* Write 5 things you
like in your dream.
TEAM A

I like:

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TEAM B

I like:

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UNIT 4: LIFE IN THE PAST
Lesson 3: A closer look 2

Teacher: Bui Thi Chin
Tien Lu secondary school
2

I. Vocabulary
-dye (v):

nhuộm

-tuberculosis – TB (n): bệnh lao phổi
-fatal disease (n):

bệnh chết người

-go bushwalking (n):

đi bộ trong rừng

1. Read the conversation from GETTING STARTED and underline
the examples of used to + V. Then tick(√) the correct answer.
- 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.

We use: used to + V
didn't use to + V: to talk about …
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

2. Use used to or didn't use to with the verbs from the box to
complete the sentences.
be

dye

pull out

spend

kill

transport

used to be
1. In the countryside in Viet Nam, families __________
extended, i.e.
three or more generations lived together in the same house.
didn't use to transport
2. The farmers in my home village ________________
rice home
on trucks. They used buffalo - driven carts.
used to dye
3. In many places in the world, people __________cloth
with natural materials.
used to kill
4. Tuberculosis -TB- __________ a lot of people. It was a fatal disease
used to pull out
5. In some European countries, a barber___________
teeth as well
as cut hair.
6. My brother______________
didn't used to spend his free time indoors. He went out
a lot.

3. Read the conversation from GETTING STARTED and
underline the main verbs in the wish sentences. Then answer the
questions.

- I wish there were movie teams like that now.
- Sometimes I wish I could go back to that
time.

1.Are the wishes for the present or the past?
- For the present

2. What tense are the main verbs in the
sentences?
- The past simple and past continuous

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.

4. Tick
if the sentence is correct. If the sentence is not
correct, underline the mistake and correct it.
Sentences
I wish I knew how to paint on ceramic
pots.

Correct if necessary

I wish my mum will talk about her
childhood.
I wish I can learn more about other
people's traditions.
I wish everybody had enough food and a
place to live in.

would

I wish people in the world don't have
conflicts and lived in peace
I wish everybody is aware of the
importance of preserving our culture.

didn' t

could

was/ were

5. Make up wishes from the prompts.
I wish …………………………....
1. we / can communicate / animals
could communicate with animals.
→ I wish we
……………………………………
2. no child / be suffering / hunger
no child were suffering from hunger.
→ I wish ……………………………………
3. be playing / the beach
I were playing on the beach.
→ I wish ……………………………………
4. there / be no more / family violence / the world
there were/ would be no more family violence in
→ I wish ……………………………………
the world.
5. I / go bushwalking / friends
I were going bushwalking with my friends.
→ I wish ……………………………………
6. there / be / four seasons / my area
there were four seasons in my area.
→ I wish ……………………………………

- Learn by heart form used to/
wish
- Prepare:communication

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