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In this lesson: Talk about how things used to be

Grammar: Used to for past habits and states

Reading

2 Look at the pictures above.
Write the decade you think they’re from in the boxes.

3 a Read the sentences below and underline the years they are about.

1 Men used to wear hats when they went out. ......................... 1920s 1960s

2 People used to wear tie-dyed clothes. ................................. 1920s 1960s

3 The Beatles used to be very popular. .................................. 1920s 1960s

4 2MT made the first radio broadcast in the United Kingdom. .. 1920s 1960s

5 Young people used to dance the Twist. ................................ 1920s 1960s

6 People used to watch silent films. ....................................... 1920s 1960s

7 Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. ................................... 1920s 1960s

8 People used to dance the Charleston. ................................. 1920s 1960s

b Look at the sentences again in activity 3a. Tick ( ) the ones that happen only once.
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