[Vocabulary] REGULAR PAST EVENT

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debasis1983

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My intention is to use "supposed to" ,"have to","end up" in usual past event.
Are the following sentences correct?

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1.There was no public transportation those time. We would have to travel miles by walk.

2.I used to stay in a small house. I was supposed to pay the rent in the 1st day of every month.
3.I could stay out until 7'o clock as a child.
4. In the beginning I used to /would end up hitting the ball out always.
 

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When is your homework assignment due?
 

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When is your homework assignment due?

This is not homework assignment. I do my own research for better use of sentences.
Take your own time. No time limit.
 

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My intention is to use "supposed to" ,"have to","end up" [strike]in[/strike] for [strike]usual[/strike] habitual actions in the past. [strike]event.[/strike]
Are the following sentences correct?

Examples:

1. There was no public transportation [strike]those time[/strike] in those days. We would have to travel miles [strike]by walk[/strike] on foot.
Whilst "We would have to travel ..." is OK, it's simpler to just say "We had to travel ..."

2. I used to [strike]stay[/strike] live in a small house. I was supposed to pay the rent on the 1st day of every month.

3. I could stay out until 7'o clock as a child. I prefer "I was allowed to stay out ..." or "I used to stay out until ..."

4. In the beginning I used to /would end up hitting the ball out always. I don't know what your sentence means. Can you try to write it again in a different way.

See above.
 
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4. In the beginning I used to /would end up hitting the ball out always. I don't know what your sentence means. Can you try to write it again in a different way.

Thanks a lot .

I don't know if my sentence is correct but let me make it more specific.

"While playing Table Tennis I would end up hitting the ball out always in the beginning."

What I mean is "even if tried to place it on the table the ball went out".
 

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Thanks a lot .

I don't know if my sentence is correct but let me make it more specific.

"While playing Table Tennis I would end up hitting the ball out always in the beginning."

What I mean is "even if tried to place it on the table the ball went out".

"When I first started playing Table Tennis I would always end up hitting the ball off the table"
 

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There's no need to capitalise 'table tennis'.
 
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