Unit 7 | Session 1

Musical tastes
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Discuss your changing tastes in music,
and talk about TV shows and movies
 Unit 7 | Session 1
Musical tastes
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Discuss your changing tastes in music,
and talk about TV shows and movies
Lesson overview
1 GET STARTED: Live music!
2 PREPARE: Did you use to…? + Musical changes
3 SPEAKING: Musical changes
4 PREPARE: Comparing TV shows and movies + What do you recommend?
5 SPEAKING: What do you recommend?
6 PROGRESS CHECK
GET STARTED
Live music!
Think about the last time you saw live music or watched a live concert online. What
artist did you see? What was your experience like?
PREPARE
“Did you use to…?”
Ask your classmates questions about their childhood.
Use the topics below and “did you use to” + verb.

Topics
Did you use to walk to school?
• family
• food
No, I didn’t. I used to take
• friends the bus.
• hobbies
• school subjects
• sports What games did you use to play?
• toys
• transportation
We used to play hide-and-seek
a lot.
PREPARE
Musical changes
Think about how your musical tastes
have changed. Answer the questions
and take notes.

1 What kind of music did you use to like?

2 Which artists did you use to listen to?

3 What do you listen to now?

4 Who are your favorite artists? Why?

SPEAKING
Musical changes
Work in small groups. Describe your musical tastes. In what ways are you similar?
In what ways are you different? Report back to the class what your group had in
common.

USEFUL LANGUAGE
I used to love rock music. When I was 13, All of us...
rock was all I listened to. Now I like pop Most of us...
music. My favorite artist is Ariana Grande. Some of us...

None of us...
No way – same as me! I used to No one...
love rock in my teens. My favorite Nobody...
artist used to be Kurt Cobain.

Both of them...
PREPARE
Comparing TV shows and movies
Read the sentences. Restate them using “(not) as… as.”
1 The first season was better than the second season.
2 The movie is more exciting than the book.
3 My brother watches more movies at home than me.
4 I enjoy watching both thrillers and dramas.
5 Reality shows are more interesting than romantic comedies.
6 The scenery and the music were both beautiful.
7 Seeing a movie in the theater costs more than seeing a movie
at home.
8 The second movie has more special effects than the first
movie.
The second season wasn’t as good as
the first season.
PREPARE
What do you recommend?
Think about two TV shows or movies that
are similar. Describe and compare them.
Take notes. Use the questions to help you
brainstorm.
1 What kind of shows or movies are they?
Comedies? Dramas? Thrillers? Something
else?
2 What do you like about each show or movie?
Is there anything you don’t like?
3 How do the shows or movies compare?
Compare the story, the setting, the music, the
characters, etc.
SPEAKING
What do you recommend?
Work in small groups. Take turns talking about and
comparing the two TV series or movies. Listen and
decide which one you would like to try watching.

One of my favorite science fiction series is Stranger

Things. It’s about a group of young teenagers who go
searching for their friend in a strange world. Another
series I like is The Umbrella Academy. It’s not as
serious as Stranger Things, but…

I don’t like series that are really serious, so I

think I would like The Umbrella Academy
more. It sounds really interesting!
PROGRESS CHECK

Now I can...

❑ talk about different kinds of music.

❑ talk about TV shows and movies.

 Unit 5 | Session 1
Musical tastes
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Discuss your changing tastes in music,
and talk about TV shows and movies

Thank you!