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Noteclass 9 10

Used to / would

Lesson 48 of 84

B1

used to / would = purani aadat (ab nahi). would haalat wale verbs (live / have / be / like) ke saath nahi. Kitni baar (always / usually) = topic 25 — yahan nahi. would like = topic 29. If + would = topic 40.

1. Kya hai

used to + asal verb = pehle regular tha, ab nahi. Habit (aadat): I used to play cricket. State (haalat — live / have / be / like): I used to live in Pune.

I used to cycle to school. Now I take the metro.

Simple past ek baar: I played yesterday (topic 10 / 22). Har Sunday scene = topic 38. Yahan: purani aadat, ab band.

2. used to / would

Form Example
Positive used to + asal verb I used to play cricket.
Negative didn't use to + asal verb I didn't use to like coffee. / I never used to…
Question Did you use to + asal verb? Did you use to live here?

Yaad rakho: did ke baad use (bina -d). Positive me used to. used to playing is matlab ke liye galat.

used to would
Past habit (dobara-dobara) We used to visit Amma every Diwali. When I was ten, we would visit Amma every Diwali.
Past state (haalat: have / live / be / like) I used to live in Pune. I used to have a cycle. I would live in Pune. — nahi
Ab nahi — clear zyada clear aksar time-frame chahiye: When I was a child…

would yahan past habit hai, sapna nahi. If I had a car, I would drive = topic 40. Would you like chai? = topic 29. He said he would come = topic 42.

3. be used to / get used to

Alag structure, alag matlab. Yeh topic 47 wale to + -ing jaisa: yahan to = preposition.

Form Matlab Example
used to + asal verb purani aadat — ab nahi I used to wake up at five. (ab nahi)
be used to + noun / -ing abhi normal / aadat pad gayi I am used to waking up at five. I'm used to the noise.
get used to + noun / -ing aadat padna (process) I'm getting used to the metro. You'll get used to the heat.

be / get used to ke baad: noun ya -ing. I'm used to wake galat. He/she: is used to. Past: I was used to the heat in Chennai.

Sound: habit wala used to ≈ "yoost to". Deep -ed sound = I8.

4. Examples

Bold = used to / would / be used to.

  1. I used to cycle to school. Now I take the metro.
  2. She used to live in Pune.
  3. We used to watch cricket on Doordarshan.
  4. I didn't use to like coffee.
  5. Did you use to play the tabla?
  6. He never used to eat spicy food.
  7. When I was ten, we would visit Amma every Diwali.
  8. After dinner, Dad would tell stories.
  9. I used to have a red cycle. (haalat — not would)
  10. I'm used to the noise now.
  11. She's used to waking up at five.
  12. He's used to eating with his hands.
  13. I'm getting used to the metro.
  14. You'll get used to the heat.
  15. I was used to hot summers in Chennai.

5. Common mistakes

I used to playing cricket.
I used to play cricket. (aadat + asal verb)
Did you used to live here? / I didn't used to like tea.
Did you use to live here? / I didn't use to like tea.
I would live in Pune when I was a child. (haalat)
I used to live in Pune when I was a child.
I am used to wake up at five. / I used to the noise.
I'm used to waking up at five. / I'm used to the noise.
I use to play cricket. (positive, ab nahi)
I used to play cricket.
Would you like chai? = past habit? / If I would be rich…
Would you like = topic 29. If I were rich, I would… = topic 40.
I was playing cricket every Sunday. (purani aadat)
I used to play / I played cricket every Sunday. (topic 38 / 48)
I look forward to play. / I used to seeing Amma. (47 ke saath mat milaao)
look forward to seeing = topic 47. used to see = past habit (this page).
Hindi note. Purani aadat, ab nahi = used to + V1. did / didn't ke baad use to (bina d). would sirf dobara-dobara kaam; live/have/be ke saath nahi. Abhi aadat = be used to + noun / -ing. Aadat padna = get used to.

6. Practice

A. 10 MCQ

1. I ______ cycle to school. Now I take the metro.
2. She ______ in Pune. (past haalat)
3. ______ you ______ play the tabla?
4. I ______ like coffee. Now I drink it every morning.
5. When I was ten, we ______ visit Amma every Diwali.
6. I ______ a red cycle. (haalat — have)
7. I wake up at five every day. It's normal now. I ______ waking up at five.
8. I'm ______ the metro. (process)
9. She's used to ______ with her hands.
10. Would you like chai? Yeh kaunsa would hai?

B. 5 fill-in

1. I ______ cycle to school. Now I take the metro. (used to)

2. I didn't ______ like coffee. (use to)

3. When I was ten, we ______ visit Amma every Diwali. (habit would)

4. I'm used to ______ up at five. (wake)

5. Sahi karo: I used to playing cricket.

C. 3 sentences

Model answers neeche. Ek used to + asal verb, ek would aadat, ek be used to + -ing.

  1. used to (ab nahi): I used to cycle to school.
  2. would (childhood habit): When I was ten, we would visit Amma every Diwali.
  3. be used to + -ing: I'm used to waking up at five.

7. Answer key

MCQ
  1. b) used to — aadat + asal verb. use to = did ke baad. used to cycling galat.
  2. c) used to live — haalat. would live nahi. used to living = be used to wala galat.
  3. a) Did / use to — did + use. Did you used to galat.
  4. b) didn't use to — did + use. didn't used to galat.
  5. c) would — past aadat + time. would to galat. Topic 40 nahi.
  6. a) used to have — haalat. would have yahan nahi.
  7. b) am used to — abhi normal + -ing. used to wake = past, ab nahi — sentence ke khilaaf.
  8. c) getting used to — process. used to take = past habit wala galat.
  9. a) eating — be used to + -ing. eat galat.
  10. b) polite want (topic 29) — Would you like = topic 29, past habit nahi.
Fill-in
  1. used to — positive habit.
  2. use to — after didn't.
  3. would — repeated past with When I was ten.
  4. waking — be used to + -ing.
  5. I used to play cricket. — asal verb, not playing.
Model sentences
  1. I used to cycle to school.
  2. When I was ten, we would visit Amma every Diwali.
  3. I'm used to waking up at five.

Check: used to + asal verb; didn't / Did + use to; would = aadat, haalat nahi; be used to + noun/-ing; get used to = process; would like = topic 29; if + would = topic 40; said would = topic 42; look forward to -ing = topic 47; ek baar past = topic 10/22; every Sunday continuous = topic 38. Frequency words = topic 25.