Growing up — ready-made English lesson, B1

Lesson goal: Relationships vocabulary and 'used to': how friendships and habits change over time.

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Lesson plan

1
Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- Who was your best friend when you were a child?
- Are you still in touch?
- How do people usually make new friends as adults?
2
New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
FlashcardsUnjumble
get on well with · fall out · make up · colleague · acquaintance · close friend · flatmate · trust · rely on · go out with · break up · get married · have a lot in common · support · argue
All words in the set
3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
1. Multiple choice
  When I was a child, I ___ play in the garden every day.
  use toused toam used towas used
2. Multiple choice
  Did you ___ have long hair?
  used tousing touse touses to
3. Multiple choice
  My grandparents ___ live in the countryside, but now they live in the city.
  used touse towere used toare used to
4. Multiple choice
  Which sentence is correct?
  I didn't used to like vegetables.I not used to like vegetables.I used not like vegetables.I didn't use to like vegetables.
5. Fill the gap
  We ___ to be best friends, but we don't talk any more.
  Answer: used
6. Fill the gap
  My dad ___ to smoke, but he stopped ten years ago.
  Answer: used
7. Fill the gap
  I didn't ___ to enjoy school, but I love learning now.
  Answer: use
8. Fill the gap
  ___ your parents use to read you stories at bedtime?
  Answer: Did
9. Fill the gap
  She used to ___ (go) to the same school as her husband.
  Answer: go
10. True / false
  This sentence is correct: 'I used to going to the park with my sister.'
  Answer: False
11. Discussion question
  What did you use to do in your free time when you were ten?
  Sample answer: I used to ride my bike with my cousins and we used to build huts in the forest. I didn't use to watch much TV.
12. Discussion question
  Think of an old friend. What did you use to do together, and are you still in touch?
  Sample answer: My old friend Anna and I used to walk to school together and share our lunch. We don't see each other often now, but we still chat online.
4
Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- Three things you used to do as a child and don't do now.
- One thing you didn't use to like but like now. Why did it change?
5
Review
A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.
Quiz

Lesson plan

Warm-up

Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.

Who was your best friend when you were a child?
Are you still in touch?
How do people usually make new friends as adults?

New words

Meet the words and practise them in games.

FlashcardsUnjumble

get on well with · fall out · make up · colleague · acquaintance · close friend · flatmate · trust · rely on · go out with · break up · get married · have a lot in common · support · argue

All words in the set

Exercises

The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.

Multiple choice
When I was a child, I ___ play in the garden every day.
use toused toam used towas used
Multiple choice
Did you ___ have long hair?
used tousing touse touses to
Multiple choice
My grandparents ___ live in the countryside, but now they live in the city.
used touse towere used toare used to
Multiple choice
Which sentence is correct?
I didn't used to like vegetables.I not used to like vegetables.I used not like vegetables.I didn't use to like vegetables.
Fill the gap
We ___ to be best friends, but we don't talk any more.
Answer: used
Fill the gap
My dad ___ to smoke, but he stopped ten years ago.
Answer: used
Fill the gap
I didn't ___ to enjoy school, but I love learning now.
Answer: use
Fill the gap
___ your parents use to read you stories at bedtime?
Answer: Did
Fill the gap
She used to ___ (go) to the same school as her husband.
Answer: go
True / false
This sentence is correct: 'I used to going to the park with my sister.'
Answer: False
Discussion question
What did you use to do in your free time when you were ten?
Sample answer: I used to ride my bike with my cousins and we used to build huts in the forest. I didn't use to watch much TV.
Discussion question
Think of an old friend. What did you use to do together, and are you still in touch?
Sample answer: My old friend Anna and I used to walk to school together and share our lunch. We don't see each other often now, but we still chat online.

Speaking

The student answers using the new words.

Three things you used to do as a child and don't do now.
One thing you didn't use to like but like now. Why did it change?

Review

A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.

Quiz