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At the end of lesson, you will be able to: 1. Talk about activities you used to do in certain time in life.

GUIDE No. 7 ACTIVITIES THAT I WAS FAMILIAR WITH

STARTING OFF

1. Look at the following pictures, Which activities were you familiar with? (√) Tick which one(s).

Singing in the school choir

Gardening

Go swimming in the river

Reading my favourite magazines or books

LISTENING http://www.esl-lab.com/easy/happy-new-year/

2. Listen to the recording and answer the questions. I.

Randall used to play games a. watch movies b. watch fireworks c. play games

with friends to celebrate the new year.

II.

Randall and his friends used to eat pizza a. fried chicken b. salad c. pizza

on New Year's Eve.

III.

When Randall's children were little, he used to stay up late a. watch tv together b. put them to bed early c. stay up late

IV.

Now, Randall usually goes to bed early on New Year's Eve. a. prepares a special dinner b. goes to bed early c. goes for a drive

V.

on that night.

New Year's Day isn't a big celebration for Randall because every new day is a new beginning. a. he feels like he is getting older b. every new day is a new beginning c. he doesn’t like change

READING Teen magazine has interviewed Candy about her days at primary school. Read this extract and answer the question below.

3. Which words does Candy use to talk about things that happened regularly in the past but don’t happen now? Used to 4. Look at the extract again and answer these questions about used to

a. Does used to change when we change the subject pronoun? No, it doesn´t b. What happens to used to in a negative sentence? The used to misses the “D” Because of the auxiliary “DID” c. What verb form generally follows used to? The infinitive verb Don’t forget:

LET’S PRACTICE! 5. Rewrite what Candy says so that it is true for you. a. We used to have little tests b. we didn't use to take exams c.

I used to have the same teacher

d. He used to eat apples e. I didn't use to have the same teacher for all my subjects f.

I didn't use to have lunch in the school canteen