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    The document describes a classroom activity where students discuss how things were different in the past using the phrases 'used to' and 'didn't use to'. Students are divided into groups and given topic cards to draw from to take turns speaking for 30 seconds about each topic, scoring points for sentences using the target phrases. The goal is to practice talking about changes over time in grammar and speaking.

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    The document describes a classroom activity where students discuss how things were different in the past using the phrases 'used to' and 'didn't use to'. Students are divided into groups and given topic cards to draw from to take turns speaking for 30 seconds about each topic, scoring points for sentences using the target phrases. The goal is to practice talking about changes over time in grammar and speaking.

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    EM 4, Unit 4.1 Used To and Would Blast-From-The-Past

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    TEACHER’S NOTES

    WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Blast from the Past

    Activity Type Introduction


    Grammar and Speaking In this used to game, students talk about how things were different
    Game: forming in the past using used to and didn't use to.
    sentences, impromptu
    speech (group work) Procedure
    Divide the class into groups of three.
    Focus
    Give each group a set of cards. Ask the students to shuffle the
    Used to / didn't use to
    cards and place them face-down in a pile on the desk.

    Explain that the students are going to play a game where they
    Aim
    have 30 seconds to talk about a topic. For each sentence they
    To talk about how things make with used to and didn't use to during that time, they score
    were different in the past one point.
    using used to and didn't
    use to. Students then take it in turns to pick up a card (e.g. computers)
    and talk about the topic on the card, saying how the thing was
    different in the past, e.g. 'Computers used to have floppy disks.
    Preparation The monitors didn't use to be flat like they are today, etc…'
    Make one copy of the
    When a group member is talking, the other students are
    cards for each group
    responsible for timing the speaker and awarding points.
    of three and cut as
    indicated.
    For every sentence with used to and didn't use to the student
    makes, they score one point.
    Level
    The student with the most points at the end of the game is the
    Intermediate (B1) winner.

    Afterwards, have a class feedback session to discuss how each


    Time thing was different in the past using the target language.
    20 minutes

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    USED TO

    WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Blast from the Past

    computers the world clothes

    films cars drinks

    money work education

    music families mobile phones

    housework you communication

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