UNIT4: LIFE IN THE PAST
Lesson 3 : A CLOSER LOOK 2

I.Vocabulary
Dye (v) :
Tuberculosis-TB(n):
Fatal disease(n):
go bushwalking(n):
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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.

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.
be
dye
pull out
spend
kill
transport
used to be
didn’t use to transport
used to dye
used to kill
used to pull out
didn’t used to spend
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.
Are the wishes for the present or the past?

2.What tense are the main verbs in the sentences ?
- For the present
- 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.

would
could
didn’ t
was/ were
5. Make up wishes from the prompts.
we / can communicate / animals
→ I wish ……………………………………
2. no child / be suffering / hunger
→ I wish ……………………………………
3. be playing / the beach
→ I wish ……………………………………
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 ……………………………………
we could communicate with animals.
no child were suffering from hunger.
I were playing on the beach.
there were/ would be no more family violence in the world.
I were going bushwalking with my friends.
there were four seasons in my area.