Unit 4: Life in the past
A closer look 2
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
MINIGAME
Ex: I wish I had an ice-cream to eat now
He wishes he was/were a billionaire
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?


2. What tense are the main verbs in the sentences?
- 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
EXERCICE 3
Make up wishes from the prompts.
I wish …………………………....
we / can communicate / animals
→ I wish ……………………………………
we could communicate with animals.
EXERCICE 5
I wish …………………………....
2. no child / be suffering / hunger
→ I wish ……………………………………
no child was/were suffering from hunger.
EXERCICE 5
I wish …………………………....
3. be playing / the beach
→ I wish ……………………………………
I was/were playing on the beach.
EXERCICE 5
I wish …………………………....
4. there / be no more / family violence / the world
→ I wish ……………………………………
there was/were no more family violence in the world.
EXERCICE 5
I wish …………………………....
5. I / go bushwalking / friends
→ I wish ……………………………………
I was/were going bushwalking with my friends
EXERCICE 5
I went bushwalking with my friends
I wish …………………………....
6. there / be / four seasons / my area
→ I wish ……………………………………
there was/were four seasons in my area.
EXERCICE 5
Survey
Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets


1. I wish my room ( be ) __________ bigger.

2. I wish it (not / rain ) __________ so much in London.

3. I wish there ( not / be ) _________ _ so many people there.

4. I wish I ( not / have ) __________ to work.

5. I wish she ( can ) __________ get a good job.
was/were
didn`t rain
wasn`t/weren`t
didn`t have
could
S + used to + V
S + wish + Clause (S+Vpast + .....)
REMEMBER
Homework
Do exercise 2 (p.43) and 4 (p.44)
Preparing the "Communication"
Homework
Do exercise 2 (p.43)
Preparing the "Communication"
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
EXERCICE 4
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 used to spend
EXERCICE 2
Check your grammar: gap fill
Complete the explanation with a word from the box.

simple not past didn’t infinitive

1. We use used to to talk about things that happened or were true in the _______________, but not now.
2. You can always use the past _______________ instead of used to.
3. We use used to to emphasise that the action or state is ___________
what happens now.
4. Used to is followed by the _______________ verb.
5. To make questions and negatives with used to, we use did and _______________.

didn`t
past
simple
infinitive
not