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English homework. Hello everybody. I need help with my English homework. New topic is "used to" and "would" to talk about a past habit. By the way, I didn't know that "would" was for past too. I only knew the conditional use. Anyway, I'll copy the whole excercise, and then, my attempt to solve it. 1 - Cross out the alternative which is not possible. a) I [used to play / played / play] a lot of tennis when I was younger. b) After school I [would take / used to take / take] the bus home. c) He [never used to play / would play / played ] the guitar, but he doesn't play anymore. d) Tim [used to have / would have / had] long hair. e) I [studied / used to study / didn't use to study] French for five years. My answers. a) I [used to play / played / xxxxx] a lot of tennis when I was younger. b) After school I [would take / used to take / xxxx] the bus home. c) He [xxxxxxx / would play / played ] the guitar, but he doesn't play anymore. d) Tim [used to have / would have / xxxxx] long hair. e) I [studied / xxxxx / xxxxxxx] French for five years. According to excercise, it says "the alternative" so, I supose it's only one, but in the last one I think both are incorrect. What do you say? Do I approve? Thanks in advance!

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Thanks for your comments Mauricio. Regards.
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Hi, when we talk about past habits 'would' and 'used to' have the same meaning, but, the difference is that would can not be used with non action verbs for example: It is correct to say When I was a child, I would ride a bike = When I was a child, I used to ride a bike Here 'ride' implies an action e.g. movement. but it is INCORRECT to say When I was a teenager, I would love listening to rock music. The correct form in this case HAS to be with 'used to' When I was a teenager, I used to love listening to rock music.

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