We were with 'used to' last week to express habits or repeated actions in the past, and I fogot to mention that you can also use 'would' for that purpose, as you can see in this fabulous song from eons ago:
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle ,
In them old cotton fields back home; (colloquial use of 'them' here)
It was down in Louisiana,
Just about a mile from Texarkana,
In them old cotton fields back home.
The only thing is that you cannot use this 'would' form with stative verbs (Mr. Oxford explains that for you in the Grammar bank). I'll mention that tomorrow in class. Just remind me if I don't. Great band, Creedence Clearwater Revival .
And ...besides, although, frustrated and furious, they've been beaten, rather than, he said, he added, hope, as he celebrated, give up, twice more, brilliantly, plenty of, breathless ... a bit of Reading Comprehension for your daily practice .
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