3rd- 7th November

5th November 2024 

sunny, chilly

Tuesday 

 HARD TIMES 

Objective : reading / used to OR would/ future in the past

household = a house and its occupants regarded as a unit 

shepherd = a person who tends and rears sheep 

to tend (ed) = to care for smth/ smb  OR to be likely to behave in a certain way 

to rear (ed) = to care for young animals or children until they are able to care for themselves 

mattress = the part of the bed made of strong cloth filled with firm material that makes the bed comfortable to lie on 

to be concerned about = to worry about 

page 20 

page 21

used to / would 

1/ 21  Complete these sentences from the article on page 20. Then complete the rule with used to / didn’t use to and would(n’t).

• 1.Women  USED TO have seven or eight children.
• 2.On cold nights, everyone in the family WOULD/ USED TO  crowd together to sleep, to warm each other up.
• 3.Parents WOULDN'T/  DIDN'T USE TO  sing songs to their children or play with them.
• 4. It USED TO be normal to call a child ‘it’ rather than ‘he’ or ‘she’.

6th November 2024 

sunny, chilly

Wednesday 

HARD TIMES 

Objective : reading 

page 22 

herd = turma 

indigeneous / native = nativi / indigeni 

to breed- bred - bred = a creste un pui /a  inmulti 

moss= muschi 

reindeer = ren / reni 

page 23

• VocabularyThere are eight highlightedwords or phrases in the article. Match them with these definitions.
  • continue to be enough = last 
  • not taken with them = left behind 
  • from one evening, through to the next morning= overnight
  • not staying in one place for very long = on the move 
  • tolerate, put up with = bear 
  • large groups of animals = herds
  • a type of plant =moss
  • raising (animals) = breeding

TEST -3RD DECEMBER !