The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11.1 - Childhood influences for the textbook New Total English Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education
Question
Rewrite the sentences with would + infinitive, where possible.
Which of the sentences above can you rewrite with used to + infinitive?
Answer
a)
My cousin and I would play together for hours.
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My maths teacher would help me when I didn’t understand something.
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My older brother was my hero, but he wouldn’t talk to me much.
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I would spend hours every day listening to The Beatles in my bedroom.
b)
My cousin and I used to play together for hours.
The footballer Pelé used to be my role model when I was growing up.
My maths teacher used to help me when I didn’t understand something.
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My older brother was my hero, but he didn’t use to talk to me much.
My parents used to be very supportive of me when I was a child.
I used to spend hours every day listening to The Beatle in my bedroom.