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VOCABULARY Describing places A Match the adjectives with their opposite adjective in the box. attractive convenient crowded lively modern noisy polluted quiet 1 clean 2 loud 3 inconvenient 5 ugly 6 dull 7 peaceful
GRAMMAR used to A Complete the sentences from The forest in the sky with the missing words. 1 What problems did this area ________ have? 2 The neighbourhood was particularly noisy and polluted and have much greenery. problem, but … B WORK IT OUT Read the sentences. Choose the correct options to complete the rules. • I used to live … . • There used to be a car park here. • I didn’t use to like city life. • Did you use to get the bus to work? used to 1 We use used to to talk about past situations that exist / don’t exist now. 3 Noise from traffic also be a big
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B SPEAK Work in pairs. Take turns to describe a picture. Guess your partner’s picture.
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2 The negative form is didn’t use / used to . 3 The question form is Did you/he/she/it/they use / used to …?
C Go to Grammar Hub 1.3 at the back of the book. D Complete the sentences with the correct form of used to and the verbs in the box. be go like play spend stop walk 1 I used to play with my friends in this park all the time when I was a child. 2 There lots of shops here. But many of them are now closed. 3 We people in the street to ask for directions. Today we just use our phones. 4 I living here at first, but now I love it. There are lots of things to do. 5 In the past, people a lot of time at home. But now they are there all day. 6 A: to school or get the bus? B: Actually, I by bike. E SPEAK Work in pairs. Say two true sentences and one false sentence about yourself and where you live with used to or didn’t use to . Use the verbs in the box or your own ideas. Your partner has to guess which one is false. be buy cycle drive eat get go have like live love play read visit walk work
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SPEAKING TASK A You are going to describe your ideal neighbourhood. Work in small groups. Think about the following and plan what you want to say. • Where is it? Is it close to public transport? • Are there shops and other facilities and things to do? • Is the area attractive, clean, quiet, modern, etc? • Who lives there? Families, professionals, students? • Are there green spaces, such as parks? B SPEAK Work in pairs. Take turns to describe your ideal neighbourhood. Ask questions to find out more.
I used to live in a small village before we moved here. I didn’t use to cycle much, but I ride my bike all the time now. There didn’t use to be so many coffee shops.
I don’t think you used to live in a small village.
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