Practice 1 Complete Julie's story of how she met her husband, Mark, Put the verbs in brackels in the Fast simple or continuous. Then listen and check Hirst fa) __-___ (mees] Mark nine years ag a party at my friend Heinys house, hd we {sj —____ (gs) aut ar our Frsk date tive weeks [ater Mark fe) stay ith tarry wiv ere (dh — (sil fron Basson, and one Suitvay harry lel invite] ere to this barbecue in his arden. Mark f —— {helo} hin to get it veacy, supposedly but when lig) = ‘arrived it wnas compete chgas! They Ih} _— (stil tidy) the house, and there was ne Food reacy at al sot lil offre) to Fels ther Mark and |) —___Istardl chatting while ve tk iepare) the soleds, bus cerrber thinking ke i) bel abit strange because ne [rm] _____ [est] re if | haa g bovf eng: thunk thar Americans are much mote direct than the Brit sh. Anyway, he ic ‘seerr] a nice quia are | {fo} ______ (ike bin & lot. except for shis ewful Hewaian shits hat lovear) — it vias yust unbel Pronunciation 1 Hlow many sjllables are there in wack of the follow ng Past simaple regula verbs? taived [| asked (5 helped iked [} offered | stored J envied | prepared“) seemed [ stayed F] tidied (| visited [EB ston and check, tr which verbs is the form pronounced asa syliabie ni? How isthe form promouinced in the other verbs? Practise saying the verbs How are these e¢ forms pronounced? Listen and check, decided expect hoped notieed played remembered studiud talked ted wanted watched — worked 2 # Match the beginnings of the sentences in A with the endings in 8 using when, while or because A My da give) mea litte because 2. My relatives (arrve ) 4 the police (0p) him 4 Iefsaow 5 You fall) off your bike 6 ait) for Use bus Usis momning 7 Anna (break! he: leg 6 a dlinnes 1b she (shiv in Austria. © (meet) ny husband. Marco tarive) past me, 1 fopen) my bedroom curtaias this moming, Ae (drive) too fast 9 you {net pay) attention to the road bb Write out the sentences with the verbs in the correct form, Past simple or continuous. Examph My dad gave mie a Wf because it was raining 0 hal 3 Workin smal gous Tell each o:her about che firs ime you met someone who Is now important i your life. nclude details about some of these things. | your lite at that time where you were: the weather what you noticed abot this person what you talked about what he/she was wearing | your gener impressian of him/her "7