How to talk about your schooldays
G used to v school words P rhythm
A Read a short story
1 Do you agree with these opinions? Compare with a
partner.
1 Schooldays are the happiest days of your life.
2 I'd love to meet my old school friends again now.
2 Add more words to these lists with a partner.
School subjects History, Maths ...
Things in the classroom blackboard ...
Events in the school day and year break ...
Places in school playground ...
3 Read Bexnadette opposite. Choose the best description.
a Our memories of school are better than the reality.
b One piece of information can change your memories.
c Our first love is the strongest.
4 Answer the questions with a partner.
1 What places in the school does the writer mention?
2 What was Bernadette good at?
3 How did Bernadette treat the writer?
4 Does the writer still love Bernadette?
5 How did Bernadette surprise the writer?
B
Grammar used to
5 Underline examples of used to in Bernadette.
6 Read sentences 1 and 2. Are a and b true or false?
1 Bernadette used to sit at the front of the class.
a She sat at the front once.
b She probably sat at the front every day.
2 I used to love her.
a I don't love her any more.
b I still love her today.
7 What is the difference between used to and past simple?
Tick ✓ the correct rules and cross out the wrong rules.
Rules We can choose used to instead of past simple to ...
1 talk about single actions in the past.
2 talk about repeated actions in the past.
3 talk about a state in the past which is still true now.
4 talk about a state in the past which isn't true now.
8 Complete the grammar box.
He used to love her.
He didn't use to love her.
Did she use to sing?
I can talk about my schooldays:- .
9 Can you choose used to in these sentences?
If you can, write the used to sentence.
1 I took the bus to school every day.
I used to take the bus to school every day.
2 Bernadette ate an apple in the break one day.
(used to not possible)
3 She didn't speak to me when we were at school.
4 I met Bernadette last Saturday.
5 Did you fancy anybody in your class?
6 How did you find Bernadette's email address?
10 Work with a partner. Look at the pictures of the
classroom opposite. How was it different 20 years ago?
Example The walls didn't use to be white. They used to
be yellow.
c
More practice? Gl'ammu Bank» p.138.
Pronunciation rhythm
11 3A.1 ► Listen to a song about the Bernadette story. What
information from the story is not mentioned in the song?
12 Write these phrases in the box.
front of the class get it wrong teacher's pet
last week make mistakes
1 •• 2••· 3·•··
first time used to sit sit at the front
13 3A.2 ► Listen, check, and repeat.
14 Practise saying the song lyric on» p.151. Keep the rhythm.
D Listen for general meaning
15 3A.3 ► Listen to Antonia and Jeremy talking about their
memories of school. Do you think they liked school?
16 Listen again. Tick ✓ the topics they talk about.
D subjects (best and worst) D teachers and pupils
D the building D clubs and extra activities
D special events D the classroom 0. clothes
17 Work with a partner. Try to remember what they said
about each topic. Then listen again and check.
BCD Put it all together
18 Choose three or more of the topics in exercise 16 and
write notes about your memories of school.
19 Work in pairs or groups. Talk about your school
memories. Which school sounds the best?
Tick ✓ the line.
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