6. Use one of the sets of notes below to complete each dialogue. Expand the dialogues using your own ideas, act them out in class.

Forever /lose temper/ people constantly/ interrupt me/ talk continually/change/mind forever/moan/work always/do/that forever/ slam doors and shout/ night forever/ask me/money constantly/criticise/driving

1. A: Can I borrow £10? B:You're.........................................................................................................

2. A: That was a dangerous thing to do. B:You're.........................................................................................................

3. A: I think I'll stay here after all. B:You're.........................................................................................................

4. A: I had a bad day at the office again. B:You're.........................................................................................................

5. A: Pete is playing his music very loud.

B: Again! He ……………………………………………………………….

6. A: Why are you so sulky?

B: That’s because …………………………………………………………..

7. A: Hey! You look exhausted!

B: I didn’t sleep one wink last night. My neighbours ………………………………………………………………………………

8. A: What’s wrong with Mary?

B: It must be Carlos. They’ve had yet another row. He must learn to calm down. He…………………………………………………………………..

2. Will, Would, Used to.

NB We often use will/ won’t to talk about actions that have become so routine that they are predictable:

e.g. Every lesson is the same: he’ll sit down, get his books out and then he’ll start giving us instructions. He won’t greet us or show any interest in us.

We can extend this use of will to talk about habits and characteristics:

e.g. The public will always side with the nurses in any dispute.

We often use will to talk about the characteristics of capacity or ability:

e.g. The Olympic stadium in Sydney will hold 110,000 people.

We use would/wouldn’t to talk about habits in the past:

e.g. Every lesson wass the same: he’d sit down, get his books out and then he’d start giving us instructions. He wouldn’t greet us or show any interest in us.

We use will (would) to describe an annoying habit or to make a criticism:

e.g. We enjoy going out with Frank and Carol, but the will argue in public!

e.g. I miss Dad, even though he would always tell me how to run my life.

We do not contract will (would) when we use it to describe an annoying habit – we stress it:

e.g. Geoff’ll (’d) leave the lights on when he’s (was) last out of the office!

Geoff will (would) leave the lights on when he’s (was) last out of the office!

7. Here are some laws of nature. Join the beginnings and the ends. Think of other occurrences of Murphy’s Law.

BEGINNINGS	ENDS
After you have bought something	it will.
	somebody will.
If anything can go wrong,	they will both be on at the same time
If there are two good TV shows,
If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand,	will always move faster.
	will fall asleep first.
If you throw something away.	you will find it somewhere else cheaper.
No matter how much you do,
The one who snores	you'll need it the next day.
The other queue	you'll never do enough.

8. Complete the sentences with will/would + the verbs below.

Be drive fall keep listen make play ring take talk tell

1 Dad, I've broken my watch.' 'Well, you ______ playing with it.

2 On Sundays when we were kids Mother ______ us pancakes for breakfast.

3 He's no trouble – he _____by himself for hours.

4 She is nice but she ______ about people behind their backs.

5 People _____ to you if you listen to them.

6 We lived by a lake and sometimes Dad _______ us fishing.

7 I’m not surprised you had an accident – you _____ too fast.

8 If you drop toast it _____ butter side down every time.

9 If you're having a bath, the phone ____. And if you answer it, it ____ a wrong number.

10 He ____ you one thing one minute and the opposite the next – he's crazy.

NB Used to describes actions which happened regularly in the past but no longer happen (or vice versa) or now happen with more or less frequency:

e.g. They used to get paid every three months. (Now they get paid weekly.)

Used to is followed by an infinitive. Notice the spelling in questions and negatives:

e.g. Supermarkets didn’t use to be open on Sundays in Britain.

Did you use to get free milk at school?

Don’t confuse used to + infinitive with be/get used to (+ verb-ing) which means “be/become accustomed to”:

e.g. He wasn’t used to living on his own. (= He wasn’t accustomed to it.)

She’s getting used to the new technology. (= She is becoming accustomed to it).