unit

Did you use to . . .?

Aims
Practice asking and answering questions with
usedto.

Language focus
Grammar

Used to

Set-up
Class activity or group work

4. As students are working, walk around to monitor the

activity and help as needed. Make note of any errors or
problems to review later.
5. End the activity promptly after 20 minutes. Have a few
students share some of the answers they heard with the
class.
6. Option: Do the activity as a Bingo game. The first
student to get three yes answers with details in a row,
horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, wins the game.
(The answers have to be true to be valid.)

Lesson link
For use after Unit 3, Lesson A

Time
20 minutes

Preparation
Duplicate the worksheet and mount each sheet on
a piece of construction paper. Cut apart the cards.
Make enough for each student to have one card.

Procedure
1. Distribute cards. Tell students they are going to ask each
other Did you use to . . . ? questions about the experiences
on the cards. When someone answers Yes, I did, students
write that persons name in the square. They should also
ask a follow-up question for more information and make
notes of the answer.
2. Model the activity. Point to the upper-left answer in the
first card (have long hair). Ask a student whose hair is
now short: Did you use to have long hair? If the student
answers yes, ask a follow-up question. For example: How
long was it? or Do you like short hair better? Stress that
students have to find people who did these things in the
past, but do NOT do them now.
3. Class activity: Have students get up and walk around
the room, asking and answering Did you use to . . . ?
questions.
Group work: If the class is too large for a whole
class activity, divide the class into groups of six to
eight students. If possible, assign each group an area
of the classroom. Have them move around, asking and
answering questions.
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unit

Did you use to . . . ?

Find someone who used to . . . .

have long
hair
Name and
notes:

wear
leather
pants
Name and
notes:

wear baggy borrow

his or her
jeans and
friends
T-shirts
clothes
Name and
Name and
notes:
notes:

have more
than one
earring in
each ear

wear
sandals to
school or
work

Name and
notes:

Name and
notes:

dye his or
her hair
Name and
notes:

Find someone who used to . . . .

spend
a lot of
money on
sneakers
Name and
notes:

wear a
uniform to
school
Name and
notes:

wear
glasses
but wears
contact
lenses now
Name and
notes:

borrow a
brother
or sisters
clothes

wear a
uniform to
work

make
their own
jewelry

have lucky
item of
clothing

Name and
notes:

Name and
notes:

Name and
notes:

wear
clothes
with very
bright
colors

have very
short hair

wear very
unusual
clothes

wear a suit
and tie to
school

Name and
notes:

Name and
notes:

Name and
notes:

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Name and
notes:

Name and
notes:

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