General English Level 2 GELEV2 Unit 01 Topic 03.doc Maria: Really? Philip: Yes, but that was a long time ago. Maria: Well, I used to be. _______ 5 when I was a little girl in Colombia…. Were you born in Sydney, Philip? Philip: Yes I was. I grew up here too. What about you Maria, where did you grow up? Maria: I grew up in a little. _______. 6 My parents used to have a small farm. I moved to the city when I was a teenager. Philip: Well, Sydney used to be like a village when I was a boy. Now it's a big city. So, why did you move to the city, Maria? Maria: Because my village didn't have a. _____________. 7 I moved to Bogotá to go to high school. I lived with my grandmother there. Philip: Oh, okay. Were you a good. _______ 8 , Maria? Maria: Oh yes, I loved school. I loved. _________ 9 and learning. I wanted to be a schoolteacher when I was younger. What about you? Philip: No I was a. ________ 10 student. I didn't like studying. I used to hate school. I liked to work with my father in his. ________. 11 He was a carpenter and I used to help him make things. I didn't go to high school. I finished school after primary school. Maria: Really? Philip: Hmm… So Maria, do you want to do some gardening?  LANGUAGE FOCUS 03 Used to Philip and Maria say: Philip: … You know, I used to have red hair too, when I was a boy. Maria: Really? Philip: Yes, but that was a long time ago. Maria: Well, I used to be fat when I was a little girl in Colombia. Philip says: Philip: I liked to work with my father in his workshop. He was a carpenter and I used to help him make things. Philip and Maria talk about the past - when they were children. To talk about something that was true in the past, but is not true now we use used to. Philip and Maria talk about things that are different now. Philip: … I used to have red hair. Philip had red hair when he was a boy. Now he doesn't have red hair. 26 QUESTLANGUAGE