Parents who hover

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: letting goListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10used to, would, be used to, get used toGrammar rule
11. 11used to, would or be used to?Grammar exercise
12. 12Say it naturallySpeaking practice
13. 13The location appSpeaking practice
14. 14Let's discussDiscussion
15. 15Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: used to, would, be used toGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: advice for a new parentDiscussion

Words

• overprotective/ˌoʊvərprəˈtektɪv/

  protecting someone too much, so that they can't learn to deal with problems themselves

• hover/ˈhʌvər/

  to stay very close to someone and watch everything they do (also: to stay in one place in the air)

• micromanage/ˌmaɪkroʊˈmænɪdʒ/

  to try to control every small detail of what someone does

• step in/ˌstep ˈɪn/

  to get involved in a situation to help or to stop a problem

• go to great lengths/ˌɡoʊ tə ˌɡreɪt ˈleŋkθs/

  to try very hard, often doing much more than usual, to get or do something

• unsupervised/ʌnˈsuːpərvaɪzd/

  without an adult or a person in charge watching

• whereabouts/ˈwerəbaʊts/

  the place where someone or something is

• autonomy/ɔːˈtɑːnəmi/

  the freedom to make your own decisions

• resilience/rɪˈzɪliəns/

  the ability to recover quickly after something difficult or bad happens

• stem from/ˈstem frəm/

  to come from something or be caused by it

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about growing up.

1. What is one thing you were allowed to do as a child that many children today aren't?
2. How old were you when you first took a bus or a train alone?
3. Do you know a family where the parents are very relaxed? What are they like?

Grammar rule

used to, would, be used to, get used to

Form	Meaning	Example
used to + verb	a past habit or state that is not true now	I used to hate vegetables.
would + verb	a repeated past action (not a state)	My grandpa would tell us stories for hours.
be used to + -ing or a noun	something is normal and familiar for you	I'm used to noise: I grew up in New York.
get used to + -ing or a noun	something is becoming normal for you	I'm getting used to my new glasses.

Negatives and questions are usually written without the d: didn't use to, Did you use to…? would can't describe a state: not She would be shy as a child; say She used to be shy. After be used to and get used to, use -ing, not the base verb: I'm used to cooking for six.

The unit's grammar lesson practices used to, would, be used to and get used to fully.