‘USED  TO’  and  ‘WOULD’

Θέλω εδώ να κάνω μια μικρή τομή στη χρήση της λέξης use.

1.  Μπορεί να είναι Ρήμα:

Μary uses two spoonfuls of sugar in her coffee.

Επομένως έχουμε: use – used – used (Ομαλό ρήμα)

2. Μπορεί να είναι Ουσιαστικό:

Tom does all his math problems with the use of a calculator.

Μικρή σημείωση:

• Ως Ρήμα η λέξη use προφέρεται: yooz
• Ως Ουσιαστικό η λέξη use προφέρεται: yoos

3. ‘Used to’ ή ‘use to’ και ‘Would’

Η κλασσική χρήση του used to και του would είναι:

Τα χρησιμοποιούμε για να αναφερθούμε σε γεγονότα και πράξεις που συνέβαιναν στο παρελθόν και τώρα έχουν σταματήσει. Μια άλλη παράμετρος στη χρήση αυτών των δύο λέξεων είναι: Για γενικές καταστάσεις χρησιμοποιούμε το used to. Για προσωπικές/ειδικές καταστάσεις το would.

• We always drank a gin and tonic as the sun went down.
• We would always drink a gin and tonic as the sun went down.
• The Romans wrote on wax tablets.
• The Roman used to write on wax tablets.

Περισσότερα παραδείγματα:

• When I was young I used to play with my toys.
• When I was young I would play with my toys.

(Δεν παίζω άλλο πια με τα παιχνίδια μου!!)

• We used to go for long walks in the summer.

(Τώρα πια δεν πάμε για μακρινούς περιπάτους.)

Εάν θέλουμε να δώσουμε έμφαση σε επαναλαμβανόμενες πράξεις ή συνήθειες στο παρελθόν πρέπει να χρησιμοποιήσουμε το used to και όχι το would:

Μy dog used to sleep on the front door mat.

• I used to smoke.
• I used to be a nursing assistant.
• I used to live in Bristol, England.

Ερωτηματικός τύπος:Ο ερωτηματικός τύπος είναι:

• Did you use to play football when you were little?
• Did you use to go out with Mary?
• Did they use to drive away on weekends?
• Didn’t we use to go to play for the same football club?
• What make of car did you use to drive when when you were at university?

Αρνητικός τύπος:

I didn’t use to play with my toys.

Αν χρησιμοποιούσα το would στην άρνηση θα σήμαινε κάτι άλλο:

When I was young I wouldn’t dance in front of other people. (δεν είχα την διάθεση να χορέψω/ αρνιόμουνα)

• be used to something
• get used to something
• become used to something

Το used to εδώ είναι επίθετο και χρησιμοποιείται για να δείξει ότι υπάρχει εξοικείωση με πράγματα ή καταστάσεις

• After a while you get used to the city life.
• He will become used to the noise from the passing cars.
• I was used to the farm animals.
• I’ll never get used to going to work so early in the morning. (προσοχή στο -ing)
• It took John a long time until he was used to driving at night. (προσοχή στο -ing)

Exercise.

Re-write the following sentences first with ‘used to’ then, if possible, with ‘would’.

1. Whenever my father went off to sea, my mother cried for days.

_____would cry_____

2. During his annual speech to the parents, the headmaster always invited donations

to the School Building Fund.

_____would always invite_______

3. Mary wrote poetry at the University.

____used to write______

4. As children we always said our prayers before getting into bed.

____would always say_____

5. Whenever grandpa visited us he invariably complained that the young no longer

had any respect for the old.

____would invariably complain______

6. Mr. Brown drank heavily until his doctor forbade him.

_____used to drink________

7. We always drank a gin and tonic as the sun went down.

_____would always drink_______

8. The Romans wrote on wax tablets.

_____used to write______

9. Once a month Dick wrote home to his mother.

______would write____

10. Philip always counted the change carefully when he paid the bill at a restaurant.

_____used to count_____