i 2 Kel Beran ee Telnet y Cones Ckarinposatio c CamScanner| Grammar focus 1 i 2a Complete the questions with was or were. Past simple: was/were 1 Where __ you born? 2 Where your parents born? Fy 1 Work in pairs. Look at the photos and answer ‘What ___ your favourite food when you _ the questions, Cae ou interested in sport wh 1 How old do you think the people are? youre? es 2 Which photo shows: 5 Who ____ your bestfriend when you + a pop group? acomposer? 11 years old? + anactress? + anice skater? 6 What ___the name of your favourite teacher + afootballer? + twins? at school? 7” Who ——_ tree important peope in your ite . when you a child? 2 €97.1Do the quiz on page 60. Then listen and check. 8 ‘you scared of anything when you achia? Eun b @7.2tisten and check. be: past forms 1 Notice the past forms of be. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was. famous composer fyan ONeal wasn't n Oscorwioner. The Jackson S wer a famou pop group nthe 1970s say-Kate and Ashley werentin the show together Watshe agoldmedal wioner? Were the famous when they were young? fxeh Uta ‘1 Listen again to the questions. Notice the weak form of was /wau! and were /wa/. 2 Practise saying the questions. Notice that we say: He was born in Austria, 3 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in They were born in 1986, exercise 2a, Complete the gaps. ere were you born? Tie Where were you by | ne/sherit was born in Prague. How about you? PRACTICE 1 _ Use the prompts to make sentences with was/wasn’t andwere/weren't. Mozart / a singer x / a composer 7 Mozart wasn't a singer. He was a composer. 1. Michael Jackson and his four brothers /in a jazz roup X / in a pop group 7” 2 Fhe Oten twins /bormin/ 1976 / 1986.7 3 Tara Lipinski / a gold medal winner at the / Summer Olympics x / Winter Olympics 7 4 Pelé / the youngest player /in the 1962 World Cup X / in the 1958 World Cup ¥ 5 Tatum and Ryan O'Neal / in a film together in / 1983 x/ 1973 7 Ckarinposatio c CamScannerReading and vocabulary Life events ‘1a Put te ie events in the box na ogical order (Tere is more than one possible answer) get ajob sora buses meet someone go to univers have children move toa different towrdcountty start school study maths/history. ‘get married graduate from university leave school Work in pairs and compare your order of events. First, you start school . Then, when you are 18, you leave school .. Next, 2. Work in pairs and discuss. + Do you like sharing information about your life on blogs and social networking sites? Why / Why not? + Do you like reading about other people's life events / interests on these sites? Why / Why not? An ordinary man ... an extraordinary business Ben Silberman was an ordinary boy. He was born {in 1982 in Iowa in the USA and he loved collecting things: stamps, leaves and especially insects. At the time, he felt like any other child ... but as a young man in his 20s, his love of collecting became big business. He went to Yale University and studied chemistry and. political science. In 2006, when he graduated from university, he moved to the state of California and got a job at Google. Silberman met alot of people there who were very interested in technology, and he decided two things: he wanted to start a business and he wanted to do something he loved, He worked at Google for two years. Then, in 2008, Silberman left his job and he started his own business vwith two friends: Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp. In November 2009, they got an apartment together in Palo Alto, California and started work on Pinterest, airs. Look at the Photos and the title g, >) ‘Work in p2 pout Ben Silberman. What do, article al © you the is interests? What extraordinary Busing, os he start? ead the article and check your ideas, J the article again and complete the in reoat Ben silbermann below. formation Work in groups and discuss. «How many different websites do you look at tvery week? Which ones are your favourites? «Do you post photos online? If so, how many and what kind of photos? If not, why not? + Do you know anyone who collects things? What do they collect and why? Ben ibaa ae > Silberman and Sharp realised they both loved collecting, and they made a ‘virtual pinboard’ ~ pee online where you ‘pin’ pictures of things you like and things you ‘collect’, Their idea was to connect everyone in the world through the things they find interesting And it seemed that a lot of people liked their idee. ‘When Pinterest started in March 2010, it grew qu and had 10 million users after the first year. This W252 amazing number compared with Twitter and Facebook Putter took two years to reach 10 million use and PaaebOOk took over five years. Just a year afte mae ¥8s worth $200 million and had over 421 boy corp Views Silbermann’s ordinary interes 5° certainly became an extraordinary business Ckarinposatio c CamScannerGrammar focus 2 Past simple: regular and irregular verbs 1 Look at sentences ad and answer the questions. 