Unit 4
I used to be afraid of the dark.
Grammar & Writing
You
used to be
short, didn’t you?
Mario
used to be
...
Amy
used to be
...
Tina
used to have
...
He
used to be
really short.
He
used to be
so shy and quiet.
Read the sentences below
and
pay attention to the underlined parts.
Grammar
I used to be afraid of the dark.
我过去怕黑。
“
used to +
动词原形
”表过去的习惯或过
去经常反复发生的动作或状态,但现在已经不再存在了。可用于所有人称。
否定形式为
:
used not to + do
或:
didn’t use to do
疑问形式为
:
Used … to …?
或:
Did … use to …?
I
didn’t use
to be popular in school.
Did
he use to be short? / Used he to be short?
He
didn’t use
to be short. / He
used not
to be short.
You used to be quiet, did
n’t
you?
你以前很文静,是不是
?
反意疑问句
:
陈述句
, didn’t / usedn’t +
主语
?
1.used to do sth.
表示“过去常常做某事”,
只表示过去和现在对比,暗示现在不做了。
to
为动词不定式符号,后接动词原形。
e.g
:
他过去常常六点去上学。
He used to go to school at six o’clock.
2.used to do sth.
的否定形式:
主语
+ usedn’t to do sth.
主语
+ used not (didn’t use)to do sth.
e.g
:
He usedn’t / didn’t use to smoke.
过去他不吸烟。
used to
用法小结
3.used to do
的疑问句形式及其答语。
(
1
)
Used+
主语
+ to do…?
回答:
Yes, sb. used to./No, sb. usedn’t to.
(
2
)
Did+
主语
+use to do…?
回答:
Yes, sb. did./No, sb. didn’t.
4.used to do
的反意疑问句形式也有两种,类似于否定句形式。
e.g.
They used to see English movies on Sunday
,
usedn’t they?/ didn’t they?
知识延伸:
①
get/be used to
(doing) sth.
习惯于(干)某事;
②
be used to do sth.= be used for (doing)sth.
被用于做某事;
③
be used by
被
……
所用。
He used to _______ in the sun, but now he is used to _______ at night.
A. read, read B. reading, read
C. read, reading D. reading, reading
C
used to
后接动词原形,
be used to
表习惯于,后接动名词。
1. Lily’s father used ________
(play) table tennis.
2. Jane is a hard-working girl, she is used to _______
(get) up early.
3. Wood is used to ______(make) desks, chairs, tables and so on.
4. ____
you ____(use) to be short?
5. Today, computers are_____
(use) in both work and study.
一、用所给词的适当形式填空。
to play
Practice
make
use
used
getting
Did
1. My brother used to play football after school.(
改为一般疑问句)
→
____your brother ______play football after school?
2. Tom used to be a quiet boy.(
改为否定句
)
→
Tom ____________
be a quiet boy.
3.There used to be an old hospital behind our school
,
___________________
?(
完成反意疑问句)
4. I used to see my aunt
once a month
.(
对画线部分提问)
→
____________
you use to see your aunt?
二、按要求进行句型转换,每空一词。
Did
use to
didn’t use to
didn’t/usedn’t there
How often did
—
My aunt goes
t
o climb mountains every
Sunday.
—
Oh
!
But she ________ hate climbing
mountains.
A. used to
B. was used to
C. is used
t
o
D. has used to
A
三、选择正确答案。
—
How does Jack usually go to school?
—
He _____ ride a bike, but now he _____
there to lose weight.
A. used to
;
is used to walk
B. was used to
;
is used to walking
C. was used to
;
is used to walk
D. used to
;
is used to walking
D
Writinng
现在和过去进行比较的短文属于记叙文的范围。此话题的作文通常会以提示性作文的形式给出。注意要将提示的要点都表达清楚。句子的时态通常为一般过去时和一般现在时,
used to
句型在此类作文中应用广泛。
常用句型归纳如下:
1.My life has changed a lot in the last few
years.
2.
I used to…Now I’m…
3
.The biggest change in my life was…
Example
假如你叫李华,刚转到一所新学校。请根据下面表格中的信息,介绍你的一些变化。
80
词左右,开头已给出,不计入总词数。
I have changed a lot since I moved to this new school this term…
过去
现在
有很多朋友,性格开朗
几乎没有朋友,变得沉默寡言
花很多时间和朋友们一起玩
多数时间用在功课上
对功课没有兴趣,成绩很差
变得爱学习了,成绩提高很快
One possible version
I have changed a lot since I moved to this new school this term.
I used to have many friends and be outgoing, but now I have few friends
,
and I become a little quiet. In the old school, I used to spend much time playing
with my
friends
,
but now I have to
spend most of my time on my schoolwork.I used to have no interest in my lessons, so I usually got bad grades. However, now I become more interested in my studies, and my grades have improved a lot.