Used to

​Do you have any plans or ideas about what you would like to do after you finish high school? Discuss in pairs.

Multiple Choice

Natalie Portman used to publish her scientific research.

• Natalie regularly published her scientific research in the past and she still does so.

• Natalie regularly published her scientific research in the past but now she doesn't.

• Natalie published her scientific research once.

Draw

Study the Grammar box and Watch out! and find all the examples of used to in the article.

Draw

Study the Grammar box and Watch out! and find all the examples of used to in the article.

Draw

Study the Grammar box and Watch out! and find all the examples of used to in the article.

​Look at the underlined verbs in the texts. Which ones could you replace with used to?

​Look at the underlined verbs in the texts. Which ones could you replace with used to?

A got => used to get

B studied => used to study

C studied => used to study

Fill in the Blank

Before he became an actor, George Clooney sold shoes.

Fill in the Blank

When she was younger, actress Kate Beckinsale dreamed of being a writer. She won the WH Smith Young Writers' competition twice in her teens.

Fill in the Blank

Rowan Atkinson, the actor who plays Mr Bean, studied Electrical Engineering at Oxford University.

Fill in the Blank

Rap star Kanye West studied English at Chicago State University. His mother worked there as a professor. But in 1997 he left the university without a degree.

Fill in the Blank

Rock star Sting taught English at a primary school. But in those days people didn't call him Sting. What did they call him? They called him 'Mister Sumner' or just 'Sir'!

​Read the information below and look at the pictures. Make sentences about the changes in Declan's life using used to or didn't use to.

• Declan stopped getting bad marks/revising for tests at the last minute/behaving badly in class/counting the days until the holidays.

• Declan started getting top marks in Maths/doing all his homework/going to classes on time/showing his school report to his parents.

Open Ended

Make sentences about the changes in Declan's life using used to or didn't use to.

​SPEAKING Think about your life when you were at primary school. In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

Draw

Look at the pictures and complete the text with the phrases below.

Reorder

Reorder the following.

• What

• did

• you

• use to do

• at the weekend?

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following.

• Where

• did you use to

• go in

• the summer

• holidays?

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Did

• you

• use to pay

• attention

• in class?

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• What did

• you use to

• eat

• for

• lunch?

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following.

• What computer

• games did

• you

• use to

• play?

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following.

• Did

• you

• use to

• use

• social media?

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5