Used to

Used to is used to express and refer to past habits/repeated actions/situations/states which have changed or not true anymore.

Positive, negative and question forms:

+ Noun (subject) + used to + infinitive + noun (object)

- Noun (subject) + did + not + use to + infinitive + noun (object)

? Did + noun (subject) + use to + infinitive + noun (object)

Would

Would is also used to express and refer to repeated actions which have changed or not true anymore.

Positive, negative and question forms:

+ Noun (subject) + would + infinitive + noun (object).

- Noun (subject) + would not + infinitive + noun (object).

? Would + noun (subject) + infinitive + noun (object)

Usages and examples

We use used to to talk about:

Habits: Isaac used to play soccer
Repeated action: Isaac used to play soccer every day.
Situation: Isaac used to play soccer at school.
State: Did Isaac use to play soccer as a child?

We use would to talk about:

Repeated action: When Isaac was little, He would play soccer every day.

Usages and examples

We use would to talk about:

Repeated action: When Isaac was little, He would play soccer every day.

Be used to

Be used to is used to accustom to familiar/new/less strange situations.

Positive, negative and question forms:

+ Noun (subject) + be used to + verb + ing + noun (object).

- Noun (subject) + be + not + used to + verb + ing + noun (object).

? Be + noun (subject) + used to + verb + ing + noun (object).

Usages and examples

We use be used to to talk about:

Familiar situation: Isaac is used to playing soccer every day.

Get used to

Get used to is used to talk about the process of becoming familiar with situations/something.

Positive, negative and question forms:

+ Noun (subject) + get used to + verb + ing + noun (object)

- Noun (subject) + auxiliary + not + get used to + verb + ing + noun (object).

? Auxiliary + noun (subject) + get used to + verb + ing + noun (object).

Usage and examples

We use get used to to talk about:

Familiar situation: Isaac gets used to playing soccer day by day.

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