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When I Was Little: Childhood discussion cards
Students talk about their childhood and how their neighbourhood has changed, using used to, would and remember doing.
Childhood · Memories · Neighbourhood · Discussion · Speaking · Group work
Goes with:We Used to Play Outside: used to and would (lesson plan)
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Work in groups. Take a card, read it aloud and answer the questions. Then each person in the group asks you one more question.
What was your neighbourhood like when you were a child? Was it quiet or crowded?
Where did you use to play after school? Was there a park nearby?
Which relatives would visit you at the weekend? What would you do together?
How did you use to get to school? Who did you use to go with?
What TV programmes did you use to watch? Do you remember watching them with your family?
What food did you use to love? Is there anything you didn't use to like but love now?
What would you do in the summer holidays? Did your family go anywhere, or did you stay at home?
How has your neighbourhood changed? Is there more traffic or pollution now?
What was your favourite toy? Do you remember getting it?
Were you shy or confident as a child? What did you use to be afraid of?
Write your own question with used to.
Write your own question with would.
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