LIFESTYLE

By Sonia Meléndez
 …a hundred years ago…(1920)
People used to write letters. They didn’t use to have laptops
 What about you?
• Do you have family or people you love who live far away from you?
• Where do they live?
• How do you keep in touch with them?
Imagine what kind of lifestyle people used to
have a hundred years ago.
• About…
• Communication Transport
• Clothes Houses
• Family Food
• Entertainment Women’s roles
 About Transport
They used to travel by horse and carriage. There didn’t use to be many cars.
• …about clothes
Men used to wear suits and hats. Women didn’t use to wear short dresses.
 …about houses
People used to live in houses. They didn’t use to live in flats.
 …about family
People used to have more than 6 children. They didn’t use to have only one or two
children.
• …about food
They used to eat more natural food. They didn’t use to eat processed food.
• …about entertainment
They used to spend time listening to music and playing cards.
• …about women’s roles
Women used to be housewives. They didn’t use to have Jobs.
 A hundred years ago…
• People used to write letters. They didn’t use to have laptops.
• They used to travel by horse and carriage. There didn’t use to be many cars.
• Men used to wear suits and hats. Women didn’t use to wear short dresses.
• People used to live in houses. They didn’t use to live in flats.
• People used to have more than 6 children. They didn’t use to have only one child.
• They used to eat more natural food. They didn’t use to eat processed food.
• They used to spend time listening to music and playing cards.
• Women used to be housewives. They didn’t use to have Jobs.
What are we talking about?
 Used to
• To talk about past habits ( repeated actions in the past). It describes things
that were true in the past, but are probable not true now.
• used to + Infinitive verb
• used to wear
• didn’t use to + Infinitive verb
• didn’t use to wash
 GRAMMAR:
• AFFIRMATIVE FORM:
• I /You / He/ She/ It/ We/They + USED TO + INFINITIVE VERB
• NEGATIVE FORM:
• I /You / He/ She/ It/ We/They + DIDN’T USE TO + INFINITIVE VERB
 Let’s practise!
• I. PUT THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER TO MAKE
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES.
• 1. Housewives / wash/ used to/ with soda-crystals and bluing.
• 2. lots of books / used / people/ to read/ many years ago
• 3. Didn’t / wash/ with washing machines/ People/ use to
• 4. Have jobs / Women/ Didn’t / use to
• 5. work /Used to/ Irons / with red hot coals.
• 6. on “phonographs”/ People/ listen /to music/ used to
 II. REPLACE THE PAST SIMPLE WITH
• 1.
USED TO + INFINITIVE.
People washed clothes by hand.
• ________________________________________
• 2. There were not computers.
• ________________________________________
• 3. Women wore long dresses.
• ________________________________________
• 4. People travel by horse and carriage.
• ________________________________________
• 5. They didn’t watch T.V.
• ________________________________________
• 6. They didn’t fly abroad.
• ________________________________________
CORRECT THE GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES IN THE SENTENCES. TICK (V) THE
CORRECT SENTENCE

Housewives used to baked in stoves.

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There used to be fewer people.
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The roads use to be less busy.
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Teenagers didn’t use to arrive home late.
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Families used spend more time together.
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Men used to wear suits and hats.
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 HOMEWORK

Write a paragraph describing what was the lifestyle in Peru

like a hundred years ago.