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Unit 4: Our past (6 lessons)
Lesson 1: Getting started - Listen and read
I. Aims:
Talking about past habits using “used to”
II. Teaching aids: - Tape
- Pictures
- Students themselves
III. Procudure:
1, Warm up:
Getting started: Look at the picture and write name the things that don’t belong to
the past
1- mobile phone 5-traditional dress (ao dai)
2- uniform 6- stereo
3- television 7-
4 - lighting fixture
2, Presentation:
- Pre - teach: look after (v) = take care of (v)
without (pre) >< with (pre)
folktale (n) chuyện cổ tích, dân gian
Great - grandma (n): Cụ bà
- Pre - questions:
+ where did Nga’s grandmother live when she was young?
+ What did she often do at that time?
- Ask ss to listen to the tape and then read the dialogue to find the answers to pre-
questions.
- Give new structure:
S + Used to + V
didn’t used to
* Note: new structure is used when acting was often in past, but now it isn’t.
3, Practice:
Repetition drill using word :

USED TO
clean the house do everything by hand
wash the clothes listen to stories
live on a farm
Example: I used to clean the house
- Let Ss do exercise 1 (P.39) : Ask and answer the questions
a, Nga’s grandmother used to live on a farm.
b,Beacause she had to stay home and help her mom and she used to look after her
younger brother and sister .
c, Nga’s great grandmother used to cook the meals, clean house and wash the
clothes.
d, She lit the lamp and he used to tell them stories.
e, Nga asked her grand mother to tell Nga the folktale “the Lost Shoe” at the end of
the conversation.
- Exercise 3 (p.39) fact or opinion?
a, Fact d, Fact
b, Fact e, opinion
c, Fact j, Opinion
4, Production:
- Ask ss to talk about what they used to do when the were at primary school
Eg: When I was at primary chool, I used to cry a lot
drink milk
get up late
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5, Homework:
- Learn by heart newwords
- Do exercise 4,5,6 (p.28  P31) in workbooks
Unit 4: Our past
Lesson 2: Speak
I. Aims:

Tacking about the difference between life in the past and that at present using “used
to”.
II. Teaching aids: - Pictures
- Students themselves
III. Procedure:
1, Warm up:
- Give some questions about the weather, students themselves
a, What the weather like today?
b, what did you user to do when you were small?
c, what didn’t you use to do when you were small?
2, Pre - speaking:
Revision:
a, True or False repetition drill:
- Let ss prepare some statements about Nga’s grandmother (some are true - some are
false). Ss repeat the True statements, for the False ones they have to stay silent.
+ She used to live on a farm  T
+ She used to go to school  F
+ She used to work in an office  F
+ She used to stay home  T
b, Transformation:
T says sth about Nga’ life now * Ss transform them to Nga’s Grandmom
- Nga goes to school life in the past
 But her grandmother used to
stayhome/
didn’t use to go to school
- Nga lives in the city  But her grandmothe used to live ofarm/
didn’t use to live in the city
3, While - speaking:
- Get ss to wok in groups, discuss and write down the differences between life now
and in the past using the 2 pictures (P.40)

Eg: a, People used to live in small houses, but now they live in big houses and tall
buildings.
b, People used to walk, but now they go by bike, bicycle, cars,.....
c, Children didn’t used to go to school, but now they go to school everyday.
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- Find someone who:
Find someone who used to ....lastyear Name
- Get bad marks
- Go to school on foot
- Get up late
- Watch TV after dinner
..............
Lan, Nam
Example: S
1
: Did you use to get bad marks last year
S
2
: Yes, I did
4, Post - speaking
- Give some pictures about the famous people such as Hong Ngoc singer, Beckam
soccer star and get ss write about them using “used to”
Example: - Beckam used to live in London
play for Manchester United
be single
5, Homework:
- Write about what your classmate used to do last year ( using the table : “ Find
someone who”