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English B1When Grandma Was Young
Grandma tells Mia how life used to be: she used to walk to school, they didn’t use to have phones, and in winter the children used to sledge until dark. Used to and didn’t use to.
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What you will learn
Used to: past habits
English dialogue
mia: Grandma, is this you in the old photo?
bestemor: Yes! I used to have very long hair.
bestemor: I used to walk to school. It took forty minutes.
narrator: There used to be no school bus in the village.
mia: Did you use to have a phone?
bestemor: No, we didn’t use to have phones. We used to write letters.
bestemor: In winter we used to sledge until it got dark.
mia: That sounds fun! Did you use to make snowmen?
bestemor: Of course! And my mother used to bake bread every Saturday.
mia: We usually buy bread in the shop.
mia: Can we bake bread together, like you used to?
bestemor: Yes, let’s start a new tradition!
Words from this lesson
| used to | used to |
| old photo | old photo |
| long hair | long hair |
| walk to school | walk to school |
| it took | it took |
| village | village |
| didn’t use to | didn’t use to |
| letter | letter |
| sledge | sledge |
| until it got dark | until it got dark |
| sounds fun | sounds fun |
| snowman | snowman |
| of course | of course |
| bake bread | bake bread |
| every Saturday | every Saturday |
| usually | usually |
| together | together |
| tradition | tradition |