DESCRIBING HABITS

WILL

Use will to describe present habits and behaviour

( both good and bad):
• She’ll tell you everything she has done during the day, even if you’re not
interested.
• He’ll always bring me flowers
 PR ESE NT CONTINUOUS+ ALWAYS,
KEEP S + -ING
W ILL KE EP + -ING

Use them to imply annoyance

• He’s always telling me what to do.
• She keeps texting me
• They will keep nagging me to go and visit them
 USED TO/WOULD

Use to describe past habits and behaviour ( both good and

bad).
• My parents wouldn’t drive me to parties on Saturday nights.
• They used to make me stay at home
• We can only use will\would to describe habits, not states
He would be angry very easily
 PAST CONTINUOUS + ALWAYS
KE PT+ -ING
WOUL D KEEP + -ING

• They were always complaining

• We kept asking for a refund, but we were ignored
• He would keep going on about his brother. It drove me mad
 KEEP ON

• Use to emphasise that the action is repeated frequently

 TEND TO

• She tends to shout a lot