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LOOKING BACK
Grammar

3 Write true sentences about the practice of the
Vocabulary following things in the past, using used to and
didn’t use to.
1 Choose the best answer A, B, or C to complete
the sentences. 1. men/bread winner of the family
→ _________________________________________________
1. The children in my home village used to go
______, even in winter. Now they all have shoes. 2. women/go to work
→ _________________________________________________
A. on foot B. bare-footed C. playing around
3. people/travel/on holiday
2. There is usually a ______ gap between the old
and the young, especially when the world is → _________________________________________________
changing so fast. 4. families/be/nuclear
A. generation B. value C. age → _________________________________________________
3. Every nation has respect for their long-preserved 5. people/make banh chung at Tet/themselves
______. → _________________________________________________
A. behaviours B. practices C. traditions 6. children/play outdoor games
→ _________________________________________________
4. In Viet Nam, ______ often refers to age and social
position, not to wealth.
4 Read these situations and write wishes you
A. seniority B. tradition C. generation want to make for them.
5. Giving lucky money to the young and the old at 1. Your village does not have access to clean piped
Tet is a common ______ in many Asian countries. water.
A. behavior B. practice C. tradition I wish __________________________________________.
2. Your school is on the other side of a river, and
2a Match the verbs in A with their defi nitions you have to cross the river by boat twice a day
in B. to school.
A B I wish __________________________________________.
3. There is no organisation for social activities for
teenagers in your town.
1. act out a. bring together
I wish __________________________________________.
2. preserve b. perform 4. You are interested in basketball but you are not
3. collect c. bring enjoyment tall enough for the sport.
4. entertain d. no longer exist I wish __________________________________________.
5. die out e. keep alive 5. In your area, there are only two seasons: dry and
wet. You love autumn and spring.
b Use the verbs in A in their correct forms to I wish __________________________________________.
complete the sentences.
5 Look at the picture and fi nish the boy’s
1. Small children like listening to and ______ stories. wishes.
2. Hand-writing a letter is a pastime that is
beginning to ______. I’m already beginning to
miss it.
3. Should we try to ______ every custom or tradition
which is in danger of dying out?
4. He’s ______ data for his book Values in the Past.

5. She often ______ her children by telling them 1. I wish _______________. 3. I wish _______________.
stories and acting them out. 2. I wish _______________. 4. I wish _______________.

48 Unit 4/ Life in the Past