Would Or Used To

HSC Board Examples


(0.1998.) 1. Forest, jungles and wetlands evoked the admiration of the world.
(Rewrite using 'used to')

 Ans: Forest jungles and wetlands used to evoke the admiration of the world.

(M.2007. ) 2. He would get up before dawn. (Rewrite using 'used to')

Ans: He used to get up before dawn.

(0.2008. ) 3.  We would try to gauge father's mood from the movements of his eyes.

 (Rewrite the sentence using 'used to')

Ans: We used to try to gauge father's mood from the movements of his eyes.


(M.2009).  4. My mother would set up an establishment. (Use 'used to')

 Ans: My mother used to set up an establishment.

(0.2009. )5. This man used to scrape up barely fifty rupees a month.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'would')

Ans: This man would scrape up barely fifty rupees a month.

(o. 2012). 6. I would spend hours under it. (use 'used to')

Ans: I used to spend hours under it.

 (M. 2013 )My father used to get transferred every year. (Rewrite the sentence using 'would')

Ans: My father would get transferred every year.

(o. 2013). 8. He would be on the horns of a dilemma. (use 'used to')
  Ans: He used to be on the horns of a dilemma.
(o. 2013).  9.  I would walk seven miles across town every Sunday night. (Rewrite using 'used to')

 Ans: I used to walk seven miles across town every Sunday night.

(M.2014) 10. I enjoyed so many theatre performances. (Rewrite using 'used to'.)
 Ans: I used to enjoy so many theatre performances.

(M.2015)  11. Hundreds of these little birds would land on the paddy.
(Rewrite the sentence using 'used to')

Ans: Hundreds of these little birds used to land on the paddy.

F.2017. 12. I stood on the shore of that desolate Highland loch.
(Rewrite it using 'used to' .) 

Ans: I used to stand on the shore of that desolate Highland loch.