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Gone Are the Days: Discussion cards
Students discuss how shops, towns and habits have changed, using fronting and inversion to give their opinions emphasis.
Nostalgia · Change · Shopping · Towns · Discussion · Speaking · Group work
Goes with:Gone Are the Days: Fronting and emphasis (lesson plan)
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Work in groups. Take a card and answer it, starting with the words given where you can. Then the group reacts and asks one question.
Gone are the days when… What has disappeared from your town's high street?
What I miss most is… Which bygone shop or café do you feel nostalgic about?
Why do you think town-centre shops have dwindled? Begin: Not only…
Should old buildings be demolished? Begin: On no account should…
Little did I know… Tell the story of a shopping trip that surprised you.
Never before have shoppers… How has online shopping changed us?
What kind of local business could flourish in your area today?
What was the heyday of your town? Begin: Such was…
How has the clientele of a place you know changed? Begin: So different…
Has your interest in any hobby waned? Begin: Only when…
Write your own question that starts with Gone are the days…
Write your own question that needs an answer with Little did…
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