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b
c
d
e
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What pictures belong to the past and what belong to the present?
PAST
PRESENT
a
c
e
b
d
f
PAST
How was the life in the past?
People used to be poor in the past.
What were there in the past?
How did people live in the past?
UNIT 4: OUR PAST
GETTING STARTED
LISTEN AND READ
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019
VIET NAM 100 YEARS AGO
Lighting fixture
Radio
TV
School bag
Mobile phone
Modern clothes
I. GETTING STARTED:
Names of the things that do not belong to the past?
II. LISTEN AND READ
1. NEW WORDS
/ɪˈkwɪpmənt/ (n) :
- equipment
- folk tale
thiết bị
- light – lit – lit /laɪt- lɪt- lɪt/ (v):
- traditional
/foʊk teɪl/ (n):
/trəˈdɪʃənl/ (n):
đốt, thắp (đèn)
Ao Dai is the traditional dress of women in Viet Nam
truyện dân gian
truyền thống
- great - grandma(pa) / greit `grændmɑ:/(n): cụ bà(ông)
GREAT-GRANDMA
Mother
Mother
Mother
???
* Fill the suitable words in the blanks
great-grandma
traditional
lit
modern equipment
folk tales
used to
1. Tấm Cám and Thạch Sanh are………………
5. A light ………at the end of the road.
3. We have a lot of …………………………..at home such as: TV, radio, fridge and washing machine.
4. It`s …………….. in Vietnam to eat Chung Cake on Tet holiday.
2. My……………………..is 89 years old.
6. I ……….......get up early last year.
?
Nga’s great -grandma
Nga
2. True/ False statements
1. Nga’s great-grandma used to live on the farm.
2. There wasn’t any electricity.
3. Traditional stories are boring.
1. Nga’s great-grandma used to live on the farm.
2. There wasn’t any electricity.
3. Traditional stories are boring.
2. True/ False statements
TRUE
TRUE
FALSE
great
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because
I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!
Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe. It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma. Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
3. Practice the dialogue in pairs
3. Model sentences
4. Model sentences
(+) I used to live on a farm when I was a young girl.
* Use: Used to được dùng để miêu tả những thói quen hoặc trạng thái đã xảy ra và kết thúc trong quá khứ, không còn ở hiện tại.
* Form: (+) S + used to + Vbare.
* Meaning: đã từng…..
(-) I didn’t use to live on a farm when I was a young girl.
(?) Did you use to live on a farm when you were a young girl.
(-) S + didn’t + use to+ Vbare.
(?) (Wh) + did + S + use to + Vbare……?
* Practice:
Word – cue drill.
1. Nga’s grandmother / look after brother
2. She / wash clothes
3. Dad / not tell stories
4. People / live in small houses ?
Nga’s grandmother used to look after brother.
She used to wash clothes.
Dad didn’t use to tell stories.
Did people use to live in small house?
5. Answer the questions
Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?
Why didn’t she go to school?
What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?
What did Nga’s great-grandmother and great-grandfather do after dinner?
What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of the conversation?
Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?
She used to live on a farm.
b) Why didn’t she go to school?
Because she had to stay home and help her mom.
c) What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?
She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
d) What did Nga’s great-grandmother and great-grandfather do after dinner?
Her great-grandmother lit the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell them stories .
e) What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of the conversation?
She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale “ The Lost Shoe”.
5. Fact or opinion? Check () the boxes.
I used to live on a farm.
There wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
My father used to tell us stories.
The best one was The lost shoe.
Traditional stories are great.
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O
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Eg: I am a teacher of English.
FACT: sự thật
English is useful.
OPINION: ý kiến
1. Did Nga’s grandmother go to school?
a. Yes, she did
b. No, she didn’t
c. Yes, she does
√
6. Exercise: Choose correct answer
2. Nga’s grandmother....... look after her younger brothers and sisters
a. use to
b. uses to
c. used to
6. Exercise: Choose correct answer
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3. Nga’s great-grandmother had to do everything.........the help of modern equipment.
a. without
b. with
c. in
6. Exercise: Choose correct answer
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4. The Lost Shoe ...... an old folktale.
a. is
b. is not
c. are
6. Exercise: Choose correct answer
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5. Nga thinks traditional stories are .....
a. horrible
b. great
c. boring
6. Exercise: Choose correct answer
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7. Talk about you
Tell about the things you used to do last year
Ex: Last year, I used to get bad marks in Maths.
Homework
Learn by heart new words and structure.
Practice and translate the dialogue into Vietnamese.
- Prepare for the next lesson: Speak+ Listen.