present and past habits grammar.ppt

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Present simpleI hardly ever go out these days.

As a rule, I dont watch mucht TV.

- You can use tend toto talk about present habits.

I tend to stay in during the week.

I dont tend toread much (or I tend not to read much)


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Will/wontIts more emphatic than present simple.

Ill usually listen to some music before I go to bed.I wontnormally get up before 11 at the weekend.


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Present continuousOften used to talk about annoying habits.

Hes always watching TV!Hes always losing his keys!

Remember there are some verbs, called state verbs,which are not usually used in the continuous form.
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Some state verbs.THOUGHTS:believe, know, mean, realise, recognise,remember, suppose, understand, feel, think.

FEELINGS:adore, dislike, despise, hate, love, want, wish,prefer,BELONGING:belong, have/have got (=posses), own, posses,SENSES:smell, taste, hear, see.OTHER STATE VERBS:seem, look, look like, matter,


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Talking about past habits Past simple

I did it every day for 10 years but then I gave up.


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Used to & would

Used toI never used to read much when I was a kid.I used to eat a lot but I cantafford to these days.

Dontsay *use to* in the present, say usually.

You can usewould for repeated actions in the pastWhen I was in France Iwouldalways eat croissants frobreakfast.

You cantusewouldwith state verbs: I didntrecognize him.He *wouldnt* have a beard.


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w, w a sa ue moon a sthe meaning of once in a blue

moon?


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Be used to/get used to + ing

Dont confuse used towithbe used to/get used

to + ing.

I am not used to getting up early in the morningbecause I work in the evening.

Im getting used to my new students this year.


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Now, itsyour turn


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Choose the correct word in italics.

I didnt use to/wasnt used to like cooking very much.

Im getting used to work/workingfrom home.

Im used to/I used toliving on my own.

My family would/were used to always stay in a caravan

for their summer holidays.

Its difficult toget/gettingused to a different way oflife.


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Choose the correct word in italics.

I didntuse/wasntused to like cooking very much.

didntuse

Imgetting used to work/workingfrom home.

working

Imused to/I used toliving on my own.Imused to

My family would/were used to always stay in acaravan for their summer holidays.

would Itsdifficult toget/gettingused to a different way of

life.

get


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Tell your partner about a singer/bandyou used to like when you were

younger (and now you are embarrased about).

what youwould do after school when you were achild.

a machine youwould use a lot but now you dont.

a change at work/school/family that was a problem at

first but now you are used to . a piece of technology you found difficult to use at first

but now you are used tousing.

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