【E33】level4 -9 Review of "Past Tense Questions"

So let's start our review of "Past Tense Questions" Question 1: Where did you grow up? Today is a "Progress Check" for Lessons 1 and 2 I grew up in Dalian Question 2: Where did you go to elementary school? Past tense questions aren't THAT hard ... I grew up in Rockport Massachusetts I went to Rockport elementary school. Question 3: What were your best subject in high school? We should start a chemistry company ... So many good chemistry students in this class Here's a harder question Question 4: When did you first study English? I first studied English .... If the question uses "first" ... it's good to also use the "first" I first studied English very late, I didn't start until high school. We have to move on ... Lots of material to study today Tell me about something you "used to" do! I used to play badminton, but now I go swimming (instead). A very common sentence is: I used to (do something), but now I don't I used to eat baby food, but now I don't. I used to study English by myself, but now I study in a class! I used to study violin in elemtary school, but now I don't. Remember count and non-count nouns? Question 6: Use "aren't enough" in a sentence to tell me about your city. There aren't enough really nice people in my city. Usually we'd say "Aren't enough subway lines" in my city Question 7: Use "too much" in a sentence about your country. There is too much arguing and disagreement in my city. There is too much air pollution in my city! There is too much rain in my city "There is too much rain in my city in the summer." Let's move on ... time is going VERY fast today Page 14 Our last activity today is to talk about "How times have changed" Let's do question 1, 2, and 3... Don't forget that a lot of these sentences are comparisons So don't forget to use comparison adjectives (bigger, better, faster, slower, etc) Extended family ... "Nuclear family" People used to dress more formally, but now everyone is very casual. People used to live in Hutongs, but now they live in big apartment buildings. Fashion is a noun ... adjective is "fashionable" What kidn of jobs did men and women have 50 years ago? Question 8: What kind of jobs did men and women have 50 years ago? Don't forget the past tense Most women were housewives 50 years ago. Most men were farmers 50 years ago. Almost all men and women were farmers 50 years ago. Men and women worked harder 50 years ago than they do today. Lots of things were different 50 years ago. Can you think of some things that aren't in the questions? What else was different 50 years ago? For example, how much did people earn 50 years ago? Children had much less pressure 50 years ago. Women didn't have as much freedom 50 years ago. Men and women got married younger 50 years ago. There were few cars in China 50 years ago, but now many families have cars. If everyone used the past tense perfectly, we'd go on to Lesson 3! People worked much harder 50 years ago. Almost all families didn't travel 50 years ago, but now many families travel. Okay everyone! Not bad at all! Tomorrow we're going to start Lesson 3! "Time for a Change" It's about apartments and houses... The homework is to preview section 1 and 2