GETTING AROUND

Vocabulary: transport

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MISSING MONEY
Grammar: past simple and past continuous

Role card 1

Detective Inspector Dick Brown

You know the following information:
The train was travelling from London to
Manchester. It left London at 6p.m. and arrived in
Manchester at 8.15p.m.
The money was stolen between 7p.m. and 7.30p.m.
There were only five passengers on the train.
At 7.30p.m., when Chris Hinds realised his money
was missing, he stood up and shouted; Somebody
stole my money! Thats when the train driver
called you.

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Interview the other passengers and find out:

what time the other passengers got on the train
where they were going
what everyone was doing between 7p.m. and
7.30p.m.
what everyone did after they heard Chris Hinds
say his money was missing
any other questions you need to ask.
After youve spoken to the other passengers,
decide who you think did it.

Role card 2

Role card 4

Richard Cagney, 36

Jack Brown, 25

You are Shirley Cagneys husband. You both got on the train
at 6p.m. and were travelling to Manchester to visit your
wifes mother. You stole the money, because you were having
problems with your business, and you didnt want your wife
to know.
Between 7p.m. and 7.30p.m., you were sitting with your
wife and reading the newspaper. At 7.15p.m. you told your
wife you were going to the toilet, but on the way you stopped
because you saw Chris Hinds with his bag
open and his wallet inside. You asked him
where the toilet was, but then fell over and
took the wallet.
Prepare the following information before the
detective speaks to you:
What will you tell the detective you were
doing between 7p.m. and 7.30p.m.?
What did you do when you heard Chris
Hinds shout?

You got on the train in London at 6p.m., and were

travelling to Manchester to play in a football match. You
were sitting in the same carriage as Chris Hinds, you were
looking at him because you thought you knew him he
looks like someone you went to school with. At 7.15p.m.
you saw a man in a suit come into the carriage and talk to
Chris Hinds. You didnt hear what they said, but you saw
the man in a suit fall onto the chair.
Prepare the following information before the
detective speaks to you:
What were you doing before you heard
Chris Hinds shout?
What did you do when you heard Chris
Hinds shout?

Role card 3

Role card 5

Shirley Cagney, 29

Susan Wight, 31

You are Richard Cagneys wife. You both got on the train
at 6p.m. and were travelling to Manchester to visit your
mother. Between 7p.m. and 7.30p.m. you were sitting with
your husband and reading a book. Around 7.15p.m., you
saw Susan Wright come running out of the carriage Chris
Hinds was in. She was looking nervous.
Prepare the following information before the
detective speaks to you:
What did you do when you heard Chris
Hinds shout?

You got on the train at 6.45p.m., and were travelling to

Manchester to visit your friends. You were sitting in the
same carriage as Chris Hinds and another young man who
was wearing a sports tracksuit. The man in the tracksuit was
looking at Chris Hinds before the money was taken. That
evening you had a stomach-ache, and at about
7.15p.m. you felt sick and ran to the toilet
in the next carriage.
Prepare the following information before
the detective speaks to you:
What did you do when you heard
Chris Hinds shout?

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20 THINGS ABOUT YOU

Grammar: verb patterns

ironing

1 Underline the correct alternative.

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1 a place you wouldnt choose to go/going on holiday

2 something you enjoyed to do/doing as a child
3 a job you hope to do/doing in the future

5 housework you hate to do/doing

6 something you cant imagine to wear/wearing
7 what you expect to do/doing next summer
8 a place you avoid to go/going to in your town/city

10 someone you need to email/emailing soon

11 another language you want to learn/learning

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12 a song you love to listen/listening to

13 some food you would like to eat/eating tonight
14 someone famous you would like to meet/meeting
15 a present you chose to buy/buying recently
16 where you imagine to live/living in ten years time
17 the next expensive thing you expect to buy/buying
18 a person you want to talk/talking to after the lesson
19 some advice you decided not to listen/listening to
20 a place you hope to visit/visiting in the future
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TIPTON TOUR

Map A

Ask how to get from:

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The Old Tower to The Summer Palace

The Queens Theatre to The Old Castle

City Zoo to Scott House

The Old Castle to City Zoo

Scott House to The Nelson Gallery

The Grand Hotel to The National Museum

The National Museum to The Old Tower

The Summer Palace to Kings Park

Map B

Ask how to get from:

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Functional language: asking for/giving directions