There are now 84 worksheets on Busy Teacher that address using “used to” and “would” to talk about the past. This worksheet is a group activity where students practice using “used to”; due to the content of the material, it would be best for adult classes but you could make up your own scenarios to adapt it for younger students. The activity itself is not very complex and since it is a game, students of any age should enjoy participating. All the materials and directions are included. For other activities, worksheets, and lesson ideas spend some time browsing through the materials in this section. Worksheets are usually rated and you can even read user comments to see what teachers have to say.
“Used to” and “would” are often, but not always, used to talk about the past. It can be hard for English language learners to know which one to use in any given sentence so it is important to practice this extensively in class before starting a new topic. Focus on one and then the other before doing exercises that combine the two. This will make it easier for students to become familiar with the uses of these words before being challenged to differentiate between them. Of course in some sentences either one would be appropriate so make sure that students know where the overlap is between these two.
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I prepared this worksheet for my teenage students, based on one I found at http://strictly4myteacherz.wordpress.com/. This one is much more comprehensive, since not only introduces the use of used ...
Completing the sentences with used to or didn’t use to. / Completing the sentences with used to. Example: Before the invention of the internet, people used to have encyclopedias. / Choosing ...
Well the first part of the guide is necessary to create a word puzzle and paste here with the words of the story. So students can familiarize first with the vocabulary of the story and then solve ...
This is a song worksheet for intermediate students. There are three types of activities: 1. Complete the words using first letter given. 2. Circle the correct word. 3. Fill in the blanks with a wo ...
This presentation is designed to explain and practice BE/GET USED TO and USED TO/WOULD. It has two short exercises after the explanation. There's also a task on listening to a song "Somebody that ...
Present and past habits includes the following: Present or Past Continuous Tenses to talk about a habit which is repeated more than usual, which the speaker finds unexpected or annoying. Then wil ...
Instructions: First show the NAME of the game, and then ask if they know(don't let they translate, try to make them explain, e.g: Hide and Seek is when you hide and other person has to find you) i ...
This is a brief analysis of Simple Past - Used to and Would when talking about past habits, actions and states. It illustrates the difference in meaning with simple examples so that students can u ...
Great to use in a conversational classroom. After teaching the students the rules of using "used to" use this worksheet to help them create and answer questions using this phrase. They need to go ...
I used this with my 4th graders, they all are learning English as a second language. I chose this song because it matches the theme of the unit (we're using Brainwave 4) and the kids love Toy Sto ...
This activity is suitable for teaching comparative, superlative, auxiliaries and contractions. It includes the Topic, Level, Age, and Activity step by step. The worksheet provides exercise with ...
it is a worksheet of 5 exercises related to the use of be/get used to + Ving and the use of would for past habits. In the first exercise, students have to write sentences using used to or would. T ...
Super interesting poem by Benjamin Zephaniah to work with school situations, memories y past habits. It's also an opportunity to work with authentic material and explore different spellings of the ...
This worksheet can be used to improve fluency. It can also serve to revise tenses at the end or beginning of the school year. Students have to read the same text using 14 different tenses. This dr ...
This worksheet contains various structures of Used to, you can ask students to circle these after they listen and fill in the blanks, and separate into columns the verbs that can be used with Use ...
This is a worksheet for teaching the differences between used to and be used to. Recommended for intermediate students who are asked to fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brac ...
This is a popular song which is useful for introducing or practicing "used to + infinitive". It contains a sequencing exercise, gap-fill and a glossary for the slang terms. This song would be suit ...
This reading comprehension worksheet may be suitable for ESL or EFL learners with pre-intermediate to intermediate levels. It focuses mainly on simple past, used to for past habits, and relative p ...
In this worksheet you will find to activities with the same song: unscrambling the stanzas and filling in the gaps. This is a very nice song that you can use either to introduce or reinforce the ...
Cut the stripes and put them on your students' backs. Ask your Ss to make a circle and let them read the questions on the back of their groupmates. A student can only hear the question, but he has ...
This is a worksheet for teaching or revising used to + infinitive for past habits and situations. Students are asked to look at the picture and write sentences about people hundreds of years ago, ...
A simple used to in-class worksheet for elementary or pre-intermediate classes. You can use it after warm-up and while giving grammatical details not directly but indirectly; first with examples t ...
This is to practise 'used to'. I chose basic words so that all of the students could understand the structure. There are role cards for students and a table as an additional material so that you c ...
This is both to teach and to give further practice or review of used to applied to a number of everyday situations. The prompts offer the opportunity for sentence formation, either in the affirmat ...
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