Unit 4. Our past

UNIT 4: AT SCHOOL
Period 21: Language Focus (p.44)
* Practice
Exercise 1. Write the past simple form of each verb.
took
went
flew
had
were/was
did
rode
ate
sat
came
Exercise 2. Complete the dialogue below. Use the past simple.
Lan: Did you eat
Nga: No, I ate noodles.
Ba: How did you get to school?
Nam:

Minh: Where
Hoa: I was at home.
d) Chi: Which subject did you have yesterday?
Ba:


rice for lunch/ dinner?
were you yesterday?
I walked to school./ I rode to school./ I went
to school by bike.
I had English./Math…
Exercise 3. Look at the pictures. Complete the dialogue. Use used to and the verbs given: live, stay, have, be.
Nga: where is it? It’s isn’t in Hanoi.
Hoa: No, it’s Hue. I used to stay there.

Exercise 3. Complete the dialogue. Use “used to” and the verbs given: live stay have be

Nga: Where is it? It isn’t Ha Noi.
Hoa: No, it’s Hue. I (0) there.
Nga: Is that you. Hoa?
Hoa: Yes. I (1) long hair.
Nga: Who is in this photo?
Hoa: That is Loan. She (2) my next-door neighbor.
Nga: Are they your parents?
Hoa : No. They’re my aunt and uncle. They (3)
in Hue, too.

used to stay
used to have
used to be
used to live
2. Prepositions of time (in, on, at, after, before, between)

in đứng trước tháng, năm.
example: in October 1997; in 1997
on: đứng trước ngày, tháng.
example: on Monday, July 2
at, after, before, between: đứng trước giờ.
example: at 4 pm; between 7 am and 8 am; before 7 am; after 3 pm.
Preposition
*Complete the sentences. Use the prepositions in the table.
a. I’ll see you Wednesday.
a. I’m going to Laos January.
b. I’ll see you Wednesday.
c. We must be there 8.30 and 9.15.
d. The bank closes 3.pm. If you arrive 3.pm, the bank will be closed.
e. I’ll be home seven because I want to see the seven o’clock news.

on
in
between
at
after
on
before
3. Look at the pictures then talk to your friends using “used to”
He/ride on a buffalo
ex: He used to ride on a buffalo.
They/go to school by bike
Mr Ha/come home by car
Nam and Minh/play table tennis
Nga/listen to the radio