Childhood activities

1.

This Used to Be My
Playground

2.

VOCABULARY
Look at the following childhood activities.
play
jump
hopscotchthe rope
play tag
play
with tops

3.

play
with dolls
play
play
play
with hula-hoops
with marbles
with yo-yos
play hide-
play

4.

Classify the activities into the
corresponding
Can youplay
think
of
play with marbles
hide-andplay withcategory.
dolls
play with yo-yos seek
play with
jump
the
other
play games? play
play with hula-hoops play clapping
tops
hopscotc
h
rope
Boys often
play…
tag
Boys and girls
often play…
games
Girls often
play…

5.

Unscramble the
following
sentences.
a.dream/my/This/childh
ood/used/be/to
b.
to/ran/used/place/This/t
o/the/be/I
c.
was/Whenever/need/in/
friend/a/of/I

6.

i.
s/short/Life/because
j.
know/you/And/before
k. old/You’re/feeling
l.
heart/your/breaking/is

7.

This used to be my playground
This used to be my childhood
dream
This used to be the place I ran to
Whenever I was in need of a
friend
Don't hold on to the past
Why did it have to end?
Well that's too much to ask
And why do they always say? This used to be my playground
Don't look back
[used to be]
Keep your head held high
This used to be my childhood
Don't ask them why
dream
Because life is short
This used to be the place I ran to
And before you know
Whenever I was in need of a
This Used
to Be
My
Playground

8.

And that little fire
Is still alive in me
Well the years they
flew
It will never go
away
Can't say goodbye
to yesterday
(can't say goodbye)
We were foolish
then
This used to be my
playground [used to be]
This used to be my
childhood dream This
used to be the place I ran
to Whenever I was in
need of a friend
Why did it have to end?
And why do they always
say?

9.

I can see your face
Well then there's hope yet
Those are words I'll never
say
[I'll never say]
No regrets
Were here with me
This used to be our
But I wish that you
playground [used to be]
You're not just a memory
This used to be our pride
Say goodbye to yesterday
and joy
In our secret place