Corrigé used to et would : exercices d’anglais première

1. She used to play the violin.
2. We didn’t use to live in a flat.
3. Did you use to have long hair?
4. They used to go camping every summer.
5. He didn’t use to like vegetables.
6. Where did you use to live?

1. used to have : état, would impossible.
2. used to go / would go : action répétée.
3. used to believe : croyance, donc état.
4. used to tell / would tell
5. used to be : état.
6. used to get up / would get up
7. used to love : verbe d’état, contraste avec now.
8. used to skate / would skate : le cadre est posé par froze.

1. went : nombre de fois précis.
2. used to be (ou was) : état passé.
3. walked : action unique datée.
4. didn’t use to have (ou didn’t have) : état passé, contraste avec aujourd’hui.
5. would cycle (ou used to cycle) : action répétée.
6. worked : durée close et précise.

1. am used to driving
2. get used to the cold
3. get used to wearing
4. wasn’t used to speaking : passé, dans un récit.
5. are used to working
6. getting used to living : processus en cours.

1. wear (habitude révolue)
2. wearing (be used to)
3. getting
4. get
5. eating
6. eat
7. cooking (get used to)
8. let

1. I used to play rugby when I was at school.
2. Did you use to live here?
3. My grandmother used to live in a cottage in Wales. : live est un état, would est impossible.
4. I am used to getting up early.
5. We went to Ireland twice in 2015. : nombre de fois, prétérit.
6. She can’t get used to living in a big city.
7. He used to smoke, but he stopped ten years ago.
8. When I was a child, I would play marbles in the yard. : would est suivi de la base verbale sans to.

1. He worked in the mine for twenty-two years. Une durée précise et close appelle le prétérit simple.
2. She would wrap his sandwiches in newspaper.
3. « My mother would wrap my sandwiches in newspaper » et « my father… would walk with me to the bus stop ».
4. I used to leave home décrit une habitude passée qui a cessé (je partais de chez moi) ; I’ve got used to talking signifie « je me suis habitué à parler », avec to préposition suivi de -ing.
5. He works in a museum, guiding tourists through the old tunnels.
6. False : « I’m used to answering the same questions every day, and I don’t mind. »

1. I used to hate spinach.
2. Did you use to play an instrument when you were little?
3. On Saturdays, my grandfather would take (used to take) me fishing.
4. I’m used to working under pressure.
5. You’ll get used to the climate.
6. There didn’t use to be a supermarket here. (ou There used to be no supermarket here.)

1. Elle restait assise des heures près de la fenêtre, à regarder la mer.
2. Cette vieille usine employait autrefois deux mille personnes.
3. Je n’ai pas l’habitude qu’on me traite ainsi.
4. Il leur a fallu un certain temps pour s’habituer au nouvel emploi du temps.
5. Avant, nous ne fermions jamais la porte à clé.

1. Did you use to wear a uniform?
2. She is used to living alone.
3. We would talk on the phone for hours.
4. I can’t get used to the noise.
5. There used to be a castle here.
6. My sister didn’t use to like me.

Exemple de réponse :

1. I used to be terrified of dogs.
2. I didn’t use to read for pleasure.
3. On Wednesday afternoons, my brother and I would build huts in the woods.
4. When I was eight, I broke my arm falling off a swing.
5. Now I’m used to taking the bus on my own every morning.
6. I’m getting used to studying more independently this year.