Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 3

Unit 4 • Lesson D: Family activities

Vocabulary
Time expressions for the past
back then
in those days
when I was (17)
when we were kids

Time expressions for the present

now
nowadays
these days
today

Other words
sibling (= brother or sister) (n)

Writing
Using time markers
You can use these time markers to show the past:

• When we were kids, . . . / When I was . . .

When we were kids, / When I was younger, my sister and I used to roller-skate a lot.

• In those days, . . . / Back then, . . .

In those days, / Back then, we didn't have all the safety equipment kids use today.

You can use these time markers to show the present:

• today, now, nowadays, these days

We didn't have all the safety equipment kids use today / now / nowadays / these days.

© Cambridge University Press 2014 Unit 4, Lesson D, Page 1