Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark. Section A 1a-2d By Chen You, No. 2 Middle School.

We are new friends now. Please describe your new friend—Miss Chen.

Appearance Find as many words as you can to describe appearance. short …

of medium height / build Appearance tall / short young / old of medium height / build straight / curly hair long / short hair red / blonde hair glasses a watch / a hat … be have wear

Miss Chen is _____ now, but she was_____. she used to be _____. 过去经常 She used to exercise from time to time. 时常 Changes A B

A: Did Miss Chen use to be thin ? B: Yes, she did. A: Did she use to wear a watch? B: No, she didn’t. She didn’t use to wear a watch. A B She used not to wear a watch.

No, she didn’t. She didn’t use to ______. B: … Pairwork Now past A: Did she use to ______? B: Yes, she did. No, she didn’t. She didn’t use to ______. B: …

Mario Amy Tina Amy Tina Mario 1b Listen and match the pictures with the names. A.______ Mario B.______ Amy C______ Tina Amy Tina Mario

short glasses tall short red curly Mario used to be ________ . Complete the information according to what you hear. Mario used to be ________ . He used to wear ________ . 2. Amy used to be ________ . She used to have ________ hair. 3. Tina used to have ________ and ________ hair. short glasses tall short red curly

Personality outgoing quiet … Write as many words as you can to describe personality. Personality Groupwork outgoing quiet …

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Dictionary for learning humorous humorously humor humorless adj. 幽默的 adv. helpful helpfully helpless adj. 有帮助的 n. adv. adj. adj. silent silently silence adj. 沉默的 adv. n. Mr Bean is such a funny man who has a sense of ______. They said nothing and walked away_______ . The boy failed the test and was so _______. helpless silently humor We like teachers who are __________. humorous

Personality outgoing quiet silent humorous helpful shy noisy funny Miss Chen’s list outgoing quiet silent humorous helpful shy noisy funny brave clever smart/wise hard-working serious strict lazy nice / kind friendly easy-going

science quiet music silent piano outgoing brave sports soccer swim Listen and complete the chart about how Paula has changed. in the past 2. She got good grades in _______. She was also good in _______. She used to play the _______. science 1.Paula used to be really ______. She was always ______ in class. She wasn’t very ________ . She was never ______ enough to ask questions. quiet music silent piano outgoing now brave 1.Now she’s more interested in ______. She plays ______ almost every day. She’s also on a ______ team. 2.She still plays in the ______ from time to time. sports soccer swim piano

Q: What’s the relationship(关系) between Paula and Steve? Mother and son. B Father and daughter. C C They used to be classmates.

He used to _____________________. be so shy and quiet A. got good scores on his exams A= Alfred G= Gina B. used to be thin, too C. Billy has changed so much. Q1: How long is it since they last saw their primary school classmates? Q2: What did Billy use to be like? D. It’s been three years since we last saw our primary school classmates. A: This party is such a great idea! G: I agree. ______. A: It’s interesting to see how people have changed. G: ______. He used to be so shy and quiet. A: Yeah, his face always turned red when he talked to girls. G: I used to see him reading in the library every day. A: That’s because he was a really good student. He studied hard and _____. G: Did he use to wear glasses? A: Yes, and he ____. But look how big and strong he is now! G: He’s so popular now. Look at all the girls around him. D He used to _____________________. be so shy and quiet C He used to _____________________. read in the library every day He used to _____________________. be a good student He used to _____________________. study hard and get good scores on his exams. A He used to _____________________. wear glasses B He used to _____________________. be thin

He / She used to be_______________. But now he/she _________________. Groupwork Find who has changed most in your group. Report: In our group, we all agree _______ has changed most. He / She used to be_______________. But now he/she _________________. He / She used to have_____________. He / She used to _________________. ......

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He didn’t use to be short. He used not to be short. Summary Miss Ma’s Diary Today I'm so happy to be invited to a party of my students. It's twenty years ______ they finished middle school. Many of them have _______ so much. I still remember the boy named Zhu Ze'en. He _____to be so quiet and s______, but now he's active and h_______ . He can easily make people laugh. Yu Tao used to _____ a little heavy because he ______use to exercise. At present he’s tall and strong, for he goes swimming _____ time _____time. Miao Jiayin used to be ______ and was always ready to help others. Wu Yuhao was a top kid who _____ good s_____ on exams. _____ they’ve changed! So have I. Ha-ha, no wonder I'm getting older. As time goes by, people sure change. Words Expressions since changed used silent humorous be didn’t use to be / do didn’t used to be / do Grammar focus from time to time from to He used to be short. He didn’t use to be short. He used not to be short. Did he use to be short? helpful got get good scores on … scores score How used not to be / do

Homework Oral work: Role play the conversation in 2d. Written work: Write a short passage. How I’ve changed! In the past three years, I’ve changed so much / a little. __________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________