Ga Anh 8 Bai 4

Preparing date: October 17th, 2006 Teaching date: October , 2006

Period 21 UNIT 4: OUR PAST

Lesson 2: Speak – Language Focus 4

I. Aim: Speaking about the way things used to be and the way they are now

II. Objective: By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to use USED TO to talk about the things they used

to do

III. Skills: Speaking.

IV. Teaching Aids: Textbook, word cards for drilling.

V. Procedures:

Teacher and students’ activitives Contents

1. Warm up

* Jumbled words

- rieletcicty = electricity

- menttaenterin = entertainment

- rkmaet = market

- permasuekt = supermarket

2. Presentation

- Recall the conversation between Nga and her

grandma, then ask:

-Ask: Another word for always lived

- Answer: used to live

- Ask ss to use USED TO to make question and

answer.

- Where did Nga’s grandma always live?

-> She always lived on a farm

- Where did Nga’s grandma use to live?

She used to live on a farm.

* Form:

S + USED TO + INFINITIVE

S + didn’t use to + infinitive

Did + S + use to + infinitive?

* Use: used to express a past habit, or an action usually

happened in the past.

* Meaning: đã thường hay làm gì

3. Practice

- Get ss to work in open pairs then close pairs the

word cue drill.

a. Live / Hue / Hanoi

b. Have / long hair / short hair

c. Get up / late / early

d. Walk to school / bicycle.

e. Study / evening / early morning

a. Did you use to live in Hue?

No. I used to live in Hanoi

b. Did you use to have long hair?

No. I used to have short hair.

c. Did you use to get up late?

No. I used to get up early.

d. Did you walk to school?

No. I used to go to school by bicycle.

e. Did you use to study in the evening?

No. I used to study in the early morning

4. Production

-Ask ss to compare 2 pictures on page 40, using

USED TO to talk about the actions in the past

- Elicit some ideas so that ss can talk about them.

a. Where did they live in the past? And now?

- People used to live in small houses. Now they live in

big houses and buildings.

b. How did they travel?

- People used to walk. Now, they can go by cars or

motorbikes.

c. What’s about the electricity?

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Tieáng Anh 8 – Nguyeãn Thò Kieàu Vaân Naêm hoïc: 2006-2007