Nobody plays with tops anymore.
Key sentences
| Asking about trends
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Describing trends
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| How have families changed over the past (time period) ?
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Nobody (activity) like they used to.
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| Asking about trends
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Describing trends
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| How have lifestyles changed?
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Everybody is so much (comparative adjective) than they used to be.
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| Asking about trends
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Describing trends
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| How will it be in the future?
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At this rate, (noun) could disappear altogether.
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Drills
Say these sentences without looking.
How have families changed over the past (time period) ?
| time period
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sentence
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| ten years
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How have families changed over the past ten years ?
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| generation
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How have families changed over the past generation ?
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| few years
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How have families changed over the past few years ?
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| fifty years
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How have families changed over the past fifty years ?
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Nobody (activity) like they used to.
| activity
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sentence
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| has dinner together
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Nobody has dinner together like they used to.
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| plays board games
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Nobody plays board games like they used to.
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| plays outside
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Nobody plays outside like they used to.
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| cooks dinner
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Nobody cooks dinner like they used to.
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Everybody is so much (comparative adjective) than they used to be.
| comparative adjective
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sentence
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| busier
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Everybody is so much busier than they used to be.
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| more stressed out
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Everybody is so much more stressed out than they used to be.
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| more worried
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Everybody is so much more worried than they used to be.
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| more wasteful
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Everybody is so much more wasteful than they used to be.
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At this rate, (noun) could disappear altogether.
| noun
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sentence
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| traditional games
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At this rate, traditional games could disappear altogether.
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| home cooked meals
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At this rate, home cooked meals could disappear altogether.
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| traditional families
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At this rate, traditional families could disappear altogether.
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| retirement
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At this rate, retirement could disappear altogether.
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Example
Practice this conversation.
| Asking about trends
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Describing trends
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| How have families changed over the past (ten years) ?
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Nobody (has dinner together) like they used to.
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| Asking about trends
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Describing trends
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| How have lifestyles changed?
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Everybody is so much (busier) than they used to be.
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| Asking about trends
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Describing trends
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| How will it be in the future?
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At this rate, (traditional games) could disappear altogether.
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Change partners. Use your imagination and change the sentences.
Exercise
Use your imagination. Make your own conversation.
| Asking about trends
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Describing trends
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How have families changed over the past ... ?
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Nobody ... like they used to.
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| Asking about trends
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Describing trends
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| How have lifestyles changed?
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Everybody is so much ... than they used to be.
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| Asking about trends
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Describing trends
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| How will it be in the future?
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At this rate, ... could disappear altogether.
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Change partners. Use your imagination and make another conversation.
Practice
| Asking about trends
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Describing trends
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Ask your partner how these things have changed:
- family structure.
- how children grow up.
- who has a job and who stays at home.
- how children play.
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Describe the changes.
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Further study
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Resource type: this resource is a lesson in English as a second language. |
