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RULE a) Use "used to + infinitive" start learning
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for activities and states that happened regularly in the past but not now.
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RULE b) Use "would + infinitive" start learning
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for regular activities in the past which no longer happen now.
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RULE c) Use frequency adverbs (always, usually, generally, normally, tyypically, etc.) + present simple or past simple start learning
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for present habits (present simple); for past habits (past simple)
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RULE d) Use "always + present continuous start learning
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to talk about repeated activities that are often annoying.
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RULE e) Use "will + infinitive" start learning
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to talk about activities which are present habits, often with frequency adverbs.
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We used to have more free time... activities and states that happened regularly in the past but not now start learning
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People would sit around and watch TV or read. regular activities in the past which no longer happen now start learning
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Why are they always talking on their mobiles? repeated activities that are often annoying start learning
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... or they'll often play a computer game together. activities which are present habits, often with frequency adverbs start learning
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They usually watch YouTube clips together... start learning
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Connected Speech: contractions start learning
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Listen to the examples of fast connected speech. Write 'd, 'll or present simple (PS) for each sentence.
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We’d sit around and watch TV. start learning
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We sit around and watch TV. start learning
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I’ll make a coffee and check my email. start learning
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I make my coffee and check my email. start learning
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They play computer games. start learning
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They’d play computer games. start learning
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I’ll phone her first thing every day. start learning
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I phone her first thing every day. start learning
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Complete the readers' comments about the article "More free time than ever?" start learning
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Use present and past habits. Write one word in each gap.
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I remember 1995, and it does seem like I had more free time then. I (1) to meet friends a few times a week. start learning
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I remember 1995, and it does seem like I had more free time then. I used to meet friends a few times a week.
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Now we (2) get together once a month max. start learning
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Now we'll get together once a month max.
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Everybody is (3) blaming technology and work. So quit your job and turn off your mobile! And stop whining. start learning
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Everybody is always blaming technology and work. So quit your job and turn off your mobile! And stop whining.
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Remember, it didn't (4) to be like this. start learning
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Remember, it didn't use to be like this.
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I can identify with this article. In my twenties I (5) commute three hours a day to and from work start learning
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I can identify with this article. In my twenties I'd commute three hours a day to and from work
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and I (6) worked on the train. I never seemed to switch off. start learning
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and I usually worked on the train. I never seemed to switch off. always/usually/normally/generally/typically/
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Young people don't understand. They (7) happily spend hours sitting next to each other in a café and never saying a word. start learning
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Young people don't understand. They'll happily spend hours sitting next to each other in a café and never saying a word.
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When I was their age my friends and I (8) talk for hours. start learning
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When I was their age my friends and I would talk for hours.
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On a day off I (9) nearly always check my work emails, and then I get into the whole internet thing. start learning
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On a day off I'll nearly always check my work emails, and then I get into the whole internet thing.
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But doesn't everybody (10) do this? start learning
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But doesn't everybody generally do this? normally/generally/typically
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Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. start learning
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Use the word(s) in brackets in your answer.
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I hate the way Mike comes up behind people and looks over their shoulders. start learning
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Mike is always coming up behind people and looking over their shoulders.
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What was your address before you moved here? start learning
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Where did you use to live?
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I'm quite a spontaneous person and I often start conversations with strangers. I'm quite a spontaneous person and (will) conversations with strangers. start learning
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I'm quite a spontaneous person and will often start conversations with strangers.
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Pollution was never a rural problem, only an urban one. Pollution didn't (be) only an urban one. start learning
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Pollution didn't use to be a a rural problem, only an urban one.
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In the 1960s the authorities used to keep track of all their citizens movements. In the 1960s (would) all their citizens movements. start learning
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In the 1960s the authorities would keep track of all their citizens movement
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Peggy used to borrow money all the time and never pay it back. That was really annoying. Peggy was (borrowing money) back. start learning
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Peggy was always borrowing money and never paying it back.
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