Namangan davlat universiteti ingliz filologiyasi fakulteti amaliy ingliz tili kafedrasi

Write on the board Aziza used to go on a swing without fear when she was a child.
(Elicit at least one more example and write it on the board as well.)
Tell participants this: Unfortunately, the park does not exist any more, there is a new supermarket there now. By the way, we lived very close to Registan Square.
NB. If there are slightly different examples from students (E.g. Akmal used to go to the swimming pool with his brother at weekends etc), accept them as well because it will bring some variety to the examples on the board.
- ☺ (5 min) Refer students to the sentences on the board. Underline used to + verb and ask the following questions (allow guesses, do not demand right answers at this stage) :
~ What time do you think this construction shows? (Answer: past)
~ How do you think it is different from Simple past? (Answer: Repeated actions and actions finished in the past)
- ☺ (10 min) Say that you have prepared a text with more examples of the construction. Say it is about Registan square. Distribute handout 1􀀏 and ask students to read it carefully and find examples of used to in the text.
- ☺ (8 min) Collect the examples of ‘used to’ on the board. Make sure students do not confuse this construction with the Passive form of the verb ‘use’. Ask the following questions and comment the answers if necessary.
~ What time is described by the construction ‘used to’? (Answer: past)
Elicit that every sentence with ‘used to’ expresses the function of a habit or a discontinued routine. Draw students’ attention to the last sentence of the text which shows the present state of matters which is different from the past.
~ What form of the verb is used after used to? (Answer: Infinitive)
Write the structure on the board
Used to + verb in infinitive
- Emphasise that Past Simple describes an action that began, continued and ended at a definite time in the past. Used to is often used to express a comparison of the past with the present: an action that took place in the past does not happen any longer. It can also have an emotional connotation (often showing a regret about something that does not exist anymore).
- ☺☺ (10 min) Pair students up. Ask them first to think about three things that they used to do but do not do anymore (and may regret that they don’t). Ask them to share their sentences with each other, and then elicit some examples to put on the board.
Lesson finishes