A2c FOCUS 2 - 2.5 used to

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Good morning A2c!

Good morning A2c!

Today's plan:

• Grammar explanation
• Some book exercises
• Writing & speaking

But first...

Who knows the game 'two truths, one lie'?

Identify the lie:
When I was a child...

... I used to live in Tilburg.

... I used to play football all the time.

... I used to wear glasses.

This was the lie:

When I was a child I used to live in Tilburg.

When I was a child I didn't use to play football all the time.

When I was a child I used to wear glasses.

Identify the lie:

Arne Slot used to be a football player for Willem II.

Arne Slot used to work as an assistant-trainer for Cambuur.

Feyenoord used to play international competitions.

This was the lie:

Arne Slot didn't use to be a football player for Willem II.

Arne Slot used to work as an assistant-trainer for Cambuur.

Feyenoord used to play international competitions.

Identify the lie:

Maria Montessori used to be a doctor.

Maria Montessori used to live in Spain.

Maria Montessori used to travel to the USA.

This was the lie:

Maria Montessori used to be a doctor.

Maria Montessori didn't use to live in Spain.

Maria Montessori used to travel to the USA.

2.5 Grammar: used to + Verb

To talk about:

• past states that are no longer true
• past actions which happened regularly but do not happen anymore.

Write an affirmative (+) sentence
with 'used to' that's true for you.

Write a negative sentence (-)
or question (?) with 'used to'.

used to + Verb

To talk about:

• past states that are no longer true
• past actions which happened regularly but do not happen  anymore.

We use the Past Simple to talk about actions that
happened only once or not regularly, not 'used to'!

1. What music ____ like
when you were a child?

1. you used to
2. did you used to
3. did you use to
4. used you to

2. They ____ in the countryside,
but now they live in the city.

1. used to live
2. used to living
3. didn't use to live
4. use to live

3. We ____ to the cinema at weekends.

1. don't use to go
2. use to go
3. usually go

4. I ____ the cake you
made me last week.

1. used to loved
2. loved
3. used to love
4. didn't use to love

5. ____ have long hair
when you were younger?

1. Did you used to
2. Used you to
3. Did you use to
4. Had you

6. She ____ very tall
when she was in school.

1. didn't use to be
2. used not to be
3. didn't used to be
4. use not to be

7. Robert ____ in a band.

1. used to
2. used to play
3. used to played
4. used to playing

8. I ____ my right arm in a skiing accident when I was 10.

1. used to break
2. broke
3. broken
4. used to broke

used to + Verb

To talk about:

• past states that are no longer true
• past actions which happened regularly but do not happen  anymore.

We use the Past Simple to talk about actions that
happened only once or not regularly, not 'used to'!

Book exercises

Do exercise 1+2 on p. 136.

Finished? Do exercise 3, 4 or 6 (you choose).

Answers

Writing exercise

In your notebook, write down questions that you would like to ask your (class) neighbour about their
past habits/states/actions

Write down as many as you can!

Remember 'used to' in question form:
Did you use to ...?

Speaking exercise

Pair up and decide who is person A and who is person B.

Round 1 (yellow bar): A asks questions, B answers them.

Round 2 (orange bar): B asks questions, A answers them.

2.5 / M-hour

Unit 2.5 ex. 1-6

Grammar Focus p. 136 ex. 1-5

Word list 2.5

Finished? Check answers & sign off!

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