Go for it Grade Nine

Unit 4I used to be afraid

of the dark

Unit 4I used to be afraid

of the dark

Period 1

Section A (1

a----1c)

Teaching goals 1.Enable the students to talk about appearances

and personalities

2.Teach the phrases“used to be”,“used to do”

Important and difficult points.

The structure “used to do”and its negative and interrogative forms.

Can you think of the words of

describing people’s appearance

（ 外 貌 ） ?

curly curly hairhair

……

short short hairhair

long long straight straight hairhair

… ……

heavyheavy /fat/fat medium medium buildbuild

thinthin………

Appearance( 外貌 )

高的矮的胖的瘦的帅气的漂亮的丑陋的长头发短头发直发卷发

tallshortfat/heavythinhandsomebeautifuluglylong hairshort hairstraight haircurly hair

Can you think of the words of describing people’s personality （ 性 格 ） ?

shy 怕羞的 outgoing

外向的 / 好交际的quiet 文静的

… ……

friendly 友好的 serious 严肃的

funny 有趣的… … …

Personality （ 性格）外向的 outgoing

文静的 quite

风趣的 funny

友好的 friendly

害羞的 shy

严肃的 serious

友善的 kind

Appearance Personality

List the words to describe people’s appearances and personalities.

tall, short serious, funny

long straight hair,short curly hair

shy, outgoing,friendly

heavy, thin quiet… …

Mario,you used to be hort, didn’t

you?

Yes,I did.

1.Mario used to be ＿＿＿ . He used to

wear ＿＿＿ .

1.Mario used to be ＿＿＿ . He used to

wear ＿＿＿ .2. Amy used to be ＿＿ . She used to

have ＿＿＿＿＿ .

2. Amy used to be ＿＿ . She used to

have ＿＿＿＿＿ . 3. Tina used to have ＿＿ and ＿＿ hair.3. Tina used to have ＿＿ and ＿＿ hair.

short

glasses

tall

short hairred curly

Listening

Research “used to + 动词原形” 表示过去的习惯或

过去经常反复发生的动作或状态 ( 现在已经不再存在 ) 。used to be 过去是；曾经是used to do 过去常常做某事

她曾经是一个老师。 ( 现在不是了）She used to be a teacher .这男孩过去常常是害羞的 . （现在不害羞

了 )The boy used to be shy .他过去常常跑步。（现在不跑了 )He used to run .

否定句： He didn’t use to run.

He usedn’t to run.

一般疑问句： Did he use to run? Yes ,he did. No, he didn’t. Used he to run? Yes, he used. No, he usedn’t. 反意疑问句 : He used to run, didn’t he?

He used to run, usedn’t he?

5 years

old

Now 15 years

old

Look at the pictures .She is Mary.

She ___________ short , but now she is tall .She ___________ long hair , but now she has short hair .She ___________ playing , but now she likes studying .

used to be used to have

used to like

Test

He used to … but now he …

Junk food

She used to …but now she likes to …

Healthy food

He used to … but now he …

( ) 1.Mrs Green ___a farmer, but she is a writer now.

A .use to be B. used to be C. was used to being

( ) 2.Miss Gao ___study English hard and learnt a lot.

A. is used to B. was used to C. used to

( ) 3.___you ___to play ___?

A. Used,/,violin B. Did,use,violin C. Did,use,the violin

( ) 4.Did you ___ straight hair?

A. used to have B. use to have C. use to be

( ) 5.They didn’t use to play games,___?

A.was there B.did they C.didn’t they

B

C

C

B

B

中考链接

In the past now

shy

short

serious

curly hair

like games

be interested in drawing

outgoing

tall

funny

straight hair

like movies

be interested in thinking

谢娜

SummaryUsed to be +adj/n 过去常常是

Used to do sth

eg : 1.You used to be short ,didn’t you? Yes ,I did. No ,I didn’t. 2.They didn’t use to be tall . 3.Did she use to play the piano? Yes,she did. No,she didn’t. 4.Used he to play the piano? Yes, he used. No, he usedn’t.

过去常常做

（现已不再发生）

Emotion goals

Don’t judge a person by his appearance.

Don’t eat junk food, It is bad for your health.

Do more exercise.

1.Look the phrases up in your dictionary.

used to do sth.

be used to do sth.

be used to doing sth.

2. Write a short passage about

the changes of yourself with

“used to” .