Unit 4. Our past

Phan Thuc Duyen school
English 8
Welcome to our class

Now or in the past ?
In the past
* The T.V
* The lighting fixture
* The mobile phone
* The stereo
* Modern clothes / school uniforms
Getting started
WRITE THE NAME OF THE THINGS THAT DO NOT BELONG TO THE PAST:
Listen and read
Getting started
NGA
HER GRANDMA
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm
when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because
I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean
the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!
Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help
of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to
tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe.
It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma.
Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
VOCABULARY
:
Great-grandfather
Great-grandmother
( Great-grandma )
Grandmother
(Grandma)
(……)
Grandfather
Mother
Father
Son
( Nga’s brother)
Daughter ( Nga )
Aunt, Uncle
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm
when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because
I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean
the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!
Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help
of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to
tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe.
It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma.
Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
Glossary
1) Great-grandma (n) :
Cụ bà
2) without (prep) :
không có
:
Glossary
3) modern equipment (n) :
thiết bị hiện đại
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm
when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because
I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean
the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!
Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help
of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to
tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe.
It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma.
Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
Glossary
1) Great-grandma (n) :
Cụ bà
2) without (prep) :
không có
3) modern equipment (n) :
thiết bị hiện đại
4) light – lit (v) :
thắp,đốt (đèn)
Glossary
5) folktale/tale (n):
truyện dân gian, truyện cổ tích
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm
when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because
I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean
the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!
Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help
of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to
tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe.
It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma.
Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
Glossary
1) Great-grandma (n) :
Cụ bà
2) without (prep) :
không có
3) modern equipment (n) :
thiết bị hiện đại
4) light - lit/lighted (v) :
thắp ,đốt (đèn)
truyện dân gian, truyện cổ tích
5) folktale/tale (n):
Traditional story
Listen and read
Getting started
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm
when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because
I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean
the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!
Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help
of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to
tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe.
It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma.
Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
Language note
Used to:
* Used to + V_infi …
Eg. I used to get up late last year, but now I always get up early.
(-) S + didn’t +use to + V_infi …
Eg. I didn’t use to work hard last year.
(?) Did + S +use to + V_infi … ?
Eg. Did you use to cry when you were a baby ?
(Dã,đã từng)
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Getting started
What + be + S + like ? ..như thế nào?
Eg. What was life like in the past?
(Cuộc sống ngày xưa như thế nào?)
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Had to : phải làm gì (trong quá khứ)
*
Last year , I had to walk to school but now I go to school by bike.
Năm trước , tôi đã phải đi bộ tới trường nhưng giờ đây tôi đi bằng xe đạp
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Getting started
1. Practice the dialogue with a partner
Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?
Why didn’t she go to school?
What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?
What did Nga’s great-grandmother and great-grandfather do after dinner?
What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of the conversation?
a) She used to live on a farm.
b) Because she had to stay home and help her mom.
c) She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
d) Her great-grandmother lit the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell their children stories .
e) She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale “ The Lost Shoe”.
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Getting started
Practice the dialogue with a partner
Answer the questions
I used to live on a farm.
There wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
My father used to tell us stories.
The best one was The Lost Shoe.
Traditional stories are great.
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I am a teacher of English.
2. English is interesting.
Eg
1. Practice the dialogue with a partner
2. Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions
3. Fact or opinion ? Check (?) the boxes
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Getting started
Homework:
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