School times

1. English file Pre-
Intermediate
Unit 11A – Used to

2. • Lead in – different stages of education photos (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – school subjects (10 mins)
• Discussion questions – school subjects and school (10 mins)
• Reading – famous people at school – lead in (5 mins)
• Reading – famous people at school – new vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading – famous people at school – comprehension (10 mins)
• Discussion questions – what were your teachers like (5 mins)
• Game / filler (10 mins)
• Grammar – used to – highlighting (5 mins)
• Grammar – used to – Presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – used to – exercises (10 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – used to and didn’t use to (10 mins)
• Listening practice – pre-teaching vocabulary (5 mins)
• Listening practice – Matching opinions (5 mins)
• Listening practice – Noting down details / subjects (5 mins)
• Speaking practice board game – used to past habits (15 mins)
• Speaking practice – Did you use to .......................? At school (5 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

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5. 1. foreign languages (French): repeat after me, all French words
2. maths: percentage, fraction, three quarters, 75%
3. history: First World War, 1939 to 1945, Second World War
4. IT: cookies, website, computer, internet
5. literature: act, scene, speech, Hamlet
6. science (chemistry) sodium, add, water
7. art: self-portraits, painted, artists
8. PE: warm up, run, track, football
9. geography: active volcanoes, European countries, Mount Etna

7. •What places of education have you been
to? What were they like?
•What things did you enjoy about your
time in education?
•What things didn’t you enjoy about your
time studying?
•How is school different these days? (for
your children or others)

13. Alex Turner
Jude Law
J.K. Rowling

15. 1. Jude Law’s teacher (arrogant / girls liked him)
2. J.K. Rowling (mum got ill)
3. Alex Turner’s teacher (sometimes invited to concerts)
4. J.K. Rowling’s teacher (I think ..... Is very like me)
5. Jude Law (arrogant)
6. Alex Turner (Didn’t use to be interested in music)

18. Who said sport doesn't pay? A teacher once said this of which
of their pupils: "He must devote less of his time to sport if he
wants to be a success. You can’t make a living out of football"?
A) Gary Lineker B) Wayne Rooney C) Ryan Giggs

19. It's the "not so clever now are you!" cap for the teacher who
wrote “he will never amount to anything” about this
mathematician. To whom was he referring to?
A) Isaac Newton B) Albert Einstein C) Alan Turing

20. "He will either go to prison or become a millionaire."
Eventually, it was many times over! Who was this said about?
A) Little Richard B) Richard Branson C) Richard Nixon

21. She would have "been a very good pupil if she lived in this
world". Name the future actress and Dame whose favourite
letter is M (that's a clue by the way!)
A) Helen Mirren B) Maggie Smith C) Judi Dench

22. He was described in one school report as "a persistent muddler.
Vocabulary negligible, sentences malconstructed. He reminds me of
a camel". Name that, er, camel who became a famous writer?
A) Roald Dahl B) Charles Dickens C) William Shakespeare

23. It was said of him in school: "He is a quiet student who needs to
stop playing with his motorcycles and learn that music will not
make him a liveable wage". Who was this teacher referring to?
A) David Bowie B) Marc Bolan C) Ed Sheeran

28. He used to have
He didn’t use to wear
He didn’t use to have
He used to play
He didn’t use to wear

30. 1. Angie used to hate maths, but she loves it now.
2. Did you use to work when you lived in Cairo?
3. I didn’t use to like reading when I was a child.
4. What did you use to do in the summer holidays when you
were young?
5. The British didn’t use to cook with olive oil, but now it’s
very popular.

31. 6. This restaurant used to be a cinema in the 1960s.
7. Did your sister use to eat meat, or has she always been a
vegetarian?
8. I didn’t use to be interested in athletics, but now I always
watch it.
9. Did you use to have a motorbike when you were a student?
10. Telegrams used to be the quickest way to send important
messages.

33. Positive sentences
have a lot of friends (pause) I used to have a lot of friends.
be lazy (pause) I used to be lazy.
wear a uniform (pause) I used to wear a uniform.
play football (pause) I used to play football.

34. Negative sentences
like exams (pause) I didn’t use to like exams.
do much homework (pause) I didn’t use to do much homework.
be good at maths (pause) I didn’t use to be good at maths.
enjoy PE (pause) I didn’t use to enjoy PE.
Questions
work hard (pause) Did you use to work hard?
like school (pause) Did you use to like school?
do sport (pause) Did you use to do sport?
have long hair (pause) Did you use to have long hair?

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B
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P

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38. Speaker 1: He liked PE and English, but didn’t like maths,
history, and science.
Speaker 2: He didn’t really like any of the subjects.
Speaker 3: He liked English and maths, but hated geography
and PE. He enjoyed quite a lot of subjects.
Speaker 4: She liked all the subjects, especially English and
history.
Speaker 5: She hated PE.
Speaker 6: She really liked maths and biology.

42. Talking about situations in the past
(A) Who did you use to fight with when you were a child?
(B) I used to fight with my sister
(A) Why?
(B) because she used to take my things without asking.
(A)And who used to win?
(B) My sister because my mother was always on her side.

43. Everybody starts at birth
Roll the dice and move around
the board
When you land on a square try
to talk about the subject for a
minute giving examples
If the person doesn’t talk
for a minute ask some
questions to help.

44. And the winner is…….
The first person to get
to this square is the
winner.
If you land on one of
these squares make up
your own question