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Jul 14
8m 9s

Holiday habits

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Are you the kind of person who plans a trip last minute? Or do you prefer to build a spreadsheet months in advance? Pippa and Phil talk about what they tend to do when they're planning a trip, and our grammar guru Georgie explains how to use the phrase 'tend to' and modal verbs 'will' and 'might' to talk about usual behaviour.

Find a worksheet to test yourself and the transcript of this episode on our website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/251216

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