General English · B2

Trends & Changing Habits

Habits in work, shopping and technology are changing fast. In this lesson you will learn to separate stable habits from developing trends and talk about them carefully, without overgeneralising.

By the end of this lesson, you can:

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    Use the Present Simple for habits, routines and stable situations.
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    Use the Present Continuous for temporary situations and developing trends.
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    Choose correctly between stative and dynamic meanings of verbs like think, have and see.
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    Make careful generalisations with tend to and avoid absolute claims.
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    Use vocabulary for trends, shifts, consumption, ownership and access.
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    Explain a changing habit with reasons, examples and a counterpoint in speech and writing.

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