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Music: Scorpions - Wind Of Change, 1990
How have you changed?
How have you changed?
How have you changed in the last five years?
STRUCTURE
Practice describing changes with the . . .
✅present tense
✅present tense
I’m not in school anymore.
I wear contacts now.
✅past tense
✅past tense
I majored in business administration.
I got engaged.
✅present perfect
✅present perfect
I’ve just started a new job.
I’ve bought a new apartment.
✅comparative
✅comparative
It’s less noisy than downtown.
My hair is longer now.
Are you ready to change your life?
Are you ready to change your life?
Descriptions of changes
Online photos albums Descriptions of changes
Madison and Zachary are looking through online photo albums.
Listen to their conversation.How have they changed?
FASHION What's your style?
FASHION What's your style?
Changes
Changes
How did each person change?
Listen to Marcos and Heather talk about how they have changed over the last five years. How did they change? Complete the chart with the expressions from the box.
VOCABULARY
family man: a man who puts his family first and spends a lot of time with them
settle down: stop moving around and live permanently in one place, often getting married
my heart wasn't in the right place: I wasn't good and kind to others
making small talk: talking about everyday topics that are not controversial
How have you changed?
How have you changed?
How have you changed over the last five years? What do you want to change now? Complete the chart.
Useful expressions
Useful expressions
Describing how you've changed
I used to ..., but now I ...
I think I've become more ...
Describing how you'd like to change
I'd like to be more ...
I'm interested in ...
Compare your charts. Ask follow-up questions.
👩 I used to watch a lot of TV, but now I don't.
👨 Really? What made you change?
👩Well, I was afraid of getting out of shape. So I . . .
Discuss childhood habits
Discuss childhood habits
See past habitual actions with used to in context
Used to refers to something that you regularly did in the past but don’t do anymore.
A Listen to these statements about changes. Check ✅ those that are true about you.
Which changes are positive?
Which changes are positive?
Which are negative?
Which are negative?
👩 I think the first one is a positive change. It's good to be neat.
Write a paragraph about things you used to do as a child.
Write a paragraph about things you used to do as a child.
When I was four years old, my family moved to Australia. We had an old two-story house and a big yard. My older brother and I used to play lots of games together. In the summer, my favorite outdoor game was . . .
Writing topic sentences
Writing topic sentences
Write a paragraph about a personal quality with one main idea in a topic sentence (40 minutes)
What is the name of the sentence with the main idea?
VOCABULARY
tricky difficult
frozen up (for machines) stopped working completely
redo to do something again
The main idea is usually in the first sentence of the paragraph. This sentence is called the topic sentence.
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