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Used to / get used to

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would - typical behaviour
 
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Used to - get used to guessing game
B1-B2
30 mins
groups: 2-4
 
Students read four descriptions of situations (e.g. you are hiking through the jungle.) in which the reader's life has changed in some way. Each includes examples of be used to and get used to. Students read and guess the situation.
 
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My life then and now
B1-B2
 
Students complete table with columns for various aspects of their lives now and when they were ten. Then ask questions to compare with their partners
 
 
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Past habits
B1-B2
 
Sheet to prompt personalized speaking using 'would', 'used to' etc
 
 
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Habbits and annoying behaviour
B1-B2
 
Analysis of examples
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
Would and used to quiz 1
Fifteen-question multiple-choice quiz on the use of would and used to to express past habits and states.
 
 
Will, would and used to quiz
Twelve-question multiple-choice quiz - both language choice and concept questions.
 
 
Would and used to quiz 2
Twelve-question multiple-choice quiz on would and used to for past habits and states. Includes question and negative forms.
 
 

 

 
 
 
Used to / be used to / get used to
Short passage about moving from Hong Kong to England. Twelve gaps for used to / be used to / get used to
 
 

 

 
 
 
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Global Intermediate Coursebook
Unit 2 Lives and Legends  Page 25   Used to & would
 
 
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Inside Out Student's Book Intermediate
Unit 5 Kids  Page 49 
'Would' and 'used to' - sentence examples and concept questions. Pairwork speaking practice.
 
 
Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate book cover 
Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate
Unit 5 Ritual  Pages 47 - 49
'Used to' compared with 'would'
Grammar notes + making sentences from prompts (short exercise)

 
Unit 7 Review 1  Page 65 
Substitution exercise
 
 
New Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate students' book book cover 
New Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate students' book
Module 10 Take care  Page 91 
Used to for talking about past states and jhabits (follows on from reading about healthcare in the past)
 
Consolidation modules 6 - 10  Page 96 
Gapped story
 
 
New Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate book cover 
New Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate
Unit 5 Ritual  Page 49   present and past habits
Follow-up work on examples from the listening 'will' for habits. Written and oral work on 'will', 'would' and 'used to'
 
 
Grammar Activities Two - Upper Intermediate book cover 
Grammar Activities Two - Upper Intermediate
72 - 73 Used to / get used to  Pages 72 - 73
Used to / get used to
 
 
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Intermediate Communication Games
24 - School reunion  Page 24 
Find information to complete statements about past and present habits.
 
 
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Play Games with English Book Two
Memory 5 - The good old days page 29  Pages 29 - 54
Ss compate two street scenes (same location), one in the 1950s; one now. Form sentences: 'There used to be a cinema next to the bank' etc.
 
 
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Developing Grammar in Context
6 Used to and would  Pages 29 - 34
 
 
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Reward Intermediate Resource Pack
7 I'm different now  Page 7 
Pairwork. 'Me as a child' vs 'me now'.
 
 
Reward Upper-intermediate Resource Pack book cover 
Reward Upper-intermediate Resource Pack
9b Life changes  Page 9 
Ss complete and read out sentences relating to a situation (e.g. 'You've got married') I used to... I didn't use to... I'm getting used to... Other Ss must guess the situation.
 
 
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