1. GRAMMAR: “USED TO”
AND “WOULD”
A - USED TO + INFINITIVE: PAST STATES, HABITS AND ACTIONS. SPANISH: “SOLÍA ….”
Affirmative form:
I used to have pets (Yo solía
tener mascotas) / He used to smoke
(Él solía fumar) / They used to walk every day (Ellos solían pasear todos los días).
Negative form: DID NOT /DIDN’T USE TO + INFINITIVE
I didn’t use to have pets / He didn’t use to smoke / They didn’t use to
walk every day.
Interrogative form: DID + S + USE TO + INFINITIVE?
Did I use to have pets? / Did he use to smoke? / Did they use to walk
every day?
B - WOULD + INFINITIVE: PAST ACTIONS. SPANISH: VERBO
PRINCIPAL EN IMPERFECTO DE INDICATIVO.
They would walk every day (Ellos andaban
todos los días) / We would go to the
beach in the summer (Nosotros íbamos
a la playa en verano) / She would sing
in a choir (Ella cantaba en un
coro).
PAY ATTENTION: "USED TO" and "WOULD" can only be used in the Simple Past Tense. In the Present Simple tense, we use "usually" instead. E.g.: I usually read at night. (Yo suelo leer por la noche).
2. GRAMMAR: “BE USED
TO” AND “GET USED TO”
A – BE USED TO + GERUND: “ESTAR ACOSTUMBRADO A + INFINITIVO”
I’m used to celebrating
my birthday every year (Estoy
acostumbrado a celebrar mi cumpleaños todos los años) / My brother is used to getting up early (Mi hermano
está acostumbrado a madrugar)
B – GET USED TO + GERUND: “ACOSTUMBRARSE
A + INFINITIVO”
I’m getting used to working ten hours a day (Me estoy acostumbrando a
trabajar diez horas al día) / We got
used to living in cold temperatures (Nos
acostumbramos a vivir con bajas
temperaturas) / They will soon get used to speaking Italian all the
time (Ellos se acostumbrarán pronto a hablar italiano todo el tiempo).
PAY ATTENTION: "BE USED TO" and "GET USED TO" can be used in present, past and future tenses.
