I've written here Cambridge exams now why have I done that now if you're doing an FCE or CAE is it important to know the difference between these yes it is if you're doing a SCE CA or CPE use of English like a part 1 or part 2 pay attention to the context so for example if the context is nostalgic wood is better than they used to but again you only ate out one word anyway so it's quite simple but again if you're doing your writing make sure if you've been nostalgic woods if you're talking about habits and stays used to it making kind of gives you Lingus that extra special touch it sounds better and more professional okay so as you can see used to words very very simple very easy to understand but very effective so I hope you like that I hope it useful thumbs up subscribe share leave a comment thanks for watching and I'll see you again soon bye

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Length: 6min 42sec (402 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 22 2015