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LEVEL: 2 SUI TABLE FOR: ALL

Language functions:
Vocabulary area:
Grammar focus

talking about past habits, plays, games and other activities for children
childrens plays, games, activities
used to; no longer; do/ does not any longer




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f fo oc cu us s o on n d di is sc cu us ss si io on n

ACTIVITY 1
Discuss the following questions:

1 1. . W Wh ho o d di id d y yo ou u u us su ua al ll ly y p pl la ay y w wi it th h w wh he en n y yo ou u w we er re e a a c ch hi il ld d? ?
2 2. . D Di id d y yo ou u p pr re ef fe er r p pl la ay yi in ng g w wi it t h h o ot th he er r c ch hi il ld dr re en n o or r a ad du ul lt ts s? ?
3 3. . W Wh ha at t w we er re e y yo ou ur r f fa av vo ou ur ri it te e g ga am me es s a an nd d a ac ct ti iv vi it t i ie es s? ?
4 4. . D Di id d y yo ou u c co om me e u up p w wi it th h y yo ou ur r o ow wn n p pl la ay ys s? ?
5 5. . D Di id d y yo ou u u us se e t to o d do o a an ny y a ac ct ti iv vi it ti ie es s t th ha at t y yo ou ur r p pa ar re en nt ts s d di id dn n t t w wa an nt t y yo ou u t to o d do o? ?
6 6. . W Wh hi ic ch h a ac ct ti iv vi it t i ie es s d di id d y yo ou u u us se e t to o d do o a an nd d y yo ou u t th hi in nk k c ch hi il ld dr re en n n no o l lo on ng ge er r d do o. .


I In nt tr ro od du uc ct ti io on n
A lot of children nowadays are missing out on some of simple pleasures and
instead spend more time in front of the telly, play computer games and surf the
Internet.
In order to encourage children to spend more time playing outdoors, the list of
activities which children should do before their 10th birthday was compiled by
experts on behaviour and development, parents and personalities, including former
model Melinda Messenger.
What kind of activities do you think we can find on the list?:

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ACTIVITY 2
Heres the list of the activities. However, some words are missing. Try to fill in the
gaps with suitable words.

bake bury climb den dough face feed feet
find fly grow hunt mask mud pick petals
plant recognise ride roll snow sculpture twigs


1. __________ on your side
down a grassy bank.

2. Make a _________ pie

3. Make your own modelling
_________ mixture

4. Collect frogspawn

5. Make perfume from flower
__________

6. __________ cress on a
windowsill

7. Make a papier-mache _______

8. Build a sandcastle

9. _________ a tree

10. Make a ________ in the garden

11. Make a painting using your
hands and ________

12. Organise your own teddy bears'
picnic

13. Make some bread

14. Have your _________ painted

15. ________ a friend in the sand

16. Make ________ angels

17. Create a clay ___________

18. Take part in a scavenger
___________

19. Camp out in the garden

20. _________ a cake

21. _________ a farm animal

22. _________ some strawberries

23. _________ five different bird
species

24. _________ a bike through a
muddy pudle

25. Make and _________ a kite

26. ___________ a tree

27. Build a nest out of grass and
___________

28. ___________ 10 different
leaves in the park

29. Grow vegetables

30. Make breakfast in bed for your
parents

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f fo oc cu us s o on n g gr ra am mm ma ar r u us se ed d t to o


I If f w we e s sa ay y t th ha at t w we e u us se ed d t to o d do o s so om me et th hi i n ng g, , i i t t m me ea an ns s w we e d di i d d i i t t i i n n t th he e p pa as st t a an nd d w we e
n no o l l o on ng ge er r d do o. . W We e c ca an n u us se e u us se ed d t to o t to o d de es sc cr ri i b be e a a h ha ab bi i t t o or r s st ta at te e, , e e. . g g. .: :

A An nn n u us se ed d t to o g go o t to o I It ta al ly y e ev ve er ry y s su um mm me er r. . ( (h ha ab bi it t) )
A An nn n u us se ed d t to o l li i v ve e i in n E Ed di i n nb bu ur rg gh h. . ( (s st ta at te e) )

I In n q qu ue es st ti i o on ns s w we e u us se e d di i d d a an nd d i i n n n ne eg ga at ti i o on ns s d di i d dn n t t , , e e. .g g. .: :

D Di id d y yo ou u u us se e t to o w we ea ar r g gl l a as ss se es s w wh he en n y yo ou u w we er re e y yo ou un ng ge er r? ?
I I d di i d dn n t t u us se e t to o l li ik ke e s so ou up ps s, , b bu ut t n no ow w I I d do o. .




