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READ ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS OF TALKING ABOUT HABITUAL ACTIONS
Habits and habitual actions
present
He visits his parents every
week.
He is always /
continually/constantly /
forever complaining about
everything.
The neighbours are always
shouting at each other.
He will phone his friends in the
middle of the night.
He will arrive late for meetings.
meaning
no extra meaning
past states / likes / dislikes or
habits
past habits but not
states(állapot) !!!
always /
continually/constantly /
forever + present and past
continuous - ->
expresses that a person has
an annoying habit that they
keep repeating
habits and behaviour
when will / would are
stressed -> it can express
criticism, annoyance ,
disapproval
past
He visited his parents every
week last year.
He used to live in the
countryside. (but he doesn’t
now)
He used to be very forgetful but
now he is really organised.
He used to sit next to the
fireplace for hours on cold
winter days.
He would sit next to the
fireplace for hours on cold
winter days.-> CORRECT, IT
WAS A HABIT
He would live in the
countryside. (but he doesn’t
now) -> INCORRECT -> state
He would be very forgetful but
now he is really organised.
-> INCORRECT -> state
He was always /
continually/constantly /
forever arguing with
everybody.
The neighbours were constantly
shouting at each other. It was
annoying. I decided to move
house.
He would phone his friends in
the middle of the night no
wonder, they got fed up with
him soon.
He would arrive late for
meetings all the time that’s why
he got fired.
2. DO THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES IN YOUR BOOK AND WORKBOOK

SB. p. 6 – Exercise 6
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SB. p. 115 – Exercise 1 / 2

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