Past habits
We used to ride/usually rode bikes but now we have a car.
both
I normally am going to the gym after work/I normally go the gym after work.
I normally go to the gym after work.
He ______________ (run) to the station but the 9am train _______________________ (already left).
He ran to the station but the 9am train had already left.
Did you use to have/Would you usually have a lot of friends when you were at school?
Did you use to have a lot of friends when you were at school?
My wife doesn't use to wear/doesn't wear high heels. She doesn't like them.
My wife doesn't wear high heels. She doesn't like them.
She won/had won the gold medal at the last Olympic Games
She won the gold medal at the last Olympic Games.
Carol never used to/would never be very friendly but now she always says hello.
Carol never used to be very friendly but now she always says hello.
We don't go usually/don't usually go away on holiday because we can't afford it.
We don't usually go away on holiday because we can't afford it.
I ___________________ (watch) TV last night when somebody ____________ (ring) the doorbell.
I was watching TV last night when somebody rang the doorbell.
I never used to watch/didn't use to watch much TV, but now I'm addicted to Netflix.
both
I go/am used to go to Paris with my parents every summer.
I go to Paris with my parents every summer.
My sister _______________ (wait) to go out to dinner yesterday when her boyfriend __________ (call) to say that his car _________________ (break down).
My sister was waiting to go out to dinner yesterday when her boyfriend called to say that his car had broken down.
I remember that when I was was a child I ________ go to the beach every two months.
would / used to
We stay/are staying in expensive hotels when we travel.
We stay in expensive hotels when we travel.
They _________________ (drive) to the airport when suddenly they _________________ (remember) they ________________ (not lock) the back door.
They were driving to the airport when suddenly they remembered they had not locked the back door.