UNIT 4
LIFE IN THE PAST

Watch a video about a family and answer the question.
1. What did grandma
look like when she was
a little girl?
She used to have long hair
2. What about grandpa?
He used to be very shy
3. Did they used to have a lot
of fun when they were kid
Yes.

GRAMMAR 1

Read the conversation from GETTING STARTED and underline the examples of
used to + infinitive. Then tick(√) the correct answer.
Father: This is a present for you, son.
Nguyen: A kite! How cool! Thank you, dad.
Father: I made it for you, just like your
grandfather used to make one for
me.
Nguyen: Is it a family tradition?
Father: Yes, for generations.
Nguyen: I love it. So when you were a kid,
what did you use to do for
entertainment?
Father: Oh, it was all very simple back
then. We didn't have television or
the internet. A mobile movie team
used to come once every two
months, and everyone from the
village would be there. The
children were always early, trying
to get a place near the screen.
Nguyen: I suppose it was a special
occasion, wasn't it?

Father: Sure.
Nguyen: I wish there were movie teams like that
now.
Father: Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Nguyen: Then how did you get to know about the
world outside?
Father: We had the radio; actually, only wealthy
people did. The whole village used to listen to the
news programme through aloudspeaker.
Nguyen: Wow, I can't imagine that.
Father: I know. The world's changed a lot, son. It's
much easier now.
Nguyen: Do you miss the past, dad?
Father: I suppose I do. Sometimes I wish I could
go back to that time.

Read the conversation from GETTING STARTED and underline the examples of
used to + infinitive. Then tick(√) the correct answer.
Father: This is a present for you, son.
Nguyen: A kite! How cool! Thank you, dad.
Father: I made it for you, just like your
grandfather used to make one
for
me.
Nguyen: Is it a family tradition?
Father: Yes, for generations.
Nguyen: I love it. So when you were a kid,
what did you use to do for
entertainment?
Father: Oh, it was all very simple back
then. We didn't have television or
the internet. A mobile movie team
used to come once every two
months, and everyone from the
village would be there. The
children were always early, trying
to get a place near the screen.
Nguyen: I suppose it was a special
occasion, wasn't it?

Father: Sure.
Nguyen: I wish there were movie teams like that
now.
Father: Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Nguyen: Then how did you get to know about the
world outside?
Father: We had the radio; actually, only wealthy
people did. The whole village used to listen to
the news programme through aloudspeaker.
Nguyen: Wow, I can't imagine that.
Father: I know. The world's changed a lot, son. It's
much easier now.
Nguyen: Do you miss the past, dad?
Father: I suppose I do. Sometimes I wish I could
go back to that time.

1

USED TO

Your grandfather used to make one for
me.
What did you use to do for
entertainment?
A mobile movie team used to come
once every two months

USED TO
an activity that repeatedly
happened in the past

GRAMMAR 2

I wish my friends spent less time playing computer
games and more time outdoors (wishes for the present
or future)
WISH

My son wishes he were studying marketing
instead of hospitality. ( wish for sth that
happening right at this moment)

After wish, we can use either was or were
with I, he, she, it.

WRAP-UP
PLAY GAME

THE ARCHER GIRL

1._______
Did David use to live in America?

Did
1/12

Is

Do

2. The farmer in my village_______ rice home
on trucks. They used buffalo-driven cart.

2/12

used to
transport

use to
transport

Didn't use to
transport

3. I wish I_______ communicate with
animals

could
3/12

can

am

4.I wish everyone______ enough food and
place to live in

having
6/12

have

had

5. In some European copuntries a barber_______
teeth as well as cut hair

Use to pull out
8/12

Used to pull
out

Use to pulled
out

6. I wish I was_______ on the beach

playing
9/12

played

play

7. She wishes that she didn't ______ in a
small apartment in the city.

lives
10/12

lived

live

8_______ she use to live in England?

Are
11/12

Did

Does

HOMEWORK
- Practice exercise on workbook page ( ……………………..)
- Online practice