Разговорные темы по английскому языку. Яшина Е.А. - 77 стр.

         There used to be a lot of cinemas in the town. Now there is only one.

         1.   Complete these sentences with used to...+ a suitable verb.
         1.   Denis gave up smoking two years ago. He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day.
         2.   Liz ....................... a motorbike, but last year she sold it and bought a car.
         3.   We came to live in Manchester a few years ago. We .......................in Not-
              tingham.
         4.   I rarely eat ice-cream but I ......................... it when Iwas a child.
         5.   Jim ......................... my best frien but we aren’t friends any longer.
         6.   It only takes me about forty minutes to get to work since the new road was
              opened. It ......................... more than an hour.
         7.   There ........................ a hotel opposite the station but it closed a long time
              ago.
         8.   When I lived in London, ............................. to the theatre very often.

         Listening
         1. Listen to Molly Harrison talking and notice the pronunciation of used to.
         Practise saying the sentences.
         2. Linda Carr was a teenager in the 1960s. Listen to what she says about that
         time and answer the following questions using used to or the Past Simple.
         1 What did she do that shocked her parents?
         2 What did she do in 1965?
         3 What did she and her friends do in their free time?
         4 What did her parents do in their free time?
         5 How did the students try to change the world?
         6 What are some important dates from the '60s? What happened?

         Speaking
         Work in pairs.
         Complete the table with information about your partner. Ask and answer ques-
         tions about your lives now and when you were children.

                   Topic                           Life now                  Life as a child
          What/do at the weekend?
          What/do in the morning?
          What/do in the evening?
          Where/go on holiday?
          What sports/play?
          What TV pro-
          grammes/like?
          What newspapers/books/
          magazines/read?
          What food/like?
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