Would/wouldn't Used to/didn't use to

-to talk about habits and repeated actions in -habits/customs in the past, no longer true
the past; My dad used to play rugby.
When we were young, mum would cook chicken -can be used with both action and stative verbs:
every Sunday. He used to be a police officer. I used to think
-Can only be used with action verbs: about her a lot. We used to walk from school.
As children, we would play together every afternoon.
-conveys the idea that the speaker is reminiscing
about the past.
Future in the past
• -to talk about the future seen from a particular point in the past, we can use would (the past
simple form of will) and the bare infinitive form of the verb: I decided I would see a friend
every weekend. I wasn't sure I would get there on time.
- The verbs or phrases that we usually use after would to form the future in the past are :
- think, believe, know, be sure, promise, hope, imagine, expect
I thought he would never talk to me again.
He didn't believe I would finish so quick.
She knew they would arrive late that evening.
We imagined our life would be better after moving