"Used to" and "would" both describe past habits and routines that no longer happen. However, only "used to" can describe past states or situations. Understanding the difference prevents a very common intermediate-level error.
Practice
When I was a child, I ___ love vegetables. Now I eat them every day.
This areabe a farmland before the city expanded.
Put the words in the correct order:
My family ___ live in a small apartment downtown before we moved to the suburbs.
My brotherbe afraid of the dark when he was little.
Put the words in the correct order:
___ you use to take the bus to school?
Ihave long hair, but I cut it short last year.
There ___ be a movie theater on this corner, but they tore it down.
Heride his bike to the lake every Saturday morning.