Question

You have read about how to describe a repeated action in the past by using ‘would’ or ‘used to’. Go through the rules again and fill in the blanks with ‘would’ or ‘used to’ as appropriate. (a) Every day she________________come home from work with a rose to give to her mother. (b) I_______________ lend him my books when he was preparing for his examination. (c) He_______________visit his friend in the hospital every evening. (d) Each time I called him he______________________come immediately. (e) During his hostel life, he_______________eat all kinds of food without grumbling. (f) When I was a child, I_______________believe that fire flies were small fire balls.

Answer 1

Answer:

6)cannot 5)ate ....3) came to

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Answer 2

Fill in the blanks

Explanation:

• (a) Every day she______used to__________come home from work with a rose to give to her mother.
• Used to has been used here to imply some action that occured in the past but there is no particular time frame for it.
• (b) I______would_________ lend him my books when he was preparing for his examination.
• Here would has been used since lend is a dynamic verb and would is often used with verbs that are not static in nature.
• (c) He_____used to__________visit his friend in the hospital every evening.
• Here again used to is used because a particular time period has not been mentioned.
• (d) Each time I called him he_________would_____________come immediately.
• Here would has been used as a time period has been already mentioned in the beginning of the sentence. Also come is not a stative verb and and used to is always used for stative verbs.
• (e) During his hostel life, he_____would__________eat all kinds of food without grumbling.
• Would is used here since a time span has been implied and that the action has taken place in the regular past.
• (f) When I was a child, I___used to____________believe that fire flies were small fire balls.
• Used to is the correct answer here, since believe is a stative verb and used to is always used for such verbs.