3. Ask and answer Did you use to like taking a trip /playing basketball/…? Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. I didn’t use to like taking a trip /playing basketball/…. A: B:

4. Do you like traveling?Now you are Grade 9 students. Is your life quite different? Discuss with your partner and fill in the chart. In Primary School In Middle School Sleeping time Homework time Study (lazy/hard- working) Free time (travel/play sports/surf the Internet/…) Feeling (happy/tired/…) …

5. R: You are in Grade 9 now. Is your life quite different? S: Yes. I used to get up at … but now I have to get up at … to read English. R: How about your sleeping time? S: I used to go to bed at…but now I have to stay up until … these days. R: Did you use to spend time surfing on the Internet? S: Yes,I did. / No,I didn’t. … R: You are in Grade 9 now. Is your life quite different? S: Yes. I used to get up at … but now I have to get up at … to read English. R: How about your sleeping time? S: I used to go to bed at…but now I have to stay up until … these days. R: Did you use to spend time surfing on the Internet? S: Yes,I did. / No,I didn’t. … One student is a reporter. He/she is interviewing a Grade 9 student.

6. 3a read My biggest problem My biggest problem is that I’m too busy. When I was young, I used to have so much time, but these days I get up early and stay in school all day. Then I go right home and eat dinner. Before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends, but I just don’t have the time anymore. In the evening, I used to watch TV or chat with my grandmother, but now I have to study. I love music, and my father used to take me to concerts. These days, I hardly ever have time for concerts. I do my homework and go to bed. I really miss the old days.

7. 3a What is Rose Tang’s biggest problem? Her biggest problem is that she is too busy.

8. 1. Who is Rose Tang? 2. What did she use to do before she started high school? 3. What did she use to do in the evening? 4. Did she use to go to concerts with her father? 5.Dose she still have time for concerts? What does she usually do now? Read and answer:

9. 3a read My biggest problem My biggest problem is that I’m too busy. When I was young, I used to have so much time, but these days I get up early and stay in school all day. Then I go right home and eat dinner. Before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends, but I just don’t have the time anymore. In the evening, I used to watch TV or chat with my grandmother, but now I have to study. I love music, and my father used to take me to concerts. These days, I hardly ever have time for concerts. I do my homework and go to bed. I really miss the old days.

10. 1.have so much time( 有那么多时间 ) 2.these days( 如今 ) 3.all day( 整天 ) 4.go right home( 直接回家 ) 5.spend time /money (in) doing sth. 花费某人多长时间 / 多少钱做某事 spend time on sth. 在某事上某人花了多长时间 / 多少钱 6.not any more( 不再 ) 7.chat with( 与 …… 闲聊 ) 8.have to ( 不得不 ) 9.take sb./sth to some place( 把某人或某物带到某地 ) 10.hardly ever=almost never( 几乎从不 ) 11.the old days( 过去的日子 )

11. Rose Tang thenRose Tang now Complete the chart:

12. Rose Tang thenRose Tang now had so much time, spent a lot of time playing with friends, watched TV or chatted with her grandmother, went to concerts with her father gets up early, stays in school all day, no time for playing games, has to study, no time for concerts, does homework and goes to bed Complete the chart:

13. Fill in the blanks. My biggest problem is that ____________. When I was young,I _______have so ______ time, but these days I ______ early and stay at school all day. Then I _________ home and __________. Before I started high school, I_____________ a lot of time ________ games with my friends, but I just don’t have time ________. In the evening, I ____________ TV or ______with my grandfather, but now I _______ study. I love music, and my father ___________ me to concerts. These days, I ___________ have time ______ concerts. I _________ and go to bed. I really ______________. I’m too busy used tomuch get up go right eat dinner used to spend playing anymore used to watch chat have to used to take hardly everfor do my homework miss the old days

14. Do you have any problems when you are growing up? pastnow

15. I didn’t use to every day after school I just study all the time used to hate gym used to walk I have to take the bus

16. How I’ve changed! Use the language in this unit to write about how your life has changed since primary school. 3c

17. she is tall.When she was younger,she used to have long hair,but now she has short hair.Yu Mei used to play soccer, but now she plays tennis.What’s more,Yu Mei used to be very quiet,but now she is very outgoing.

18. 1 Fill in each blank with the correct word given.Change the form of the word if necessary. miss be afraid of used to have to worry about 1. I the sea. I don’t know how to swim. 2. Don’t things so much. It will make you stressed out. 3. Sorry, I can’ t join you. I study for a test. 4. I really my friend Tina. She moved to another town. 5. I have short hair but now I grow it long. am afraid of worry about have to miss used to

19. 1.I being too busy. 2.I get up early and stay in school all day. 3.My little sister eating dinner. 4.I spend a lot of time doing homework. 5.I my father. He used to take me to concerts. 6.I do my homework. 7.I really the old days. miss be afraid of used to have to worry about Fill in each blank with the correct word given.Change the form of the word if necessary. am afraid of used to worries about have to miss have to miss

21. 1.Copy the new words. 2. Read 3a,3b. 3. Write a composition about 3c. 4.Talk to parents and fill in the chart.Then write a report.

22. Report: I like reading comics but my parents used to like…