UNIT 9:

Modals to express habits:

“used to”, “will” and “would”

CONTENTSUNIT 9: Lesso

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w Used to

Be used

to/get used to

Will

Would

Practice

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.

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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?

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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

I do not play a lot now.

I do not play a lot anymore.

I no longer play a lot.

USES OF “USED TO”

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…?”

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EXERCISE 1:

BE USED TO / GET USED TO DOING STH

Be used to / Get used to + V-ingEx: 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 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.

“WOULD” AND “USED TO”

WILL and WOULDWill and would

Typical behavior

Both pleasant and unpleasant habitShe’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.

1. Ex: She … (cry) at the end of a sad film. -> will cry

2. He … (buy) a new T-shirt and wear it once. Don’t you think that’s wasteful of him?

3. When I was young, we … (have) holidays by the sea-side. We … (go) to the same place year-after-year.

4. He … (do) the cooking but then he stopped.5. Jack … (do) the cooking because he’s been

doing it for years.6. He … (do) the cooking but he still burns

things. Maybe someday he’ll get it.

Supply the missing forms: using used to, be used to, get used to, will, would.

ANSWER KEYS:1. Will cry2. Will buy3. Used to have/ would go4. Used to do5. Is used to doing6. Is getting used to doing