Preparing date: October 17
th
, 2006 Teaching date: October , 2006
Period 21 UNIT 4: OUR PAST
Lesson 2: Speak – Language Focus 4
I. Aim: Speaking about the way things used to be and the way they are now
II. Objective: By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to use USED TO to talk about the things they used
to do
III. Skills: Speaking.
IV. Teaching Aids: Textbook, word cards for drilling.
V. Procedures:
Teacher and students’ activitives Contents
1. Warm up
* Jumbled words
- rieletcicty = electricity
- menttaenterin = entertainment
- rkmaet = market
- permasuekt = supermarket
2. Presentation
- Recall the conversation between Nga and her
grandma, then ask:
-Ask: Another word for always lived
- Answer: used to live
- Ask ss to use USED TO to make question and
answer.
- Where did Nga’s grandma always live?
-> She always lived on a farm
- Where did Nga’s grandma use to live?
She used to live on a farm.
* Form:
S + USED TO + INFINITIVE

b. How did they travel?
- People used to walk. Now, they can go by cars or
motorbikes.
c. What’s about the electricity?
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- Now, there is electricity everywhere
d. What’s about their life / work?
- People used to work hard all the time. Now they have
a lot of time for entertainment.
e. Did children use to go to school?
- Most children used to stay at home. Now, they all go
to school.
f. What’s about their entertainment?
-Children used to play traditional games such as hide
and seek, skip rope….outdoors. Now they have a lot of
modern games- video games
5. Homework
Write about the things you used to do last year.
Last year, I used to get up late. Now, I get up very
early and do morning exercises.
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