Unit 4. Life in the past. Lesson 3. A closer look 2

Unit 4: Life in the past
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
1. Read the conversation from GETTING STARTED and underline the examples of used to + infinitive. Then tick(√) the correct answer.
We use used to and didn`t use to + infinitive to talk about …
A. an activity that happened only once in the past
B. an activity that repeatedly happened in the past
C. an activity that started in the past and continues
to the present
- I made it for you, just like your grandfather used to make one for me.
- So when you were a kid, what did you use to do for entertainment?
- A mobile movie team used to come once every two months.
-The whole village used to listen to the news programme through a loudspeaker.
2. Use used to or didn`t use to with the verbs from the box to complete the sentences.
1. In the countryside in Viet Nam, families __________ extended, i.e. three or more generations lived together in the same house.
2. The farmers in my home village ________________ rice home on trucks. They used buffalo - driven carts.
3. In many places in the world, people __________cloth
with natural materials.
4. Tuberculosis -TB- __________ a lot of people. It was a fatal disease. /tuːˌbɜːrkjəˈloʊsɪs/ /ˈfeɪtl/
5. In some European countries, a barber___________ teeth as well as cut hair. /ˈbɑːrbər/
6. My brother______________ his free time indoors. He went out a lot.
pull out
kill
spend
transport
dye
be
used to be
didn’t use to transport
used to dye
used to kill
used to pull out
didn’t used to spend
3. Read the conversation from GETTING STARTED and underline the main verbs in the wish sentences. Then answer the questions.
Are the wishes for the present or the past?
2. What tense are the main verbs in the sentences?
- I wish there were movie teams like that now.
- Sometimes I wish I could go back to that time.
- For the present
- The past simple and past continuous
Look out!
We use the past simple when we make wishes for the present or future.
Example: I wish my friends spent less time playing computer games and more time outdoors.
We use the past continuous when we make wishes for something that we want to be happening right at this moment.
Example: My son wishes he were studying Marketing instead of Hospitality.
Note: After wish, we can use either was or were with I, he, she, it.
4. Tick if the sentence is correct. If the sentence is not correct, underline the mistake and correct it.
would
could
didn’ t
was/ were
5. Make up wishes from the prompts.
I wish …………………………....
we / can communicate / animals
→ I wish ……………………………………
we could communicate with animals.
5. Make up wishes from the prompts.
I wish …………………………....
2. no child / be suffering / hunger
→ I wish ……………………………………
no child was/ were suffering from hunger.
5. Make up wishes from the prompts.
I wish …………………………....
3. be playing / the beach
→ I wish ……………………………………
I was/ were playing on the beach.
5. Make up wishes from the prompts.
I wish …………………………....
4. there / be no more / family violence / the world
→ I wish ……………………………………
there was/ were/ would be no more family violence in the world.
5. Make up wishes from the prompts.
I wish …………………………....
5. I / go bushwalking / friends
→ I wish ……………………………………
I was/ were going bushwalking with
my friends.
5. Make up wishes from the prompts.
I wish …………………………....
6. there / be / four seasons / my area
→ I wish ……………………………………
there were four seasons in my area.