2. Grammar review
to talk about a past repeated activity (habit) or state, that
has changed or stopped, you can use:
to make the negative, you can use:
to talk about a past repeated activity (habit) [but not a
state], that has changed or stopped, you can use:
to talk about a situation you are familiar with, you can
use:
to talk about a situation which is new and strange to you,
you can use:
to talk about a situation which is becoming more familiar
to you, you can use:
to talk about a situation which is unfamiliar, but not
getting more familiar, you can use:
3. to talk about a past repeated activity (habit) or state, that has
changed or stopped, you can use:
used to + V
to make the negative, you can use:
didn’t use to +V or never used to + V
to talk about a past repeated activity (habit) [but not a state], that
has changed or stopped, you can use:
would (‘d) + V or wouldn’t + V
to talk about a situation you are familiar with, you can use:
(be) used to + N or V-ing
to talk about a situation which is new and strange to you, you can
use:
(be) not used to + N or V-ing
to talk about a situation which is becoming more familiar to you, you
can use:
get used to + N or V-ing
to talk about a situation which is unfamiliar, but not getting more
familiar, you can use:
can‘t get used to + N or V-ing
4. Practice
Check your answers on p. 133 (3.1)
p. 33 #7 – talk about which habits really annoy you and
give examples. Try to use used to / would / be (get) used
to if possible.
example: I used to share a house with ten other students. A
couple of them would never clean up after themselves in the
kitchen, and it used to drive the rest of us crazy! I never got
used to it, and eventually I moved to another house.
It annoys me [when [people / my roommate / my friends] + V]
It drives me crazy [when…]
I can’t stand (hate) it [when…]
5. Great Experiences
p. 40 #1 – discuss
#2A – read the program information. Who decided what the
top 50 things are?
#2B – match the activities mentioned to the photos A-E
If you could choose one thing to do before you die, what would it be?
Watch the video:
In which order are the activities (A-E) mentioned?
Which one isn’t mentioned?
Which activity was number one?
#3B – Watch again – are they true or false?
#3C – discuss with a partner and explain why