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USED TO


CEFR Level B2
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​INSTRUCTIONS
Find your question by rolling your die twice. The 1st roll determines the number on the top. The 2nd roll determines the number on the left. Talk for one / two minute(s) about that topic. Your classmates will ask you follow-up questions. Your classmates can ask you anything if you land on “Ask Any Question”.
Grammar Board Game                Used To

36 squares, each asking a different question about what people used to do 250 years ago (speak for at least 1minute per roll).

Pair work or small groups


Print in b/w; or color for projectors or laminated prints.

Dice required


Level: Intermediate

Time: Approx 20 minutes
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​Grammar Discussion Practice
Used To
​16 Question strips adapted from the below Pair Work activity.

These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing.

Activity Notes on Page 2

Level: 
Upper-Intermediate (CEFR B2)
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Grammar Discussion                Used To

Student 'A' version and Student 'B' version, each with 10 different discussion questions.

Level: Upper-Intermediate (CEFR B2)

Time: Approx 20 minutes
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'Questions About You'
​Grammar & Writing Practice

Used To
Answer the questions about you.  Write
​'used to' in your answers.

One page worksheet with eight questions.

​Answers will vary.

Level:  Upper Intermediate (CEFR B2)

Time:  Approx. 15 minutes
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'Find Someone Who'
​Activity

Used To
​Classic 'Find Someone Who' activity

​Whole class activity

Activity Notes on Page 2 (with Activity
​Version 1 and Version 2)

Level: Upper Intermediate (CEFR B2)

Time: Approx 15 - 20 minutes
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Grammar Worksheet
Used to

                                                                         Students use their imagination and write about what people used to do before the inventions listed. 

Answers will vary, but a list of possible answers is provided on Page 2.


Level: Upper Intermediate (CEFR B2)

Time: Approx 10 to 15 minutes

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ACTIVITY SUGGESTION                         
After students have finished writing, consider having them compare their answers in small groups.  Consider having them discuss which answers are most likely.
(Add 5 to 10 minutes.)
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Grammar Worksheet
Used to

                                                                         Students re-write the sentences using "used to"; with ANSWER KEY and percentage conversion chart

Level: Upper Intermediate

Time: Approx 10 to 15 minutes

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ACTIVITY SUGGESTION                         
After you elicit the correct sentences, consider extending this activity by having your students re-write the sentences in their opposite form (eg. "I used to ride my bicycle to school." --> "I didn't use to ride my bicycle to school"  AND  "A long time ago, people didn't use to have TV." --> "A long time ago, people used to have TV."  Then, wrap-up with a short discussion of whether or not the sentences could possibly be true.
(Add 5 to 10 minutes.)
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