Students focus on the use of ‘be used to’ and ‘get used to’ to talk about things and changes they are and are not accustomed to or whether they will or will not become accustomed to it. Students discuss different things in their lives that change such as, moving abroad, having a child, changing jobs, etc…
Being and Getting Used to Change
Overview
Daily life
Level
Upper-Intermediate: B2Advanced: C1
Included
4 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 120 mins
Language functions
Comparing and contrastingTalking about daily lifeTalking about the past
Language forms
Continuous formsPast forms
Activities
Correct the mistakesQuestions and answersReadingWriting
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