previous job Describing what you used to do in your previous job
Did people have email 100 years ago?
How did they communicate with each other? → People used to send each other letters.
What do they send each other now?
Did they send each other email 30 years ago? → They didn’t use to send each other email.
Did people use to buy records 40 years ago
or ten years ago? → They used to buy records forty years ago. Describing what you used to do in your previous job
My pen doesn’t work. I can’t use it.
→ It’s useless.
I use my smartphone all the time.
→ It’s very useful.
Did people use to use typewriters? Yes
Do they use them nowadays? No → They are obsolete. Describing what you used to do in your previous job
Did you dance ballet when you were 10?
And now? Yes → I still do. No → I don’t anymore/I still don’t. Describing what you used to do Describing what you used to do in your previous job
Have you changed of jobs?
Did you use to watch VHS movies? Do you have Netflix now?
Do you send letters?
What did people use to use before laptops? What machines or appliances are obsolete nowadays? What devices do you find useful / useless?
Do you have a fax? What kind? What is old-fashioned?
Did people send letters or email thirty years ago? Describing what you used to do in your previous job Describing what you used to do in your previous job Describing what you used to do in your previous job
You just changed your job and you´re
talking with your new colleagues, they ask you question about what did you use to do in your previous job and you describe to them.
Also you all talk about ancient process or
products that you used to use. Speaking Goal: UNIT 37
Describing what you used to do in your
previous job HOMEWORK 1. Online practice U37. Don’t forget!