Unit 4. Our past

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Wednesday, October 11 th , 2017

PERIOD 20: UNIT 4: OUR PAST

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED &

LISTEN AND READ

I Getting started:

Look at the picture Write the names of the things that

do not belong to the past.

Viet Nam 100 years ago

I Getting started:

The TV

Briefcase

Cassette player

The mobile phone

The lighting fixture

Modern dress

School uniform

Viet Nam 100 years ago

II Listen and read:

E.g: Ao dai is a traditional dress of Vietnam

- once upon a time:

* Structure:

Used to (đã từng)

- Dùng để diễn tả thói quen trong quá khứ hoặc một điều gì đó

chỉ tồn tại trong quá khứ.

E.g: I used to go fishing when I was a kid.

(+) S + used to + V_inf

(-) S + didn’t + use to + V_inf

(?) Did + S + use to + V_inf ?

Yes, S + did

No, S + didn’t

II Listen and read:

• Do you stay with your grandmother?

• Do you often talk to your grandmother?

• What do you usually talk about when you are with your grandmother?

1 Practice the dialogue with a partner:

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

1 Practice the dialogue with a partner:

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

2 Work in groups Answer the questions:

a Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?

Nga’s grandmother used to live on a farm.

b Why didn’t she go to school?

Because she had to stay home and help her

mom.

c What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?

She used to cook the meals, clean the house and

wash the clothes.

d What did Nga’s grandmother and

great-grandfather do after dinner?

Her great-grandmother lit the lamp and her great –

grandfather used to tell them stories.

e What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the

end of the conversation?

She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale The

lost shoe.

a Nga’s grandmother 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.

e She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale The

lost shoe.

3 Fact or opinion? Check (√) the boxes:

Fact: sự thật

Opinion: Ý kiến cá nhân

Fact là điều đúng sự thật còn opinion để chỉ một     niềm tin. 

E.g: We are studying English

English is very easy.

English is very difficult.

→ Fact

→ Opinion

3 Fact or opinion? Check (√) the boxes:

a) I used to live on a farm.

b) There wasn’t any electricity.

c) Mom had to do everything without the

help of modern equipment.

d) My father used to tell us stories.

e) The best one was The lost shoe.

f) Traditional stories are great.

Used to Fact / Opinion

Read the sentences and then rewrite

with used to:

1 He stopped studying hard.

-> He used to study hard.

2 She stopped getting up early.

-> She used to get up early.

3 He started smoking.

-> He didn’t use to smoke.

4 Linh started going out every morning.

-> Linh didn’t use to go out every morning.