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Repeated past actions, but not past states.
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The rule
Would for past habits is used to describe repeated actions in the past. It often appears with expressions like always, every day, every summer, or whenever. It is not used for past states, such as live, know, or be. For those, used to is usually the correct form. Example: When I was a child, I would walk to school every day. But: I used to live in Hue.
Both correct
Every sentence here is correct English. Only the meaning changes.
Every December, we would decorate the house together.
Repeated past action: this happened again and again in the past.
We used to live in that house.
Past state or past situation: this was true in the past, not an action repeated over and over.
The trap
When I was a child, I would be tall.
When I was a child, I would play football every afternoon.
Would can describe a repeated past action. It cannot describe a past state or a single completed event.
Every summer, we would visit my grandparents in the countryside once.
Every summer, we would visit my grandparents in the countryside.
Would is used for repeated past habits and actions in the past.
She would live in Da Nang.
She used to live in Da Nang.
Used to is the natural form for a past state or a past habit. Would is not used for a past state like living somewhere.
He would always call me after work yesterday.
He would always call me after work.
Would can be used for repeated actions in the past, often with a time marker like always, every day, or whenever.
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