ENGLISH 9
SCHOOL YEAR: 2021-2022
Welcome to our class
Tell the past events and practices in your area.

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Unit 4: Life in the past
Lesson 3: A closer look 2
1. Read the conversation from GETTING STARTED and underline the examples of used to + V. Then tick(√) the correct answer.
Farther: I Made it for you just like your grandfather used to make one for me.
So when you were a kid,
what did you use to do for entertainment?
A mobile movie team used to come
once every two months.
The
whole village used to listen to the news programme through a
loudspeaker.
I. Read the conversation from GETTING STARTED and underline the examples of used to + infinitive (V). Then tick(√) the correct answer.
A. an activity that happened only once in the past
B. an activity that repeatedly happened in the past
C. an activity that started in the past and continues to the present


- I made it for you, just like your grandfather used to make one for me.
- So when you were a kid, what did you use to do for entertainment?
- A mobile movie team used to come once every two months.
-The whole village used to listen to the news programme through a loudspeaker.
EXERCICE 1
2. Use used to or didn`t use to with the verbs from the box to complete the sentences.
1. In the countryside in Viet Nam, families __________ extended, i.e. three or more generations lived together in the same house.
2. The farmers in my home village ________________ rice home on trucks. They used buffalo - driven carts.
3. In many places in the world, people __________cloth
with natural materials.
4. Tuberculosis -TB- __________ a lot of people. It was a fatal disease
5. In some European countries, a barber___________ teeth as well as cut hair.
6. My brother______________ his free time indoors. He went out a lot.
pull out
kill
spend
transport
dye
be
used to be
didn’t use to transport
used to dye
used to kill
used to pull out
didn’t use to spend
I. Vocabulary
- dye /dai/ (v): nhuộm
- tuberculosis – TB /tuːˌbɜːrkjəˈloʊsɪs/ (n): bệnh lao phổi
- fatal disease /ˈfeɪtl diˈzi:z/ (n):
bệnh chết người
- go bushwalking (n): đi bộ trong rừng
- barber /ˈba:bə/ (n): thợ hớt tóc
Nuclear family
Extended family
- nuclear family (n):gia đình 2 thế hệ
- Extended family (n):gia đình có nhiều thế hệ
Complete the sentences with used to/ didn’t use/ Did …use to:
1. When I was a child, I _________ (dream) of being an astronaut.
2. Lots of trains ___________ (stop) here, but not many do now.
3. _________Nick _________ (work) on a building site?
4. Women _________(vote) in elections in the past but now they have the right to be a member of the parliament.
Complete the sentences with used to/ didn’t use/ Did …use to:
1. When I was a child, I ____________ of being an astronaut.
2. Lots of trains ____________ here, but not many do now.
3. _________Nick __________ on a building site?
4. Women _______________in elections in the past but now they have the right to be a member of the parliament.
used to dream
used to stop
use to work
Did
didn’t use to vote
Rewrite the sentences with used to/ didn’t use:

1. Mr.Carlos travelled a lot when he was young but now he writes books for travelers.
 Mr.Carlos used to travel a lot when he was young.
2. Mert never smoked at all when he was at the university but now he smokes ten cigarettes a day.
 Mert didn’t use to smoke at all when he was at the university
3. Aylin worked here for five years but now she works for an international oil company.
 Aylin used to work here for five years.
I wish there were movie teams like that now.
Sometimes I wish I could go back to that
time.
3. Read the conversation from GETTING STARTED and underline the main verbs in the wish sentences. Then answer the questions.
3. Read the conversation from GETTING STARTED and underline the main verbs in the wish sentences. Then answer the questions.
Are the wishes for the present or the past?
- I wish there were movie teams like that now.
- Sometimes I wish I could go back to that time.
- For the present
- The past simple and past continuous
2. What tense are the main verbs in the sentences?
were
could
Look out!
We use the past simple when we make wishes for the present or future.
Example: I wish my friends spent less time playing computer games and more time outdoors.
We use the past continuous when we make wishes for something that we want to be happening right at this moment.
Example: My son wishes he were studying Marketing instead of Hospitality.
Note: After wish, we can use either was or were with I, he, she, it.
PRESENT WISH:
S + wish/ wishes (that) +
S + was/ were ………
S + could/ might + V1……
S + V-ed/ V2/ didn’t + V1…
S + was / were V-ing ……
FUTURE WISH:
S + wish/ wishes (that) +
S + would + V1…
4. Tick if the sentence is correct. If the sentence is not correct, underline the mistake and correct it.
would
could
didn’ t
was/ were
5. Make up wishes from the prompts.
I wish ________.
we/ can communicate/ animals
I wish ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. no child/ be suffering/ hunger
I wish _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.be playing/the beach
I wish ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
we could communicate with animals
no child was suffering from hunger/ no child were suffering from hunger.
I was playing on the beach/ I were playing on the beach..
5. Make up wishes from the prompts.
4. there/be no more/family violence/the world
I wish ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. I/go bushwalking/friends
I wish ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. there/be/four seasons/my area
I wish ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
there was no more family violence in the world/ there were no more family violence in the world/ there would be no more family violence in the world.
I was going bushwalking with my friends/ I were going bushwalking with my friends.
There were four seasons in my area.
Use the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:
1. He wishes that he (win) ……… the match.
2. I wish that it (be)………………. nice today.
3. I wish they (take) ……………………… a rest at the mountainous resort at the moment.
4. Ba wishes that he ( travel) ………………………
around the world in the future.
5. I wish I (eat) ………………………. at a restaurant now.
6. Mary wishes she (not come) …………………..to the club late.
7. They wish they (can finish)………………….. the task on time.
8. We wish we (be not)…................here now.








won
were taking
were
would travel
could finish
didn’t come
was eating
weren’t
Make wishes contrary to the following facts:
Minh is short.
 Minh wishes………………………………………..
2. Khanh want to become a famous footballer in the future.
 Khanh wishes……………………………………...
3. I can not speak Chinese.
 I wish…………………………………………………..
4. Mai has bad marks in the math test.
 Mai wihes…………………………………………....

5. We aren’t sleeping at present. We are so tierd.
We wish …………………………………………………..








He were tall.
He would be a famous footballer
I could speak Chinese.
She didn’t get bad marks in the test/ She had good marks……….
We were sleeping at present.
…….
……….
…………………………..
YOU HAVE THREE WISHES
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HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart form used to/ wish .
- Write three wishes
- Retell what you used to do last year.