Unit 4. Our past

Grandma: I didn’t go to school because I had to stay home and help my mom.. Grandma: she used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.. Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the

Welcome to class 8A8

Teacher: Nguyen Tien Thanh

Unit 4: our part

Lesson 1: getting started +

listen and read

How many pictures are there?

1 2 3 4

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…

used to (v)

great-grandma (n) look after (v)

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)

GREAT-GRANDMA

Mother

Mother

Mother

The refrigerator

Tamcam is a folktale.

I NEW WORDS

used to (v)

great-grandma (n) look after (v)

equipment (n)

folktale (n)

traditional (a)

ask + s.o + to v (n)

II Practice with partner

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:

a) 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

1 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.

7 Tamcam’s a great folktale.

8 That sounds like hard work!

9 I was in grade 6 last year.

F

F F

O F

Learn “the new words” by heart

Prepare lesson 2 “Speak”

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