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UNIT 7: TRAFFIC
Period: 59
LESSON 2: A CLOSER LOOK 2
I. GRAMMAR
* “It” indicating distance
Example:
- How far is it from your house to the bus stop?
- It is about 300 metres from my house to the bus stop.
orm
- How far is it from ___ to ____?
- It is (about) + ………. + from __ to__.
Use: Dùng để hỏi và trả lời xem khoảng cách từ một địa
điểm này đến một địa điểm khác bao xa.
* Used to: đã từng
Ex: I used to go on foot when I was in primary school.
(+) S + used to + V(inf )………
orm
(-) S + didn’t use to + V(inf ) …….
(?) Did + S + use to + V(inf ) ……..?
Yes, S + did./ No, S + didn’t.
Use: Diễn tả những hành động đã xảy ra thường xuyên
trong q khứ nhưng khơng cịn diễn ra ở hiện tại.
Example:
Mr Brown often went to school by bike,
but now he doesn’t any more.
-- Mr Brown used to go to school by bike.
II. Practice:
1. Write sentences with it. Use these cues.
my
house
/
500
metres
/
nearest
shop
1. 700 metres/my house/Youth Club
It is about 700 metres from my house to the Youth Club.
2.
home village/nearest
town
→fiveItkm/my
is about
500 metres
from
It is about 5 km from my home village to the
nearestmy
town.house
3. 120
Minh City/Vung
Tau
tokm/Ho
theChi
nearest
shop.
It is about 120 km from Ho Chi Minh City to Vung Tau.
4. 384,400 km/the Earth/the Moon
It is about 384,400 km from the Earth to the Moon.
5. not very far/Ha Noi/Noi Bai Airport
It is not very far from Ha Noi to Noi Bai Airport.
2. Work in pairs. Ask and answer
about distances in your neighbourhood.
Example:
A: How far is it from your house to school?
B: It’s about a kilometre.
You can use these cues:
- your house - open-air market/supermarket
- your school - playground
- your house - river
- bus station - your village
questions
3. Complete the sentences with used to or use to and the
verbs in the box below.
be
ride
play
go
feel
used to ride a tricycle when I was a child.
1. I ___________
to be fewer people and vehicles on the roads.
2. There used
__________
used to go
3. My father __________to work by motorbike. Now he cycles.
to play hide-and-seek when you were small?
Did you use
4. ____
___________
use to feel worried
did not __________
5. Five years ago people in this town____
about traffic jams.
4. Rewrite the sentences using used to.
1. My mum lived in a small village when she was a girl.
to live in a small village when she was a girl.
→ My mum used
__________________________________.
2. There are more vehicles on the roads now.
use to be more vehicles on the roads.
→ There did not _____________________________.
3. We cycled to school two years ago.
used to cycle to school two years ago.
→ We ______________________________________.
4. There did not use to be many traffic accidents before.
more traffic accidents than there used to be.
→ Now there are _______________________________.
5. My uncle was a bus driver some years ago, but now he has a desk jo
used to be a bus driver some years a go, but now …..
→ My uncle___________________________________
HOMEWORK
- Review the grammatical structure:
+
The formal subject “it” & “Used to”.
- Do Act 5(A closer look 2) / Part B
and C in workbook.
- Prepare for Unit 7: Communication
THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!
Goodbye!
See you again!