Present and past habits

​PRESENT HABITS

Teens B2​

Sorry if I'm speaking too much. I tend to get really excited talking about things I like.​

​tend to

I swim every day.​

​I always bring juice to lunch.

I never go to sleep early.​

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​SIMPLE PRESENT

​to talk about present habits, we can use:

Teens B2​

If I'm feeling stressed, I listen to music.

Whenever​ I'm watching TV, my mom will call me to do something.

​present continuous

I'll always hit snooze when my alarm goes off.

Every Friday my sister's friends will come over. ​

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​will + infinite verb

​to talk about present habits, we can use:

Teens B2​

​present continuous

We can use the Present Continuous form to talk about a habit that is annoying or very noticeable.

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You're always wearing those shoes, right?

Will you stop that? You're always cracking your knuckles!​

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Teens B2​

Multiple Select

Which sentences describe Margo's present habits?

• Margo is constantly arriving late.

• Margo tends to tackle projects at the last minute.

• Margo will be late tonight.

Multiple Select

Which sentences describe my brother's present habits?

• My brother is always underestimating his artistic abilities.

• My brother will be worried when he hears the news.

• My brother will often welcome new challenges.

Fill in the Blanks

Organize the phrase.

I

about 30 minutes for lunch.

TO / TEND / TAKE

Fill in the Blanks

Organize the phrase.

My mother

when my father tells stories.

ALWAYS / LISTENING / ISN'T

Multiple Choice

I usually take the bus when __________ downtown.

• I'm going

• I often go

• I will go

Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer.

Do you always go straight home after school?

• No, I'm going to the library for a while first.

• No, I'll usually go to the library for a while first.

• No, I will go to the library for a while first.

Multiple Choice

Robert __________ to class late recently. That's weird, he's usually so punctual!

• is always coming

• always comes

• will always come

​past habits

Teens B2​

​PAST HABITS OR REPEATED ACTIONS

​USED TO / WOULD

My friend didn't use to to like this band.

​When I was a kid, I would always sleep with the lights on.

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We NEVER use would to describe past states.

My childhood bedroom used to be very messy NOT would be very messy.​

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Teens B2​

​PAST HABITS OR REPEATED ACTIONS

​simple past + time expression

My mom always made me soup when I was sick.

I studied Math every day after class.​

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Teens B2​

Fill in the Blanks

I was a terrible student. My teachers would often

their patience with me.

Fill in the Blanks

Cell phones

to be hard to operate, but they are much less complex now.

Fill in the Blanks

I used to be a very impatient person. It

(drive) me crazy when I had to wait in line for something.

Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that does NOT complete any of the three gaps.

When you _____ (be) a child, _____ you ever _____ (miss) school so you could stay home and play video games?

• were

• was

• did

• miss

Multiple Choice

My grandparents _____ used to pay with credit cards. They always used cash.

• always

• didn't

• never