Eessential grammar for IELTS Speaking
As you probably know, we use WOULD in polite requests (Would you mind closing the window?) and in conditional sentences (If I got stuck in an elevator, I would press all the buttons and scream).
We can also use WOULD in a similar way to USED TO. It describes things which happened regularly or repeatedly in the past, and which do not happen now. It can only describe actions, so you cannot usually use it with verbs like ‘to live’ or ‘to know’.
Interestingly, we usually use WOULD to describe repeated past actions which we have positive feelings about. We never say/write: ‘I would get up really early. I absolutely hated it’ but we might say/write ‘I would get up early every Saturday and go straight outside to help my uncle milk the cows. It was my favourite part of the week.’
This structure can be very useful in IELTS Speaking when you are describing happy things from your childhood or past. It has the advantages of being complex, unusual, and being a good way of avoiding constant repetition of ‘used to’.

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