How to ask about and describe a holiday

c
past simple of beElEtr was,

Vo.tUulary adjectives; holidays

rossout the wrong adjective.

Pronunciation

is, was, are, were

is or are.

Complete the phrases The

with

1 The weather is lovely warm ftoisy horrible 2 The people are boring unfriendly crowded polite 3 The beach is crowded quiet polite empty 4 The hotel is clean comfortable wet expensive 5 The room is small dirty uncomfortable friendly 6 The food is uncomfortable cheap delicious awful 7 The shops are expensive full delicious boring 8 The nightlife is empty fantastic cheap awful
Write these adjectives in the correct box.

beach

nice

_ The water
The boys

fun warm
here here

In the holiday sun

parents But my parents _

But my

dal dit*y lovely beautiful comfortable

horrible

boring unfriendly polite exciting uncomfortable awful delicious interesting fantastic

dirty

clean

Complete the phrases

with

was or were.

was _ The drinks _

The

food

good great
cheap

The weather

The bars opened late

Grammar past simple of be Etrtr was, were, wasn't, weren't

daushter But our daughter _

But our

there there

Complete the conversation or weren't.

with

was, were, wasn't,

A 1 Were you in another country? B Yes,12 you alone? A 3_ B No,I your boyfriend with you? A 5_ B Yes, he 6_. you on a beach? A7 B No,we8 _ A e_ you in the mountains? B Yes, welo_. A What 1r_ the weather like? B It t2_ very cold! you walking in the mountains? A 13_ 14-. B No, we you skiing? A 1s_ skiingl B Yes, that's rightl We 16-

6 9C.1) Lsten and check

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Listen again and repeat. Notice the pronounciation of is, was, are, and were.

And you? Answer the questions about 1 Where were you? 2 Were you in a hotel? 3 Was there any rain? 4 Were the people nice? 5 What was the food like? 6 Would you like to go back? 7 Why/why not?

your last holiday.

How to tell a story

e
past simple E regular

-ed r

-ed endings

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t
2 3

Ct"*mar
happen
look notice

past simple

E regular -ed 6 7 8
decide

Pronunciation -ed endings

Write the past forms of these verbs.

haqPened

4 Complete the sentences with

these words.

stay play

town ]'tf#oP umbrella way rain help question

He waited at the bus

rtop

It started to
He opened his A voice asked him to He answered her They walked into They talked all the

And who knows what haPPened after that!

9D.1> Listen and check. Repeat the -ed verbs.

3 at i door the

stopped

4 I see couldnt but bell

knocked waited

the

I and

6 the windy cold in and

night

7 in window looked the

8 there but any wasnt light

How to continue a conversation

c
past simple; E wh- questions

ctt*mar

Past simPle

6I 7I 8I

Match the questions and answers. f fl When was the last time you went away? ^ 2 -...r Where did you go? ll 3 I Where did you stay? 4 I tho did you meet? 5 I Did they have a good time?
Did you see anything interesting? Did you buy anything?

f I gI

bI cE df eI

Match the answers with the questions in exercise a E to Dublin.

z.

cifts. lt wasnt very good. tina Green. the museum. A lot of questions. after ten o'clock.

When did you come home?

a They said the weather wasnt very good. b Yes, we bought some gifts in the village. L We met some friends there. d Yes, we saw a lot of animals. e We came back late on Sunday evening. f A-ftonth.ge;in May. o We stayed in a hotel. h We went to the mountains.

Pronunciation stress inwh- questions

Match the sentences with the responses. 1 @ | met my new boss this morning! 2 I fhey went to a Thai restaurant. 3 X my brother phoned.
We went shopping yesterday.

4f

----. 5 L l His children were on TVI 6 I my parents are here. 7 E Stre went away last summer.
S

Write questions for the missing information.

The schoolchildren went away for the day last week. They went to

tt's not raining now.

o
a b

1-.

