Tenses and Habits in English

The video tutorial explains how to discuss present and past habits using different tenses. Present habits are expressed with the present simple for regular actions and the present continuous for temporary or irritating actions. Past habits are described using 'used to' and 'would', with a caution against using 'would' with stative verbs. The past continuous is used for past irritating habits. The tutorial includes examples and encourages viewers to practice with exercises.

Which tense is used to describe actions that happen regularly?

• Future simple

• Present simple

• Past continuous

• Present continuous

Which adverb of frequency is NOT typically used with the present simple tense?

• Always

• Often

• Usually

• Yesterday

What expression is commonly used with the present continuous to indicate a temporary habit?

• Next week

• Last year

• These days

• Every day

What is the main difference between the two sentences: 'I study hard every day' and 'This month I'm studying hard'?

• Both are temporary habits

• The first is a temporary habit, the second is permanent

• The first is a permanent habit, the second is temporary

• Both are permanent habits

Which of the following is an example of a temporary habit?

• Max plays video games every day

• I drink coffee every morning

• She goes swimming twice a week

• She's jogging every day this week

Which word is often used with present continuous to describe an irritating habit?

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

• Rarely

Which sentence describes an irritating habit using present continuous?

• Lucy is always crying

• I used to paint a lot

• We would go fishing every day

• He was losing his keys all the time

Which phrase is used to describe past habits that occurred regularly?

• Will

• Could

• Used to

• Might

Which verb is NOT typically used with 'would' to describe past habits?

• Visit

• Be

• Go

• Play

Which sentence correctly uses 'used to'?

• She will love ice-cream when she was little

• She loves ice-cream when she was little

• She used to love ice-cream when she was little

• She would love ice-cream when she was little