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d. Ask students to complete the vocabulary exercise. Monitor to en-

sure comprehension. As a concept-check extension, students can
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What do these words from the interview mean? Match the vocabulary with definitions.
to the text for help. Work with a partner.
write sentences using the new vocabulary items.
A - to chat
B - an acquaintance
C - excited
1 - very old, from very old times
2 - to converse or talk with someone
3 - a young person, a child
Answers: A 2; B 4; C 6; D 9; E 3; F 7; G 5; H 1; I 8; J 10
D - to proceed 4 - someone you know a little bit, not quite a friend
Do/Used to do E - a youngster 5 - new, current, right now

e.
F - to attend 6 - enthused, interested
G - modern 7 - to go to (for example, school or a sporting event)

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Ask students (working alone) to mark the sentences T or F.
H - ancient 8 - a beginning
I - an onset 9 - to move forward, to continue

a. What is your daily routine? Try to think of something you do every day for ten letters of the alphabet. J - to compete 10 - to play against someone (for example, in a game or sports event)

e. Are these statements True or False?

Answers:
Example: E – eat lunch
P – play football

b. Think of ten sports or games you played when you were a child. Work with a partner. 1. Yeon-Suk Sun went to Olympic sports events when he was a child.
2. The winter and summer Olympics take place in the same year.

1 ________________________________________________
2 ________________________________________________
3 ________________________________________________
4 ________________________________________________
5 ________________________________________________
Do you still play them? If not, why not?
6 ________________________________________________
7 ________________________________________________
3. Women competed in the ancient Olympic Games.
4. In the ancient Olympics, athletes ran and swam naked.
5. Croquet is a sport in the modern Olympics.
1. T
8 ________________________________________________
9 ________________________________________________
10 ________________________________________________
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2. F

f. Look at this sentence from the interview and answer

the questions below. Work with a partner.
g. Now, correct the information in the True or False
exercise using used to or didn’t use to. 3. F
Learn Example: Well, when I was a youngster, I used to go

4. T
1. Yeon-Suk Sun used to go Olympic sports events,
to the Olympic qualification events with my parents
when he was a child.
every year.
c. Read the magazine interview with an Olympic historian above. What changes do they discuss? 1. Which words does the writer use to talk about things
2. The winter and summer Olympics ________________

The Olympics: Then and Now
Sportsquest Magazine: Good morning Yeon-
Suk Sun, thank you for taking time from your
events. When I attended college, I started
studying sports and Olympics history and the
SQM: Interesting. What else has changed?
YS-S: Well, lots of things. Gold medals used
he often or usually did in the past?
2. Does the writer go to Olympics qualification
events now?
3. How often did the writer go to these events in
the past?
4. Do we use used to these words to talk about things
we do now?
5. Can we use these words in a negative sentence?
5. F
______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________

busy day to chat with us.
Yeon-Suk Sun: It is my pleasure to make your
acquaintance. I am excited about the interview.
Let’s proceed, shall we?
SQM: Yes. Well the first question is how did
you decide to become an Olympic historian?
YS-S: Well, when I was a youngster, I used to
go to the Olympic qualification events with my
parents every year. As I got older, we stopped
going but I never stopped thinking about those
rest is ... well, history.
SQM: Tell us about the differences between the
modern games and the ancient games.
YS-S: In ancient times, at the onset of the
Olympic games, the athletes didn’t wear
clothes—they used to compete naked! Consider
that! That could not happen now. Also, women
weren’t allowed to compete in the games. In
modern times, croquet used to be an Olympic
sport, but not anymore—it’s too boring!
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to be made of real gold until 1912. Since then
they have been gold-plated. Also, the summer ______________________________________________
games used to be the only games: the winter
Olympics only began in 1924.
SQM: Interesting. What about now, what is
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different today?
YS-S: The winter and summer games used h. Look at your answers from Exercise B. Write sentences about yourself using used to or didn’t use to to talk
about your activities and routines in the past.
to be held in the same year, but now the
summer and winter Olympics are separated by Example: I used to play soccer everyday; now I play basketball.
two years.

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This exercise focuses on the target structures used to and didn’t use
to. Students work in pairs to figure out rules and structure for routines/

Aims habits in the past. Monitor to ensure that students understand the us-
age. As an extension, students can ‘teach’ the rules to each other.
Answers:
• To improve students’ conversational, listening and speaking skills 1. Used to.
by encouraging them to talk about routines, past and present, 2. No—he used to go.
sports and games 3. He used to go every year.
• To improve students’ reading comprehension skills by assigning a 4. No—only in the past.
reading task based on a mock interview with an Olympic historian. 5. Yes, we can say didn’t use to or never used to.
• To introduce new vocabulary and idioms related to sports/Olympics
• To introduce ‘used to do’ to talk about past habits or routines
g. Use the answer to the first question in this exercise (Yeon-Suk Sun
used to go Olympic sports events, when she was a child.) to elicit

Warm up
the target ‘used to’ structure from students. Then, have students
complete the rest of the answers in pairs.
Answers:

a. Get students (in pairs) to come up with activities they do every day.
This is a warmer activity, so encourage debate, query and conversa-
1. Yeon-Suk Sun used to go Olympic sports events, when he was
a child.
2. The winter and summer Olympics used to take place in the
tion. This warmer can be set as a race between teams. Students
same year.
can use single words or phrases. Allow students to share with the
3. Women didn’t use to compete in the ancient Olympic Games.
class. This is a good opportunity for students to get to know each
4. Athletes used to run and swim naked in the ancient Olympics.
other and should be used at the very beginning of the lesson.
5. Croquet used to be a sport in the modern Olympics.

b. Students work in pairs to think of sports and games they used to

play when they were children. Once they have done so, ask stu-

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dents if they still do these activities. This exercise is aimed at ready-
ing students for the ‘used to do’ construction for talking about past
habits/routines. Students may want to hear/give explanations of any
games/sports that may be unfamiliar to others—a great conversa-
tion/vocabulary generator. h. Get students use to write ‘used to’ sentences about themselves.
This is an opportunity for students to personalize the structure.
Encourage students to write expository and descriptive sentences

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about themselves. As an extension, teachers can have students
swap sentences and read them aloud to the class. The class can
then guess who wrote the sentences.

c. Ask students to read the conversation in pairs and answer the focus
question ‘What changes do they discuss? (clothing, types of sports,
medals and periods of time between the Olympics). Ask students to
underline new vocabulary (which is dealt with in the next exercise)
and continue reading. This will keep the class focused on content
for the moment. As an extension, ask students if they have any
knowledge of Olympic history.

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