Unit 4: Life in the past

Write true sentences about the practice of the following things in the past, using used to and didn't use to.. men/bread winner of the family 21[r]

1 Choose the best answer A, B, or Cto complete the sentences

1 The children in my home village used to go _, even in winter Now they all have shoes

A on foot B bare-footed C playing around There is usually a _ gap between the old and the young, especially when the world is changing so fast

A generation B value C age

3 Every nation has respect for their long-preserved _ A behaviours B practices C traditions

4 In Viet Nam, _ often refers to age and social position, not to wealth

A seniority B tradition C generation

5 Giving lucky money to the young and the old at Tet is a common _ in many Asian countries

2a Match the verbs in A with their definitions in B

A B

1 act out a bring together preserve b perform

3 collect c bring enjoyment entertain d no longer exist die out e keep alive

2b Use the verbs in A in their correct forms to complete the sentences

1 Small children like listening to and stories Hand-writing a letter is a pastime that is beginning to I'm already beginning to miss it

3 Should we try to every custom or tradition which is in danger of dying out?

4 He's data for his book Values in the Past.

5 She often her children by telling them stories and acting them out

acting out die out

preserve collecting

3 Write true sentences about the practice of the following things in the past, using used to and didn't use to

1 men/bread winner of the family women/go to work

3 people/travel/on holiday families/be/nuclear

5 people/make banh chung at Tet/themselves children/play outdoor games

→ ……… → ……… → ……… → ……… → ……… → ………

Men used to be the bread winner of the family Women didn’t use to go to work

People didn’t use to travel on holiday Families didn’t use to be nuclear

4 Read these situations and write wishes you want to make for them

1 Your village does not have access to clean piped water

→ I wish

2 Your school is on the other side of a river, and you have to cross the river by boat twice a day to school

→ I wish

3 There is no organisation for social activities for teenagers in your town

→ I wish

4 You are interested in basketball but you are not tall enough for the sport

→ I wish

5 In your area, there are only two seasons: dry and wet You love autumn and spring

→ I wish ………… ……… ………

………

there were four seasons in my area

I wish we had spring and autumn in my area my village had access to clean piped water

there were a bridge over the river, so we did not have to cross the river by boat twice a day to school

there were an organisation for social activities … in my town

1 I wish……… I wish……… I wish……… I wish………

it would stop raining

the wind weren’t blowing so hard the sun were shining

6 Rearrange the sentences to make a meaningful conversation Mai, are you going to the Tet flower market with us

this afternoon?

2 We used to But this year my mother wants to bring back some traditions

3 Interesting! I'll come

4 I'm sorry I can't I'm making candied fruits

5 Wow That's time-consuming and it requires alot of patience My family buys it

6 Certainly! And we can learn how to make banh chung

too My father will teach us

7 She said that if we didn't it, our customs and traditions would die out

8 Oh, I see Can I join you? Why?

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