Life used to be differ

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Let’s get started
with a warm-up
Discuss the questions below:

➔ Do you remember your school days? What specific

memories do you remember most?

➔ Did you enjoy going to school?

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It’s grammar time!
Read the sentences and answer the questions below.

I used to be in the school soccer team, but When I was in primary school, I used to sit
now I don’t even know if I remember how to at the back so the teacher wouldn’t ask me
play. any questions.

I didn’t use to like history in school, but I When we were kids, our parents didn’t use
love it now. Did you use to like history to drive us to school. We used to walk or
when you were in school? ride a bike every day.

1. Do these sentences show the difference or similarity between the past and the present?
2. Do they refer to regular past actions or one-time events?
3. How do we create questions, affirmative and negative sentences with the structure of ‘used to’?
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Find and correct mistakes in the sentences below.

A. We used to lived next to my high school.

B. I used be very shy when I was a teenager.
C. I didn’t used to be afraid of flying, but now I am just terrified of it.
D. When we were kids, our parents use to read us bedtime stories every night.
E. Did you used to share your room with siblings?

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Let’s check the answers.

A. We used to lived next to my high school.

We used to live next to my high school
B. I used be very shy when I was a teenager.
I used to be very shy when I was a teenager.
C. I didn’t used to be afraid of flying, but now I am just terrified of it.
I didn’t use to be afraid of flying, but now I am just terrified of it.
D. When we were kids, our parents use to read us bedtime stories every night.
When we were kids, our parents used to read us bedtime stories every night.
E. Did you used to share your room with siblings?
Did you use to share your room with siblings?

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Change the sentences below so that they are true for you. Use the
structure of used to/didn’t use to.

I used to be in the school soccer team, but When I was in primary school, I used to sit at
now I don’t even know if I remember how to the back so the teacher wouldn’t ask me any
play. questions .

I didn’t use to like history in school, but I When we were kids, our parents didn’t use to
love it now. Did you use to like history when drive us to school. We used to walk or ride a
you were in school? bike every day.

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Work in pairs. Read the questions and match the underlined words to their
meanings below.

A. Did your teachers use to be very strict? Were you afraid of some of them?
B. How many pupils did your class contain when you were in primary school?
C. Did you use to help your parents by doing chores or working in the fields when you
were in school?
D. Did you use to go to a single-gender school or class?

MEANINGS:
1. for either girls or boys, but not both
2. expecting people to obey rules or to do what they say
3. a job or a task that you must do regularly
4. to have or include
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5. land used for keeping animals or growing food
Let’s check the answers.
MEANINGS:
A. Did your teachers use to be very strict?
Were you afraid of some of them? 1. for either girls or boys, but not both

B. How many pupils did your class contain
when you were in primary school?
C. Did you use to help your parents by doing
chores or working in the fields when you
were in school?
2. expecting people to obey rules or to
do what they say
3. a job or a task that you must do
regularly

D. Did you use to go to a single-gender 4. to have or include

school or class? 5. land used for keeping animals or
growing food

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 Now, answer the questions from the previous task.

➔ Did your teachers use to be very strict? Were you afraid of some
of them?
➔ How many pupils did your class contain when you were in
primary school?
➔ Did you use to help your parents by doing chores or working in
the fields when you were in school?
➔ Did you use to go to a single-gender school or class?

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In a moment, you’ll watch a video titled:

Back to SCHOOL: Now and Then

How do you think school has changed since your childhood?
Watch the video and mark the sentences below True (T) or False (F). Then,
change false sentences so that they are true.

A. In the past, boys and girls used to be

in the same classroom.
B. Pupils didn't use to have as much
school equipment as they have now.
C. In the past, classrooms used to
contain more pupils than they
contain now.
D. Children used to have more free
time in the past than they have now.
E. Teaching didn’t use to have such a
good reputation as it has nowadays.

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Let’s see the answers.

A. In the past, boys and girls used to be in the same classroom. False
A. In the past, boys and girls didn’t use to be in the same classroom.
B. Pupils didn't use to have as much school equipment as they have now. True
C. In the past, classrooms used to contain more pupils that they contain now. True
D. Children used to have more free time in the past than they have now. False

D. Children didn’t use to have more free time in the past than they have now.

E. Teaching didn’t use to have such a good reputation as it has nowadays. True

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It’s talking time!
Discuss the questions below:

➔ What has changed in education in your country?

➔ What teaching methods did teachers use to use when you

were are a kid? Have they improved?

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Over the years, we’ve seen changes in many areas of our lives.
Work in pairs and, using the structure of ‘used to’, talk about the past
and the present.

EXAMPLE:

GETTING TO EQUIPMENT LIBRARY

SCHOOL

● When I was a kid, we used to walk to school with my friends, but now parents drive
children to school.

● Children used to ride their bikes and take public transport.

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Over the years, we’ve seen changes in many areas of our lives.
Work in pairs and, using the structure of ‘used to’, talk about the past
and the present.

TECHNOLOGY

TRANSPORT PHONES MONEY

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Over the years, we’ve seen changes in many areas of our lives.
Work in pairs and, using the structure of ‘used to’, talk about the past
and the present.

LIFESTYLE

FASHION FOOD HEALTH

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Over the years, we’ve seen changes in many areas of our lives.
Work in pairs and, using the structure of ‘used to’, talk about the past
and the present.

FREE TIME

FRIENDS MOVIES SPORT

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Thanks!