Learn English – Is “I was used to come here … ” grammatically correct

past-habitualpast-tensetense

I lived in the United States from 2013 to 2014. When I was living there, I went to a church every weekend. I will visit the USA and come to this church next year. When I get there, someone will probably ask me: Is this your first time here?

What would be the correct way to reply? For example:

No, I was used to come here when I lived in this country.

I forgot what kind of tense or structure to use in order to talk about something I've done frequently in the past.

Best Answer

Past perfect continuous.

I had been attending your church every weekend when I was here previously.

  • Past because it is in past (you are relating it to a definite past event),

  • perfect aspect because it is something that has occurred/was occurring in the past with a "break" in the timeline of events before now,

  • and continuous because it expresses a periodic or habitual action.

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