EXPRESSING HABIT

Nives Fratina

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 PRESENT SIMPLE
 Adverbs of frequency which come before
the main verb, but after the verb to be:
– We hardly ever go out.
– We are seldom at home in the evening.

 Sometimes, usually and occasionally can

come at the beginning or the end of the
sentence:
– Sometimes we play cards.
– We go to the cinema occasionally.

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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
 To express a habit which happens
often and perhaps unexpectedly:
– I like Peter. He is always smiling.
 There is often an element of criticism
with this structure:
– Melanie is always asking silly questions
about the lesson. (vs. She always asks)
– I am always losing my keys.
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USED TO + INFINITIVE
 Expresses a past action and state:
– When I was a child, we used to go on
holiday to the seaside.

 Notice the negative and the question:

– We didn’t use to do anything interesting.

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WILL & WOULD
 Express typical behaviour (pleasant &
unpleasant habits):
– He’ll sit in his chair all day long.
– She’d spend all day long gossiping with the
neighbours.
 When decontracted and stressed, express an
annoying habit:
– He WILL come into the house with his muddy
boots on.
– She WOULD make us wash in ice-cold water.

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BE/GET USED TO + NOUN/ -ING
FORM
 It expresses an action that was
strange, difficult or unusual before,
but it is no longer so.
– I found it difficult to get around London
when I first came, but I’m used to it now.
• (used is an adjective and it means familiar
with)

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Project Goals
 Ultimate goal of project
 Relationship to other projects
 High-level timing goals

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Description
 Describe the project in non-technical
terms.
 Use following slides for discussing
status, schedules, budget, etc.

FOR MORE INFO...

List location or contact for specification (or other related
documents) here
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Competitive Analysis
 Competitors
– (You may want to allocate one slide per
competitor)
 Strengths
– Your strengths relative to competitors
 Weaknesses
– Your weaknesses relative to competitor

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Competitive Analysis, Cont.
 Competitors
 Strengths
 Weaknesses

FOR MORE INFO...

List location or contact for competitive analysis (or other
related documents) here
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Technology
 New technology being used
– Benefits
 Standards being adopted
– Benefits
 Standards specifically being ignored
– Drawbacks & benefits
DYA: define your acronyms!
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Team/Resources
 State assumptions about resources
allocated to this project
– People
– Equipment
– Locations
– Support & outside services
– Manufacturing
– Sales

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Procedures
 Highlight any procedural differences
from regular projects of this type
 Discuss requirements, benefits, and
issues of using new procedures

FOR MORE INFO...

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related documents) here
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Schedule
 Review high-level schedule
milestones here
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Sep Oct Nov Dec

FOR MORE INFO...

List location or contact for detailed schedule (or other related
documents) here
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