English for B2 Students/Unit 6

= I used to be a student =

Aim of this lesson: learn how to talk about past states and habits which are no longer true and learn vocabulary related to schools and school subjects.

Dialogue


''Read the following dialogue then practice it with a partner if possible. Does John live in Nottingham? Does John play football?''

John is meeting Mr. Roberts for a job interview in Manchester.

([[Media:B2 unit6.ogg|listen]])

Speaking about School
''Try asking and answering these questions in pairs. If you're working alone then write down your answers. Remember that if you're still studying you should answer using the present simple. If you've finished studying then you should answer using the past simple or with ''used to.


 * What is/was your favourite school subject?
 * What subjects are/were you good at?
 * What subject or sport did you use to be good at?
 * Who is/was your favourite and worst school teacher? Why?
 * Do/Did you like school? Why?

Exercises
Try these questions to see if you can answer these questions and use this lesson's grammar correctly. The answers can be found here.

Complete the following sentences using used to, usually or no longer:


 * 1) Do you play football?  I ______ play but now I have no free time.
 * 2) Every weekend I meet my friends and we ______ go to the cinema.
 * 3) I _____ live in Germany.  I love living in Spain.
 * 4) What do you ______ do at the weekend?
 * 5) I'm sad because I ______ have the time to meet my friends for a drink.

Grammar Reference
For further information about used to and usually see ../Tenses and Forms/.