Review 2 · Lessons 6–10

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Grammar from lessons 6–10Grammar rule
4. 4Reading: our old streetReading comprehension
5. 5Which form?Grammar exercise
6. 6Grandpa's garageGrammar exercise
7. 7Find the mistakeGrammar exercise
8. 8Say it naturallySpeaking practice
9. 9Before smartphonesSpeaking practice
10. 10About youGrammar exercise
11. 11Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: which is right?Grammar exercise
2. 2Homework: my best friend moved awayGrammar exercise
3. 3Homework: words in orderGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: an email to an old friendDiscussion

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Before we look back at this unit:

1. Do you still live near your childhood home?
2. What has changed most in your town in the last ten years?
3. Who lived next door to you when you were growing up?

Grammar rule

Grammar from lessons 6–10

Lesson	Grammar	Example
6	would + verb for past habits (actions, not states)	Every winter, my dad would shovel the neighbors' sidewalks. (A state: She used to have a cat.)
7	phrasal verbs: where the object goes	Switch the radio off. / Switch it off. (not switch off it) · Count on me. (not count me on)
8	a few / a little (some, enough); few / little (not enough)	We got a little sun on Monday, but very few sunny days after that.
9	a / an, the, no article	I bought a lamp. The lamp was cheap. Lamps usually cost more.
10	subject and object questions; a preposition at the end	Who called? Who did you call? What is that tool for?

Five things to watch: would is not for states or one-time events; a pronoun goes in the middle of a separable verb (turn it down) and after an inseparable one (look after it); a few = some, but few = not many; no article for things in general, and no article in set phrases (go to work, by bus); no did when who or what is the subject.