UNIT One: Diversity Level: 02nd Year

The Final Objective of Unit 01: Writing about life styles (present, past, future, comparing habits)
Step: Discovering the Language (01)
The Objective of the Lesson: Students will be able to use the form “used to” to express past habits.
The structure(s) and vocabulary of the lesson: past habit, used to, didn’t use to

The Procedure

Warm Up: AIM: To introduce the use of the semi-modal “used to”
Teacher divides the board into 02 sides.

1st side: 1990s 2nd side: NOW

John John
Job: Postman Job: Business
Salary: 30 000 Lottery Ticket 990 Million
Place of work: post office Place of work: his own office
Means of transport: on foot Means of transport: car

The teacher explains that Mark has become a rich man because he won a lot of money, and
starts comparing his life between past and present.

Then, She presents the new structure “used to” by writing 2 or 3 examples on the board.
Then she discusses the forms (affirmative, negative, interrogative) with her students.

Meaning: we use “used to” to talk about habitual or regular actions or states in the past that
are now finished.
E.g. I used to have a dog. (I had a dog in the past but I don’t have a dog now)
Did you use to play football when you were at school?
I didn’t use to like action movies, but I love them now.

Activity One: AIM: to consolidate learners’ use of the semi-modal “used to”

Match the pairs so as to construct meaningful sentences.

I used to eat a lot of chocolate but now I eat a lot

Paul used to work in London but now he drives

He used to take the train to work now he works in Sheffield

but
When I was younger, I didn’t use to eat cheese but now I’m on a diet
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Key Answer:
1. I used to eat of lot of chocolate but now I’m on a diet.
2. Paul used to work in London but now he works in Sheffield
3. He used to take the train to work, now he drives
4. When I was younger, I didn’t use to eat cheese but now I eat a lot.

Activity Two: Aim: to focus on the form “used to” by making sentences.

Make sentences about past and present habits and situations:

Example: John / rugby / tennis – John used to play tennis. Now he plays rugby.

a) Ann / study German / French

b) John / live Lisbon / London.

c) Joe / driver / mechanic

d) Mark / lots of girlfriends / married

Key Answer:

a) Ann used to study German. Now she studies French.

b) John used to live in Lisbon. Now he lives in London.

c) Joe used to be a driver. Now he is a mechanic.

d) Mark used to have lots of girlfriends. Now he is married.

Activity Three: Aim: to practice making sentences using “used to” and its negative form

Write sentences about people hundreds of years ago.

Begin like this: (Most) people used to / (Most) people didn't use to / a lot of people used to…

Example: Be farmers  Most people used to be farmers.

a) Have cars ___________________________________________

b) Travel on foot or on horses ______________________________
c) Live in castles ________________________________________
d) Watch TV____________________________________________
e) Work very long hours ___________________________________

Key Answer:
a) People didn’t use to have cars.
b) People used to travel on foot or on horses.
c) A few people used to live in castles.
d) People didn’t use to watch TV.
e) Most people used to work very long hours.
 Activity Four: Aim: to check pps understanding of the use of the semi modal used to
Each of the sentences below contains an incorrect form of the verb. Correct them to express a
habit either in the past or in the present.

Example: When I was younger I was getting up early.-incorrect-

When I was younger, I used to get up early.(correct)

a- In ancient times, most people worship stones.

b – We were going for long walks in the country when my father was alive
c –We are sometimes dining out
d- I went to school by bicycle , but I don't do it any longer

Key Answers:
a- In ancient times, most people used to worship stones.
b – We used to go for long walks in the country when my father was alive.
c – We usually eat out for dinner.
d- I used to go to school by bicycle, but I don't do it any longer.

Activity Five: Aim: to revise asking question including “used to”

Make questions using “used to”

Example: Where / go to school? – Where did you use to go to school?

a) How often / play tennis _____________________________

b) where / work ___________________________

Key Answer:

a) How often did you use to play tennis?

b) Where did you use to work?

Activity Six: Aim: to consolidate the different form of “used to” (affirmative, negative and
interrogative forms).

Choose from the given answers the correct one .

1- I ……………………… to anyone when I woke up in the morning.

a. didn’t use to listen b. don’t use to listen c. didn’t used to listen
2- What actually happened? The lessons ………… anything to me until now.
a. didn’t used to say b. didn’t used to speak c. didn’t use to mean
3- Now, I have classmates who ask as many questions as I do. They …… like me, a silent pupil.
a. use to think b. use to ask b. used to be

Key Answer: 1-a / 2-c / 3-b

Activity Seven: Aim: to focus on developing learners’ writing skills.

Put the words in the correct order.

a) twelve / to / work / young./a / hours / Mr / was / day / he / Johnson / used / when

b) restaurant / dinner / lived / at / have / used / a /We / in / London. /to / we / when
c) stories / before / we / bed./us / tell / to / went / I / to / remember / used / you / that
d) They / used / they / to / now / walk / bus. /the / school, / but / to / take

Key Answer:

a) Mr. Johnson used to work twelve hours a day when he was young.
b) We used to have dinner at a restaurant when we lived in London.
c) I remember that you used to tell us stories before we went to bed.
d) They used to walk to school but now they take the bus.