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DBA: Exchanges opinions on topics of personal, social or academic interest

LEARNING OBJECTIVE By the end of the lesson, students should be able to mention situations that they used to make and don´t do anymore by means of oral presentations

 INTRODUCCIÓN (WARM UP)

Write in the chart the names of the traditional games according to the illustrations and explain the rules of them 

¿QUÉ VOY A APRENDER? (PRESENTATION)

Used to describe habits or things which were always true in the past.

 

I used to play tennis a lot, but I do not play very often now.

 

▪ The negative is DIDN´T USE TO.

There didn’t use to be any buildings on Manhattan Island.

 

▪ Make the question with Did … use to?

 

Did beavers use to live in New York City?

PRACTICO LO QUE APRENDÍ (PRACTICE)

Circle the correct option

1.I _______________________ skinny when I was young

a) used to be                             b) used be                                   c) used to

2. We __________________ in New Jersey.

a) used be living                       b) used live                                 c) used to live

3. Lisa speaks English now, but she __________________ it when she was young.

a) didn´t used to speak            b) not used to speak                  c) didn´t use to speak

4. People _________________ to the radio more in the old days.

a) used to listening                   b) used listen                             c) used to listen

5. Can you believe that Grandpa ___________________ tennis when he was young?

a) used to play                          b) used play                               c) used to be playing

6. I ___________________ many years ago, but now I read every day.

a) didn´t used to read               b) didn´t use to read                 c) used to not reading

7. My brother and I _______________ a lot when we were young

a) used to fought                       b) used to be fighting                c) used to fight

8. I ____________________________ in Santa Claus when I was a little.

a) used to believe                                b) use to believe                          c) used believe

9. My father __________________________ a mile to school every day when he was a boy

a) used to walk                                   b) used walk                               c) used to walking

10. My mom ___________________________ me a bedtime story every night.

a) used read                                       b) used to read                           c) used to reading

            Taken from https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Used_to/Used_to_Multiple_Choice_za1063499cu

 

Read the paragraph and look at the pictures of New York.

 

a.     How is New York different today from the past? Which New York do you prefer?

In 1609, the British explorer Henry Hudson arrived on Manhattan Island in the center of what is now New York City. Hudson discovered paradise on Earth. Ancient forests covered the island, and the trees were full of birds. Rivers ran between the green hills, full of fish and other animals. Beavers lived in modern Times Square. The only people who lived there were the Lenape, a tribe of Native Americans. The word ‘Manhattan’ comes from their language, and it means ‘island of many hills’. Today, the Hudson River in the middle of New York is named after Hudson, to remember one of the first Europeans to travel across this beautiful place before the modern city rose around it.

 

Be careful with the names you use for different peoples and cultures. Many of the original inhabitants of the USA and Canada prefer to be called ‘Native Americans’ or ‘First Peoples’. Some consider the term ‘Indians’ to be offensive.

b.       Why has New York changed so much?

Example: The city needed space for cars to move.

a. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences about New York.

1. Many different animals and birds used to live / didn’t use to live in New York.

2. Manhattan used to be / didn’t use to be a forest.

3. The Lenape people used to fish / didn’t use to fish in the rivers in Manhattan.

4. There used to be / didn’t use to be any cars or roads on Manhattan.

 

b. Read the Useful language box. Which sentences 1-6 are wrong? Correct them.

1. New York used to be called New Amsterdam.

2. Henry Hudson used to die in 1611.

3. Native Americans used to travel all over New York City.

4. Europeans didn’t use to eat potatoes. They came from the New World.

5. Christopher Colombus used to arrive in the Americas for the first time in 1492.

6. Times Square used to get its name when The New York Times newspaper used to open its office there.

 

¿QUÉ APRENDÍ? (PRODUCTION) (Track 59)

Listen to Roseanne talking to an interviewer about Park Avenue in New York City. Which of these words do they mention?

▪ art gallery             ▪ bridge                    ▪ museum                  ▪ harbor                   ▪ lake                         ▪ park                              ▪ pavement             ▪ railway station       ▪ restaurant                ▪ river                      ▪ skyscraper              ▪ statue

Listen again. Correct the false information in the sentences.

a. Roseanne’s family lived on Park Avenue 50 years ago.

b. Her family home is now a supermarket.

c. Roseanne’s great-grandfather was an architect.

d. The Wall Street Crash was an economic collapse in 1928.

e. Roseanne now lives in Blue Bay on Lake Michigan.

f. Roseanne feels angry when she thinks about her great-grandfather today.

 

 

Now write your own guide to your hometown or a city you know well. Share your ideas with your partners

Read and practice this dialogue

Person 1: "Do you remember when we used to play in the park every weekend?"

Person 2: "Yeah, those were the good old days. We used to spend hours running around and playing games."

Person 1: "I miss those times. We used to have so much fun without a care in the world."

Person 2: "I know what you mean. Life was simpler back then."

Person 1: "Do you think we'll ever get back to that?"

Person 2: "I hope so. Even though things have changed, we can still make time for the things we used to enjoy."

Person 1: "You're right. Let's plan a day to revisit the park soon."

Person 2: "Absolutely! I'm looking forward to it. It'll be like old times."