Izražanje navad ali stanj je v angleščini možno na več načinov, toda vse je odvisno od tega, če bomo govorili o sedanjih navadah oziroma stanjih ali preteklih.
SEDANJA STANJA IN NAVADE
I usually get up at 6AM.
She doesn’t usually go out during the week.
Houses in the suburbs usually have gardens.
Do you usually walk to work?
Za sedanja stanja in navade bomo torej uporabili časovni prislov USUALLY ali NORMALLY ter Present Simple čas.
PRETEKLA STANJA IN NAVADE
We used to be close friends but we don’t see each other any more.
I used to go out with that boy when I was at school.
Did you use to smoke?
She didn’t use to live in a house. She lived in a small flat.
Za pretekla stanja in stanja bomo uporabili frazo USED TO / DIDN’T USE TO ter nedoločnik. Fraza USED TO v sedanjem času ne obstaja. Z njo torej izražamo, da se je v preteklosti nekaj dogajalo oziroma je bilo res, v sedanjosti pa se to ne dogaja več. Za večji kontrast oziroma poudarek lahko uporabimo tudi strukturo “any more, any longer”.
