Modals to express habits: Unit 9: Modals to express habits: “used to”, “will” and “would”

Unit 9: contents Would Will Used to Lesson review Practice Be used to/get used to Would Will

Look at these examples and choose the best answers: She go / goes / went to school at 6 o’clock everyday The present simple tense is used to express a present habit / a future habit / an annoying habit at the present. Tom is always forgetting / forgets where he puts things. She go / goes / went to school at 6 o’clock everyday The present simple tense is used to express a present habit / a future habit / an annoying habit at the present. Tom is always forgetting / forgets where he puts things. Click to see the correct answer in red.

Used to Form Uses Practice

Watch and listen, then answer the question: What was a normal part of Jenifer’s life before she became a mother? Click here to watch

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THE FORM OF “USED TO” Affirmative: S+ Used to + base Verb. E.g.: We used to sit next to each other in class. Questions: Did + S + use to + base Verb ? E.g.: Did they use to smoke? Negatives: S + didn’t / did not + use to + base Verb… E.g.: My mother didn’t use to stay up late.

Uses of “used to” We use used to to express a PAST habit. E.g.: We used to collect stamps when we were kids. (We collected stamps when we were kids. Now we don’t collect stamps anymore.) We use used to to refer to a state in the past. E.g.: I used to be good at piano. (I was good at piano, but now I’m not that good.) We also use used to to make a contrast between the past and the present. E.g.: The shop used to open in the early morning but it doesn’t any more.

“I used to play a lot” means Uses of “used to” “I used to play a lot” means I do not play a lot now. I do not play a lot anymore. I no longer play a lot.

Possible mistakes: Used to is used in the past only. E.g.: “I get up early” not “I use to get up early”. Used to + V-inf. to describe a habit in the past; but Used to + V-ing has a totally different meaning. “Did you use to…?” but not “did you used to…?” Pronunciation. -> click to learn more

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Exercise 1:

Be used to / get used to doing sth Be used to / Get used to + V-ing Ex: I’m used to going to bed early. Uses: ->Something you are accustomed to. It was difficult, strange, or unusual, but is no longer. -> “Get used to” expresses the process of change. Ex. : I’m getting used to the climate. -> It means “to be familiar with”.

Exercise 2:

“Would” and “used to” When we are remembering the past, we sometimes use would to replace “used to”. e.g.: On those good days in Rome, we’d start the day with the sunrise, and then we’d spend time… We use “used to” first, then we continue with “would”. e.g.: When he was a boy, he used to spend his holiday on a farm. He would get up early and help milk the cow…

“Would” and “used to” Would cannot be used to describe a state in the past. e.g.: I’d like eating chips when I was five. When would is stressed, it expresses annoys. e.g.: As a child, my younger brother would always make me angry.

Will and would Will and would He’ll sit in his chair for hours on end. Typical behavior Both pleasant and unpleasant habit She’d spend all day long gossiping with her neighbor. Express an annoying habit when stressed and contracted. He WILL come into the house with his muddy boosts on. She WOULD make us wash in cold water. He’ll sit in his chair for hours on end.

Supply the missing forms: using used to, be used to, get used to, will, would. Ex: She … (cry) at the end of a sad film. -> will cry He … (buy) a new T-shirt and wear it once. Don’t you think that’s wasteful of him? When I was young, we … (have) holidays by the sea-side. We … (go) to the same place year-after- year. He … (do) the cooking but then he stopped. Jack … (do) the cooking because he’s been doing it for years. He … (do) the cooking but he still burns things. Maybe someday he’ll get it.

Answer keys: Will cry Will buy Used to have/ would go Used to do Is used to doing Is getting used to doing