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Communication
Offer, accepta nd refuse with

last nlght? would like

Ask about past events
Grammar
Verb to be past simple
Vocabulary
Past time adverbials: lost night,
yeste rd oy eve n i n g, etc.
Drinks
1> @ Listen and read
Spike: That was brilliant! You were
really good, Chilli.
chilli: Thanks. It wasn't bad. We've
got a new bass guitarist.
Spike: Would you like a drink?
chilli: Yes, please. Emily: Was Daniel out with
Spike: What would you like? A coke? Spike last night?
chilli: No, thanks. l'd like a glass of Luke: I don't know. Go and
mineral water. ask him !
Spike: With ice and lem on?
Chilli: Yes, please.

Emily: Daniel, can I ask you

something?
Daniel: Sure.
Emily: Were you in town with
Spike last night?
Daniel: Yes, I was. Why?
Emily: Do you like her?
Daniel: Yes, of course I do.
Emily: I see.
Daniel: Would you like a drink?
Emily: No, thank you.

Spike: Hey, Emily! \ ftat's the

matter?
Emily: Nothing! Go away and
Ieave me alone!

Answer T (true), F (false) or DK (don't know).
1 Chilli plays the bass guitar in the band.
2 There are four people in Chilli's band.
3 Chilli wants a glass of lemonade.
4 Daniel likes Spike.
5 Emily is happy.
3> @ Useful phrases
Listen and repeat.
o That was brilliant! o Can I ask you something?
o Nothing! o Go away! o Leave me alone!
D Vocabulary
a) Name the drinks in the pictures.
o an orange juice o a sparkling orange
o a lemonade o a coke o a mineral water
o a cup of coffee o a cup of tea
o a hot chocolate o a milkshake o an iced tea
o a cappuccino o a glass of milk

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b> Which drinks are usually cold and which

are hot?

5> Communication
Offerihg, accepting and refusing
) Would you like a drinkT
F' Yes, please./ No, tha n ks.
> What would you like?
I'd (l would) like a mineral water, please.
> With ice and lemon?
ub Yes, please./ No, tha n ks. J ust ice.

Take turns to offer your friends something to

drink. Act the scene, following the dialogue and
using the words below.
o ice o lemon o milk o Sugar o Cream

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 Grammar snapshot
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Verb to be past simple
Positive statements Negative statements
I was out last night. Iwasn't at home last night.
You were You weren't
He was He wasn't
She was She wasn't
We were We weren't
You were You weren't
They were They weren't

Ouestions Short answers

Posit ive Neg ative
Was I out last night? Yes, you were. No, you weren't.
Were you I was. lwasn't.
Was he he was. he wasn't.
Was she she was. she wasn't.
Were we you were. you weren't.
Were you we were. we weren't.
Were they they were. they weren't.

Make a rule.
1 With l, he and she, we use ... .

2 With you,vve and they, we use ...

Da nte

lnteraction
,*"".
ent B: Turn to page 121 .
Student A: Look at the list of
famous people from the past. Ask
Student B questions to complete
the missing information. Then
answer Student B's questions.
A: Who wos Billie Holiday?
B: She wls on Americon
blues singer.
o Billie Holiday?
o Laurel and Hardy?
o Mao Tse-tung ?
o \efertiti?
o Anna Pavlova?

James Dean /USA/film star

The Supremes /USA/pop group
Dante/ltaly/poet
Charles Dickens / Uf / writer

Billie Holiday Nefertiti

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Put the phrases in logical time order, from present
: to past.
I
1 this morning
o yesterday evening o this morning o last night
o yesterdaymorning o yesterday afternoon
o last weekend o the day before yesterday

ete the dialogue with wo; wosn't, were or

't.

: How the film last night, Em?

: lt '... very good. ln fact it '... very boring.
: Why 0... it boring?
: Well, the story u... silly and there any
,, good actors in it.
Kirsty: What about Robert Redford? He's always
good.
Emily: Well, he's usually good but he '... in this
film.

9> Over to you

Use the time phrases in Exercise 7 and the
phrases below to ask and answer about where you
were and who you were with.
A: Whe re were you yesterdly eve ning?
B: I wos of the cinemo. / I con't remember.
A: Who were you with?
Su premes
B: I wos with some friends. I t wosn't with onybody.

Where? Who with?

o in town o some friends
o at home o my sister lmy brother/my cousin
o at ...'s house o some classmates
o at a disco o my family lmy grandparents
o at the cinema o mv boyfriend lmy girlfriend

10> @ Soundbite
The sounds I b l, I v I and IwI
buy yery was (Look at page 124.)

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