Oral Activity 11 (Chain story)
“An Exciting Weekend”. The teacher divides the class into two teams, then writes the word list on the board and explains the new words to the students. He / she starts the story and invites the teams in turn to continue it. Each correct sentence gets 1 point. The team which fails to continue the story doesn’t get a point.
Word list: go shopping, see somebody stealing, shout loudly, catch the thief, leave bag
on bus, run down the road, give back the bag, hear someone screaming,
neighbour’s house on fire, telephone fire-station, put the fire out.
Write a letter to a friend about how you spent your weekend. (80 – 100 words).
UNIT 5 USED TO FOR PAST HABITS
Used to + verb
Examples: I used to play the guitar. They used to practise every day. |
Past habit / present habit
Example: I used to get up at six o’clock but now I get up at seven o’clock.
Ex. 78. Andy Newman, the famous basketball player has retired from world-class
basketball. Look at the list below. What things do you think he used to do?
What do you think he still does?
Examples: He used to run ten miles before breakfast.
He still writes for Basketball Sports Magazine.
Questions and short answers
Did she use to walk to school? Yes, she did. Did they use to play football? No, they didn’t. |
Ex. 79. Look back at the list in Exercise 78 and make questions and answers about
Andy Newman.
Example:
A: Did he use to run ten miles before breakfast?
B: Yes, he did.
A: Does he do that now?
B: No, he doesn’t.
Example:
A: Did he use to write for Basketball Sports Magazine?
B: Yes, he did.
A: Does he do that now?
B: Yes, he does.
Didn’t use to
Didn’t use to + verb
Examples: We didn’t use to play tennis at school. I didn’t use to go to work by bus.
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Ex. 80. The Curtiss family have moved from England to Australia.
How are their lives different? Use used to or didn’t use to.
England Australia
The family lived in the city. They live on a farm. Emma didn’t like school. She likes her new school. Mr Curtiss was a mechanic. He’s a farmer. Mrs Curtiss was a typist. She helps on the farm. Steve Curtiss was unemployed. He’s studying at agricultural college. They didn’t have a dog. They have three sheep dogs. Mr Curtiss worked in a garage. Now he works in the open air. Sally, the baby, cried a lot. She’s much happier. Emma didn’t have many friends. Now she’s got lots of friends. Mr Curtiss smoked a lot. He doesn’t smoke at all. Steve spent his weekends with friends. He helps his father in the fields. Mrs Curtiss often fell ill. She feels O.K. They didn’t have an Australian accent. They have strong Australian accent. The weather in England wasn’t good. In Australia the weather’s wonderful. They didn’t enjoy life. They enjoy life very much.
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Example:
The family used to live in the city, but now they live on a farm.
Emma didn’t use to like school, but she likes her new school.
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Ex. 81. Compare these two maps of Shillingford. What did there / didn’t there use to be?
Examples:
There used to be farmland where the power station is.
There didn’t use to be a power station.
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Ex. 82. What was your town like 200 years ago? What did there use to be?
What didn’t there use to be? Add two more examples.
electricity television Examples:
schools shops
gas supermarkets There didn’t use to be any electricity.
churches market There used to be two schools.
cinemas ________________
horses and carts ________________
radios
UNIT 6 PRESENT PERFECT
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Long Form Short form Long form Short form
I have walked I’ve walked I have not walked I haven’t walked Have I walked?
You have walked You’ve walked You have not walked You haven’t walked Have you walked?
He has walked He’s walked He has not walked He hasn’t walked Has he walked?
She has walked She’s walked She has not walked She hasn’t walked Has she walked?
It has walked It’s walked It has not walked It hasn’t walked Has it walked?
We have walked We’ve walked We have not walked We haven’t walked Have we walked?
You have walked You’ve walked You have not walked You haven’t walked Have you walked?
They have walked They’ve walked They have not walked They haven’t walked Have they walked?
Spelling stop – stopped study – studied type - typed
prefer – preferred play – played smoke –smoked