The document discusses how life has changed from past generations to today. It provides examples of how the author's mother grew up in a small Spanish village without technology like television or computers, and shares tasks for students to think about how their own mother's childhood compares in terms of activities they may not have participated in. It asks students to consider whether life has changed significantly between generations.

1. REMEMBER THAT… 1) To form the past tense of regular verbs, add ►– ED : Play ►Play ed Look ► Look ed 2) In some cases, extra changes are needed: Travel ►Travel l ed Marry ►Marr i ed 3) Verbs can have irregular past forms: To Be ► Was/Were Sell ► Sold 4) For the negative, use Didn’t+INFINITIVE: Like ► Didn’t like Kill ► Didn’t kill Be ► Wasn’t / Weren’t

2. MOTHERS

3. OBJECTIVES To talk about your mother’s (or any other relative’s) childhood To realise how life has changed over the years

4. MY MUM My mother wasn’t born in Catalunya, but in Aracena (Huelva). She didn’t have a television at home or computer games – children used to play games and spend time in the street. She didn’t stay in her village for good. As a matter of fact, she moved to Barcelona when she was 19. As many women of her age, she didn’t go to University. However, she was always interested in History and Psychology. Foto!

5. A BEAUTIFUL SONG DEDICATED TO MAMA Mum’s day in Spain -> first Sunday of May Mum’s day in the UK -> Mid March http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yrVpc_xprE

7. TASK 1 Think of your mother’s (or some relative’s) childhood. What was it like? Write two things you think she/ they didn’t do. “ When she was a child, my mum didn’t/wasn’t…”

8. TASK 2 Share your information with your partner. Were their lives any similar? Find something they had in common and something they didn’t. “ Did(n’t) your mother…?” “ Was(n’t) your mother…?”

9. HAS LIFE CHANGED THAT MUCH? MOTHERS YOU

10. CONCLUSION Can you talk about people’s childhoold? Can you make questions about the past? Do you think life has changed that much?