WELCOME  TO  OUR  CLASS ENGLISH By: Le Viet Phu KIM’S GAME: WHAT ARE THE SIGNS? Answer key traffic lights no right turn no parking hospital ahead Parking cycle lane school ahead no cycling NEW LESSON Unit 7: TRAFFIC GRAMMAR “It” indicating distance We can use formal subject “it” to indicate 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 - How far is it from _ to ? - It is (about) + distance + from to 1 Write sentences with it Use these cues 700 metres/my house/Youth Club Example: It is about 700 metres from my house to the Youth Club my km/my househome / 500village/nearest metres / nearest five town shop km from my home villagefrom to the nearest town →ItItis about is about 500 metres my house to the nearest shop 120 km/Ho Chi Minh City/Vung Tau It is about 120 km from Ho Chi Minh City to Vung Tau 384,400 km/the Earth/the Moon It is about 384,400 km from the Earth to the Moon 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 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 and answer questions GRAMMAR USE TO Click Example: There usedused to betomany trees on this street, but now there are only shops We use used to to describe an action, a habit or a state that happened regularly in the past but doesn’t happen now (+) S + used to + Vo (-) S + did not + use to + Vo (?) Did + S + use to + Vo _? Complete the sentences with used to or use to and the verbs in the box below be ride play go feel I _ a tricycle when I was a child used to ride used fewer to be people and There vehicles on the roads used work to goby motorbike My father to Now he cycles use hide-and-seek to play when you were small? Didyou _ Five years ago people in this town not worried about traffic jams use to feel did Rewrite the sentences using used to My mum lived in a small village when she was a girl → My mum used to live in a small village when she was a girl There are more vehicles on the roads now → There did not _ use to be more vehicles on the roads We cycled to school two years ago → We used to cycle to school two years ago There did not use to be many traffic accidents before → Now there are _ more traffic accidents than there used to be My uncle was a bus driver some years ago, but now he has a desk job → My uncle _ used to be a bus driver some years a go, but now he has a desk job 5 Work in groups Did you use to those things? Ask and answer, then report to the class Example: - Did you use to play marbles? - Yes, I did (I used to play them with my friends.) - No, I didn’t (I never used to play them.) Work in groups Did you use to those things? Ask and answer, then report to the class play marbles play football in the street swim in the pond near your house ride a tricycle ride a buffalo Report model: In my group, Hung, Nam, Minh, Sang used to play marbles Most of us used to ride a tricycle Some boys used to play football in the street, and swim in a pond near their houses Some girls used to skip, play catch and hide-and-seek But nobody used to ride a buffalo Please tell me what you have learnt today Yes, through the lesson we can now use formal subject ‘it’ for distances, use ‘used to’ to talk about past habits or states HOMEWORK - Review the grammatical structure: The formal subject “it” & “Used to” + - Do exercises B1-B6 (page 4, 5, 6/ workbook) - Prepare for Unit 7: Communication THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Goodbye! See you again! ... GAME: WHAT ARE THE SIGNS? Answer key traffic lights no right turn no parking hospital ahead Parking cycle lane school ahead no cycling NEW LESSON Unit 7: TRAFFIC GRAMMAR “It” indicating distance... to skip, play catch and hide-and-seek But nobody used to ride a buffalo Please tell me what you have learnt today Yes, through the lesson we can now use formal subject ‘it’ for distances, use... traffic accidents than there used to be My uncle was a bus driver some years ago, but now he has a desk job → My uncle _ used to be a bus driver some years a go, but now he has