# TESOL/Trends
## Key sentences

| Asking about trends | Describing trends |
| How have families changed over the past (time period) ? | Nobody (activity) like they used to. |
| Asking about trends | Describing trends |
| How have lifestyles changed? | Everybody is so much (comparative adjective) than they used to be. |
| Asking about trends | Describing trends |
| How will it be in the future? | At this rate, (noun) could disappear altogether. |

### Drills

Say these sentences without looking.
How have families changed over the past (time period) ? :
| time period | sentence |
| ten years | How have families changed over the past ten years ? |
| generation | How have families changed over the past generation ? |
| few years | How have families changed over the past few years ? |
| fifty years | How have families changed over the past fifty years ? |
Nobody (activity) like they used to. :
| activity | sentence |
| has dinner together | Nobody has dinner together like they used to. |
| plays board games | Nobody plays board games like they used to. |
| plays outside | Nobody plays outside like they used to. |
| cooks dinner | Nobody cooks dinner like they used to. |
Everybody is so much (comparative adjective) than they used to be. :
| comparative adjective | sentence |
| busier | Everybody is so much busier than they used to be. |
| more stressed out | Everybody is so much more stressed out than they used to be. |
| more worried | Everybody is so much more worried than they used to be. |
| more wasteful | Everybody is so much more wasteful than they used to be. |
At this rate, (noun) could disappear altogether. :
| noun | sentence |
| traditional games | At this rate, traditional games could disappear altogether. |
| home cooked meals | At this rate, home cooked meals could disappear altogether. |
| traditional families | At this rate, traditional families could disappear altogether. |
| retirement | At this rate, retirement could disappear altogether. |

## Example

Practice this conversation.
| Asking about trends | Describing trends |
| How have families changed over the past (ten years) ? | Nobody (has dinner together) like they used to. |
| Asking about trends | Describing trends |
| How have lifestyles changed? | Everybody is so much (busier) than they used to be. |
| Asking about trends | Describing trends |
| How will it be in the future? | At this rate, (traditional games) could disappear altogether. |
Change partners. Use your imagination and change the sentences.

## Exercise

Use your imagination. Make your own conversation.
| Asking about trends | Describing trends |
| How have families changed over the past ... ? | Nobody ... like they used to. |
| Asking about trends | Describing trends |
| How have lifestyles changed? | Everybody is so much ... than they used to be. |
| Asking about trends | Describing trends |
| How will it be in the future? | At this rate, ... could disappear altogether. |
Change partners. Use your imagination and make another conversation.

## Practice

| Asking about trends | Describing trends |
| Ask your partner how these things have changed: family structure. how children grow up. who has a job and who stays at home. how children play. | Describe the changes. |

## Further study

* English lesson topics