Would as past

Hi wont, and welcome to English Forums.

Use "would" for a habitual actions in the past.

I went to that ice cream shop on the corner last week.

I would go to that ice cream shop on the corner every afternoon after school.

Do you have other pairs you'd like to post to see what the difference is, or whether one is more appropriate than the other?

Hello

Thank you so much for the answer, Geek =)
Actually, I don't have more pairs, at least not now. I asked about "would" because it's an old doubt. I heard once in a podcast someone saying something like the sentences you used in the examples, than I asked some friends (who are english teachers!) and my professors (I study english at university! And one of the professors I asked a

And yet, I bet if you asked them to talk about their childhood summer, they would use (conditional would there) that use of "would" for habitual past without speaking about it.

wont can I use "would" to say something in the past?

Sure! It can be used like "used to".

Every year we [used to / would] go to Grandma's for Thanksgiving dinner.

And it can be used as the future of the past, similar to "was going to".

Because of his talent for numbers, his teachers could see that he [was going to / would]