Bài giảng English 7 - Unit 4: Our Past - Lesson 1: Listen and read

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Welcome to our class 
Unit 4 : our past 
Lesson 1: 
 listen and read 
Unit 4: Our past – Lesson 1: Listen and read 
* Vocabulary 
USED TO 
(Past time habit) 
 Ex: 
When I was young, I used to swim once a day. 
Tom used to go fishing, but now he doesn’t. 
He used to dance every night, but now he studies. 
Formation 
S + USED TO + V (INFINITIVE) 
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 evenings? 
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 
III. Answer the questions: 
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. (She 
used to look after her younger brothers and sisters). 
c) What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do? 
 She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes. 
Her great-grandmother used to light the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell them stories . 
III. Answer the questions: 
d) What did Nga’s great-grandmother and great-grandfather do after dinner? 
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”. 
III. Answer the questions: 
What did you use to do last year? 
FACT OR OPINION 
The dog is yellow 
Yes 
FACT OR OPINION 
The dog is lovely 
No, I don’t think so 
The dog is yellow	 fact 
The dog is lovely	 opinion 
“The Lost Shoe” is a folktale 
“The Lost Shoe” is boring	 
“The Lost Shoe” is exciting 
fact 
opinion 
opinion 
PRACTICE  FACT OR OPINION 
I used to live on a farm. 
F O 
2. Traditional stories are great. 
3. My father used to tell us stories. 
4 . There wasn’t any electricity. 
5. The best one was The Lost Shoe. 
6. Mom had to do everything without 
the help of modern equipment. 
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F 
F 
F 
F 
O 
O 
HOMEWORK 
Learn “the new words” by heart 
Pepare : the past simple tense 
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