They spent all day in the and thev

town. First thev visited the z enjoyed it a lot. Then they met

3_

,a

When What What

Where

famous TV personality. Fantastic! They asked her and she told them some very interesting stories. At one o'clock they had lunch, but the children said 5-. In the afternoon, they went shoouins. Julia bousht 6 for her narents and spent a lot of money. Finally, they went to the cinema and saw a new film. Julia said it was a bit boring! They arrived home 7 , and went straieht to bed.
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f 5
1

d e

did did did did

did

g h

What What When What

did did did

oO they you they she you they it he

come?

think?
eat? go?

buy?
do?

stop?
say?

10A.1> Listen and check. Copy the stress.

And you?
2

Answer the questions in exercise r

Where

did the schoolchildren

qo

What
Who
4 \l/hat
?

4
5

What
VVhen

6 What

: 6

How to talk about a career

e past simple regular and irregular c,

Grammar past simple regular and irregular

Write the past simple form of the verbs.

1

Vocabulary careers

Complete the phrases.

Ieave
buy

ldt

become

2
7

drive
have

8 9

meet
see

4 ger
q

10 sell

join

left

11 start 12 work

Complete the text with the past simple verbs from exercise t.

an a job as a bus driver, but then he 3a waiter for three years. accident. Later, he 4-as a girl in the restaurant, and they got He 5married. Unfortunately, they got divorced ten months his wife in a car with after that, when he 6army to forget his another man. Chuck 7-the 8problems, but he an army lorry into a river, and went back to normal life. A few months later, he got restaurant and money from an aunt, 9-a 10-his own business. Five years after that, he the business. Now rich and 12he's writing a book about his life.

Chuck l

school when he was 16. He

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b gota d

j -asal-dr---dr---al --forfiveyears b --- his own l-

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3 4 5 6

Pronunciation wrote ltl or rode ldl

108.1> Listen and underline the correct word.

1 He wrote/rode home. 2 She rides/writes like an adult.

We send / sent her a gift for her birthday. That's Batman/a bad man! It's a hardlheart job! They went to town/down this morning.

Check the audio script on >> p.93.Listen again and repeat.

2 aw
c

tou-t
abroad

b became a

dgot m

How to talk about what happened

c
past simple

trtr

p didn't

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ct"*mar

Past simPle

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A Nothing
s
9

police the say she did what to

She said
10

she called the police.

Complete the sentences with these verbs in the past simple, first in the positive and then in the negative. write rid pay get drink leave put

A
s

it was an accident.

end the happened what in

I He rode ride
2He
he

his bike to school, but he didn't

it home.
an MP3 player for his birthday, but
a comDurer.

A I dont know! The next part is on tonight. S Ooh!What channel?

Complete the policemans questions.

3 4 5

She

the workers. but she tea and coffee, but they

them well.
They
She

any alcohol.
to her father. but she poison in the food, but he

to her brother.

6He 7We
the hotel.

it in the drinks.
the room. but we

Read the conversation. Order the words to make questions.

Ana
A

I saw a really good TV programme last night.

Satomi it about was what

tWhat was it about It was about a woman who was angry with her
husband.

Where/ go yesterday Where did you go yesterday I went to work.

I finished at six o'clock. home No, I didnt. I went shopping first.

2 When/finish work

3 go straight

S angry she was why

2

He always came home late. She didnt know where he was.

she

Which shops/visit A lot of shops. I dont remember the names. Who/meet

Nobody.

S do did what

A She called a private detective. S her he tell did what

4

kill your husband

No, of course not!

A He told her the man was with another woman. S did the what do wife
5

Pronunciation dd.n't
1OC.1> Listen and repeat the poem. Notice that didn't is stressed. Tommy was a waiter Who didn't like his boss He didn't really hate her But he didn't keep his job

A She killed her husband! S poison did use she

6

A No. She prepared a bath for him. S bath die in husband her the did
7

A Yes! His wife pushed an electric fan into the water. S body do she did what the with
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