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1 VOCABULARY school subject s 2 GRAMMAR used to

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Were they usually good or bad? Did yo u
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c Look at the repo rt again . W hat do marks and

behaviour mea n?

d Did you have a ny other subjects at prima ry o r

secondary school? W hich subjects were you ... ?
a good at b OK at c bad at
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c Read the ext racts aga in a nd match th e
people to enrence 1-5. Write KF, JL , PD,
WC,or HF.
I didn't u e to get to school on time.
2 used to make the other children laugh.
3 wa clever. but didn't use to behave well.
4 used to u every complicated vocabul ary.
5 used to cry a lo t at school.
d Look at senrence 1- 5 again. Does used to
refer to ... ?
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b the pa t
2 a things that happened o nce
b things that happened repeated ly
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3 PRONUNCIATION used to I didn't use to
Ip Pronouncing used to
When we say used to or (didn't) use to we link the two words
together. They are both pronounced ju:'>t:l .
a 4 44 >)) Li te n a nd und erlin e th e stre ed words. The n li ten and
repeat.
I He used to hate school.
2 I used robe good at French .
3 T hey d idn't use to behave wel l.
4 S he d idn't use to wear glasses.
5 Did you u e to wa lk to school?
b 4 45 >)) ow listen a nd write six mo re senrence
4 LISTENING
a 4 46 >)) Li sten to six people ta lking about their me mories of
school. Write ./ if they liked it, ~ if they didn't li ke it, a nd./~ if
they liked som e things but no t others.
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b Liste n again a nd a nswer the questio ns.
Who ... ? 0 didn't like being at a sa me-sex school
0 didn't use to study a lo t, but got good marks
0 had a very good physics teacher
0 hated do ing sport
0 liked o ne school, bur not another
0 used to read a lot at school

c Do you identify w it h a ny of the speakers? Why?

5 SPEAKING
a T hink about w hen you were at primary o r second ary chool.
Prepare your answe rs to the ques ti o n below. T hink of examples
you could give.
Did you u se to ... ?
• be d isorga nized o r very o rga ni zed • be a good o r a bad student
• be late for school o r on time • wea r a u nifor m
• get a lot of ho mework or a little • have a teacher you hated
• have a teacher you really liked • have a nick name
b Work in g ro ups of three. A tell B a nd C about how you used to be.
B and C li ten and a k for more in format ion. T he n swa p roles.
Subject: English Did you have anything in commo n?
H~, mua~ lu,.tL ntJt: ~ ( ~ ~;;d to be very disorganized, for example

usc suc.t /l.trwu;y ta"Ju':!e.· ~en left my books or my sports clothes at home.

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author of Bridget Jones's Diary