ACTIVITY 3
Look at the list of activities on page 2 for about 2 minutes and try to
remember as many as possible then in pairs make short dialogues, like the
ones shown below:


STUDENT A: Did you use to make mud pies when you were a child?
STUDENT B: Yes, I did. I always did them with a friend of mine. We always got really dirty.

STUDENT B: Did you use to grow cress on a windowsill?
STUDENT B: No, I didnt but I used to collect frogspawn. My mother really hated it.





f fo oc cu us s o on n g gr ra am mm ma ar r n no o l lo on ng ge er r ; ; d do o/ /d do oe es s n no ot t a an ny y m mo or re e

W We e c ca an n e ex xp pr r e es ss s a a s si i m mi i l l a ar r i i d de ea a w wi i t th h e ex xp pr r e es ss si i o on ns s n no o l lo on ng ge er r a an nd d d do o/ / d do oe es s n no ot t
a an ny y m mo or re e , , e e. . g g. .: :

A An nn n u us se ed d t to o g go o t to o I It ta al ly y e ev ve er ry y s su um mm me er r. .
A An nn n n no o l lo on ng ge er r g go oe es s t to o I It ta al l y y. .
A An nn n d do oe es sn n t t g go o t to o I It ta al ly y a an ny y l lo on ng ge er r. .

A Ai ir rl li i n ne e t ti ic ck ke et ts s u us se ed d t to o c co os st t a a l lo ot t o of f m mo on ne ey y. .
A Ai ir rl li i n ne e t ti ic ck ke et ts s n no o l lo on ng ge er r c co os st t a a l l o ot t o of f m mo on ne ey y. .
A Ai ir rl li i n ne e t ti ic ck ke et ts s d do on n t t c co os st t a a l lo ot t o of f m mo on ne ey y a an ny y m mo or re e. .


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ACTIVITY 3
Paraphrase each of the sentences in two different ways, using: used to, no
longer, do/ does any more.


1 1. . H Ha ar rr r y y u us se ed d t to o t tr ra av ve el l a a l lo ot t . .
. .
. .


2 2. . M Mr r B Br ro ow wn n n no o l lo on ng ge er r l li i v ve es s i i n n G Gl la as sg go ow w. .
. .
. .


3 3. . I I d do on n t t e ea at t l lo ot ts s o of f c ch he ee es se e a an ny y m mo or re e. .
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. .


4 4. . M Mr r F Fo or rg ge et t f f u ul l u us se ed d t to o h ha av ve e a a v ve er r y y g go oo od d m me em mo or r y y. .
. .
. .


5 5. . P Pe eo op pl le e n no o l lo on ng ge er r s sp pe en nd d t t h he ei i r r f fr re ee e t ti i m me e i i n n a an n a ac ct ti i v ve e w wa ay y. .
. .
. .


6 6. . J Ji i m m i i s s n no ot t m my y b be es st t f fr ri i e en nd d a an ny y m mo or re e. .
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. .


7 7. . H He en nr r y y u us se ed d t to o l lo ov ve e L Lo ou ui i s se e. .
. .
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8 8. . T Th he e c ci i t t y y i i s s n no o l lo on ng ge er r c cl le ea an n a an nd d b be ea au ut ti i f f u ul l . .
. .
. .


9 9. . I I d do on n t t w wa at tc ch h t te el le ev vi i s si i o on n a an ny y m mo or re e. .
. .
. .


1 10 0. . P Pe eo op pl le e u us se ed d t to o w wr ri i t te e l lo on ng g l le et t t te er rs s t to o t t h he ei i r r f fr ri i e en nd ds s. .
. .
. .