Modals expressing past habits
Past habit means an actionA general term expressing that somebody or something does something or stateA condition that exists at a particular time. E.g.: I am sick. This melon weighs two kilos. that was habitual or typical in the past, but is probably not any more.
On Sundays my parents would always take me to dance school.
I used to hate dancing in those days.
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- USED TO and WOULD for past habits
- Modals expressing past willingness / unwillingness
- Modals expressing present habits
- Past perfect continuous for past habits
- Past continuous for temporary past habits
- Past continuous for annoying past habits
- Past simple for past habits and states
- Inversion in conditional sentences
- Third conditional
- Second conditional
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