You are here to READ
a questionnaire / a diary / the
lyrics of a song / a museum
leaflet
and TALK about
memories of the past / past
habits / photos of the past
and LISTEN TO
a song / a museum guide
/ a recorded message with
museum information
and WRITE
an informal letter
and LEARN about
how to ask for information
or directions / how to give
information or directions / how
to talk about past habits with
used to … / about the public
transport system in London
MEMORIES
What did you use to do when you were 5 years old?
Tick ☑ the correct facts:
I used to crawl
I used to play with my Lego
I used to be afraid of the dark
I used to believe in Father Christmas
I used to bite my nails
I used to drink a lot of milk |
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1. Reading
A. Anastasia's grandmother was a young girl in the 1960's and lived in the UK with her parents.
These are a few pages from her diary Anastasia found.
Read the pages quickly to find out how her grandmother used to spend her weekends. |
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B. In the 1960's
Read the diary entries again and complete the following table with the correct
information about young people in the 1960's.
They used to… wear… eat / drink… listen to… dance…
C. In Ancient Greece
Anastasia's grandmother learned about Ancient Greece at school. Use the
information in her diary to complete the phrases below:
a. Men and women's clothes used to be _________________
b. Women used to have their hair ______________
c. Men used to have______________
d. Both men and women
used to _________________
D. Anastasia's grandmother used to wear
a blue uniform at school.
Did she like it or not?
What do you think?
What is your opinion about
pupils wearing uniforms
at school? |
A. TALKING ABOUT STATES OR HABITS IN THE PAST
Study these boxes:
used to + infinitive
OR Past Simple
In Ancient Greece, people
When I was fifteen I |
used to wear or wore
used to listen to or
listened to |
linen clothes in summer. (A
past state that is not true now)
rock music. (An old habit that
has now stopped) |
BUT
My cousin Suzan |
wore |
a linen jacket at the party last
night. (Something we did at
a specific time in the past) |
B. Now fill in the rules with used to, bare
infinitive and Past Simple:
We use ____________ to talk about something that we did or happened at a specific time in the past. |
We use ____________ + ____________ to talk about past habits or states which are no longer true. We can replace ____________ + ____________ with ____________ without changing the meaning. |
C. Read the examples below and complete the table:
AFFIRMATIVE |
NEGATIVE |
QUESTION |
They used to dance Rock 'n' Roll.
(They don't dance it any more) |
They didn't use to Rap.
(They sang love songs instead) |
Did they use to dance Rock 'n' Roll? |
_____________________
_____________________ |
___________________
___________________ |
_______________ drink fruit punch? |
_____________________ parties. |
_______________ fast food restaurants. |
____________________
____________________ |
_______________ listen to Beatles' songs. |
___________________
___________________ |
____________________
____________________ |
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A. CHECK YOUR MEMORY
Tim, your pen friend from Ireland, wants to know what you learned in your last lesson. Tell him about people's habits in the 1960's and in Ancient Greece: |
Young people in the 1960's used to…
In Ancient Greece, men/women used to… |
B. WHAT DID YOU USE TO DO WHEN YOU
WERE 5?
You want to find out about your partner's present and past life. Ask each other questions and fill in the table (NOW - THEN):
Now |
Then |
He/She does his/her
homework. |
He/She used to go to his/her grandparents'. |
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What do you usually do at weekends?
What did you use to do
at weekends when you
were 5 years old? |
You can ask:
What kind of clothes /
wear at parties?
What / do at weekends?
What games / play?
What / do in the evenings?
Which TV programs /
watch? |
Yesterday all my trouble seemed so far away.
Now it looks as though they're here to stay.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be.
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong. Now I long for yesterday,
Yesterday… |
C. Read the lyrics of The Beatles' song
'Yesterday'.
Is the singer happier today
than he was yesterday? |
D. Find a photo of you at the age of 4 or 5 and bring it in class. Don't worry if you don't have one; draw a picture of you at that age.
Use this photo or drawing and the information in exercise B to write about you at that age. Add more information if you like and put it in your portfolio. |
Begin like this: This is a photo of me when I was… years old. At that age, I used to… |
