Habits. Ways to talk about habits

USED TO
STATES ACTIONS
I used to spend all evenings outdoors when we had a house.
I used to like bubble gum. Not anymore.
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TASK
Sort the verbs below into three categories (state/action verbs/both)
TO SEE TO UNDERSTAND TO BELIEVE TO LIKE TO PLAY TO HAVE TO THINK TO KNOW TO LOOK UP TO TO THANK TO BE TO MEET TO FEEL TO TALK TO HANG OUT WITH TO ALLOW

WOULD
ACTIONS ONLY!
I would spend all evenings outdoors when we had a house.
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TASK
In the previous slide there was the sentence “I used to like bubble gum. Not anymore.”
Use this sentence to create a sentence with ‘would’. Does the sentence make sense? What does it mean?
Post your own sentence with ‘would’ and an action verb from parentheses. (TO PLAY TO LOOK UP TO TO THANK TO MEET TO TALK TO HANG OUT WITH)

USED TO
DECLARATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
(1) I used to jog every morning before getting a membership with a gym.
(2) I didn’t use to spend all evenings outdoors when we had a house.
(3) What did you use to like but don’t like anymore?
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TASK
Choose one verb from the list below and create (1) one declarative, (2) one negative and (3) one interrogative sentence.
TO PLAY TO LOOK UP TO TO THANK TO MEET TO TALK TO HANG OUT WITH
TO SEE TO THINK TO HAVE TO FEEL
TO BE TO UNDERSTAND TO KNOW TO LIKE TO BELIEVE

CAREFUL!
Do not use ‘used to’ or ‘would’ for things that happened only once or when we say how many times they happened
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I would go / used to go / went to the gym only once. Then we all went into a lockdown.
(2) They used to see / would see / saw The Fifth Element three times.
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TASK
Create one sentence that mentions how many times you did something in the past.

NO LONGER
Use ‘no longer’ before a positive verb or after ‘be’.
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(1) I no longer go to the gym. They all closed down because of the pandemic.
(2) I am no longer upset. I can workout at home with an online instructor.
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TASK
Create your own sentences with
to be + no longer no longer + positive verb

ANYMORE
Use ‘anymore’ at the end of the sentence with a negative verb.
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(1) We don’t go to the gym anymore. They all closed down because of the pandemic.
(2) I am not upset anymore. I can workout at home with an online instructor.
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TASK
Create your own sentence with
negative verb + anymore

TO BE USED TO
Use ‘be used to’ to talk about some habit that you have already acquired. *Make sure you use gerunds or nouns in this construction.
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I am used to online classes. This is the only kind of class we had last spring.
I am used to having 5 classes every day, though at first it was punishing.
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TASK
Create your own sentence with
to be + used to + noun to be + used to + gerund