THE FREQUENTATIVE FORM & THE IMPERSONAL PRONOUN IT OBJECTIVE : By the end of this review, Ss will be able to use the frequentative form to talk about the similarity PROCEDURES : TIMING 8’ 12’ 8’ CONTENTS I WARM-UP - Rearrange these groups of words into correct sentences to Lan used is up getting early is Money used things buy and to sell live Nam to used the in countryside finish it me takes a day this to exercise is it difficult finish to hour this in exercise an - Lead-in : In the above sentences, we use TOO, SO, NOT EITHER and NEITHER to talk about the similarity between two things or persons We must use the inversion when using SO and NEITHER II PRESENTATION - Recall the structures with USE, USED TO, BE USED TO, formal subject IT, extra object IT and Tag-Question USE – USED TO – BE USED TO S (person) + USE + O (thing) + TO-Infi sử dụng S (thing) + BE USED + TO-Infi sử dụng để S + USED TO + V (-to) trước / thường S (person) + BE USED TO + N / V-ing quen với STRUCTURES WITH IMPERSONAL PRONOUN IT IT (formal S) + TAKE + O + TIME + TOInfi IT (formal S) + BE + ADJ / N (+ OF / FOR + O) +TO-Infi S + V + IT (extra O) + ADJ / N + TO-Infi III PRACTICE Exercise – Choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D I …… in Paris, but now I live in London A used to live B are used to living C get used to living D live I …… in Paris I have lived here all my life A used to live B am used to living C get used to living D live She …… her unmarried name for professional purposes A used B is used C is used to D gets used to She lives on a farm, so she …… up very early A gets B used to get C is used to getting D would get I don’t think I could …… in the States although it is a great place to visit A be used to living B used to live C get used to living D live Living so far north, they …… the very cold weather A used be B get used to C are used to D would be A hammer …… driving in nails A is used for B is used to C gets used to D used T & SS’ ACTIVITIES - T gets Ss to the exercise - Ss work in groups - From the sentences, T helps Ss to introduce the structures - T gives Ss the handouts with the forms of some structures and gives the explanation for each form - T gets Ss to work in groups - Ss give the answers and give explanation for each situation - ANSWERS A B A C C B A D A 10 C 11 C 12 B 13 A 14 B 15 A Life here is much easier than it …… A gets used to be B is used to be C would be D used to be He …… a smartest in his class, so this new school may be a shock to him A used to be B gets used to being C is used to being D would be 10 American women …… going places by themselves A are used to B are accustomed to C Both are right D Both are wrong 11 I’m not …… on my own A used to live B used to have lived C used to living D used to be living 12 She’s not …… laughed at A used to be B used to being C used to have been D used to be being 13 I …… my photograph taken A am used to having B am used to have C used to having D am used to be living 14 I’m quite …… hard A used to work B used to working C used to have worked D used to be working 15 When my grandfather was young, he was …… long distances, but now he’s out of practice A used to walking B used to walk C used to be walking D used to have walked 16 We …… up early A are used to get B used to getting C are used to getting D are used to have got 17 They …… up late to watch live sports programmes on T.V A are used to stay B are used to staying C are used to have stayed D used to staying 18 We …… for long hours A are used to studying B are used to study C are used to have studied D used to studying 19 I’m not …… studying late at night A am used to B used to C use to D used for 20 My grandparents …… in the countryside A are used to live B used to living C are used to living D are used to have lived Exercise – Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the original sentences Getting into work this morning was a big difficulty - It was a big difficulty to get into work this morning It’s extremely difficult for us to make ends meet these days - We find it extremely difficult to make ends meet these days The flight to Moscow lasted three and a half hours - It took three and a half hours to fly to Moscow We won’t get to the airport in less than 30 minutes - It will take at least 30 minutes to get to the airport He spent a whole day repairing the radio 16 C 17 B 18 A 19 B 20 C 8’ - It took him a whole day to repair the radio Doing all this work is hard - I find it hard to all this work Speaking English fluently is not easy - It is not easy to speak English fluently He feels that telling her the truth is necessary - He feels it necessary to tell her the truth She wrote the letter in thirty minutes - It took her thirty minutes to write the letter 10 To become an English teacher, he has studied hard for four years - It took him four years to study hard to become an English teacher 11 He thinks that telling the truth about himself is really necessary - He finds it really necessary to tell the truth about himself 12 Is it easy to answer this question ? - Do you find it easy to answer this question ? ... to tell her the truth She wrote the letter in thirty minutes - It took her thirty minutes to write the letter 10 To become an English teacher, he has studied hard for four years - It took him... than 30 minutes - It will take at least 30 minutes to get to the airport He spent a whole day repairing the radio 16 C 17 B 18 A 19 B 20 C 8’ - It took him a whole day to repair the radio Doing... days - We find it extremely difficult to make ends meet these days The flight to Moscow lasted three and a half hours - It took three and a half hours to fly to Moscow We won’t get to the airport