7th grade. Unit 2. Lesson 5. I used to be a river

👉Communicative area: talking about changes

👉Active grammar: modifiers much, far, a lot, a bit, a little, slightly with comparative adjectives

How was life different 50 years ago? Express your opinion using intensifiers much / far / a lot and the comparative degree of adjectives in brackets.

Example: In my opinion, life used to be a lot more boring 50 years ago.

Life used to be ... (boring / amazing / fast / slow / peaceful / stressful / easy / difficult).

People used to be ... (friendly / aggressive / greedy / generous / kind / rude / polite).

Food used to be ... (healthy / unhealthy).

Shops used to be... (cheap / expensive).

City streets used to be ... (clean / dirty / quiet / noisy / dangerous / safe).

Listen to Kate’s granny speaking about her life fifty years ago. Did you have the same ideas?