1 Which sentences are about Ben Silber man’s life now? 2 Which sentences are about his life in the past? a He lives in the USA. b He got a job at Google in 2006. ¢ He started his own business with two friends. d He loves collecting things. eu Regular verbs 1 Find the past form of these verbs in the article. love study graduate move want work decide start 2 How do we form the Past simple of regular verbs? Irregular verbs 3 Find the past form of these verbs inthe article. feel become go get meet leave make have take TER ‘Ta Use the prompts below to make correct past sentences about Ben Silbermann’s life. bom / the USA He was born in the USA. 1 asa child / love / collecting things 2 go/ Yale University 3 at university / study / chemistry and political science 4 when he was 24 / move / to California 5 work / for Google for two years 6 leave / job / 2008 7 get / an apartment with two friends / 2009 8 start / online company Pinterest / 2010 b Work in pairs and take turns. Close your book and tell your partner six things about Ben's life. 2a Write five sentences about your own life events and interests. b Work in pairs and take turns. Ask and answer questions about your sentences. 1 was born in the USA. Really? Where? PRONUNCIATION 1. © 7.3t00k at audio script 73 on page 169. Listen and count the numberof syllables you hear. wotked= 1 studied =2 2 Notice that only verbs ending with // or /d/ sounds have an ‘extra syllable in the Past simple. | wanted waited need-ed decid-ed 3 © atisten to eight pairs of sentences. Which sentence tePast simple (20? 4 Practise saying the Past simple sentences. Ba_ Work in pairs and look at the photos below. Student A: Turn to page 134. Read about the life ‘of Grace Hopper and complete the sentences. Student B: Turn to page 136. Read about the life of Steve Jobs and complete the sentences. b Tell each other about your person. Ckarinposatio c CamScanner— Listening Jackie Kennedy Onassis 1 Look at the photos and read the book extract below. Who are the people in the photos? GRRE & hae "When Jackie Keweay ae sheleftover J $43 milion tober Jackie Kennedy Ona: in Amazing Life Jackie Kennedy Onassis was one ofthe Se ae Oust ef ope pes death her se stil inuences asnoseer eee married twice; fist, to US President John B Ragone ‘Then when she was marie to Greek mike oe dedicat ana ete Wd ova and ered ex But wast al glamour “her lf was 2 | You are going to hear the first part 2a Yost of jackie Kennedy Onasse itt listen, can you guess which verb beige! each gap? ‘Bin be begin fall get meet joke spend study travel 1 Jackie born on Long land, ner New York in July 1929, 2 She a happy childhood in ang ‘around New York. 3 She in the USA an»: the Sorbonne in Paris, Franc 4 In 1951, she Wor! > jouratag and she also Joby cnnedy,the future President of the stone 5 They in love, an a married two years later 6 The Kennedys toy countig together. On one trip to fe President "Tam ti man who accompanied Jackie Kens to Pars. b §7.5 Listen and complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs inthe box. Ba ©17.6 Listen to the second part of the story. Number the events inthe order you hear them, a death of John F. Kennedy 1 b death of Robert Kennedy © death of jackie Kennedy 8 Jackie Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis @ Jackie Onassis worked for a publishing company Jackie Kennedy left the USA & death of Aristotle Onassis fh Jackie Onassis returned to the USA Listen again and write the date/year whe each event happened. @ death of John F. Kennedy 22 November 1963 4 Think of a person with an amaring ie (2 friend, a family member ora famous Person). Write sentences about him/her using the ideas below. * He/She was born in... (place) in yesh + He/She spent his/her childhood in (place). + He/She studied at. He/She got marred to. * He/She became. in. A Ckarinposatio c CamScannerVocabulary Past time phrases ‘Ta Complete the time phrases with the words in the box. ago summer moming’” my last birthday Tight afternoon Tuesday 12yearsold. child weekend year 1 ‘is summer / morning / y 2 last 1 3 on 4 yesterday 5 when | was 6 20,years / ten minutes b Complete the table with phrases from exercise Ta, oo maceseeeieshinaaidinaiataae lecsvemcney |neemeeeereey| 1 go shopping for clothes? week 2 goto the cinema? == 3. goto the hairdresser's? | 4 play sport? j= - } 5 go swimming in the sea? | 6 cook a meal? 7 send a text message? 8 travel by train? 2s Rendqusion -10otthequzardwiterwomee 9 check your email? similar questions. 10 have a holiday? 11 'b Work in pairs and take turns. Ask and answer the 12 ‘questions using phrases from exercise 1 You can add ‘more detalsif you like, When did you last go shopping for clothes? ‘ast went shopping for clothes on Saturday. I bought a pair of jeans. Ckarinposatio c CamScannerTell a life story all's letter changed everyting Nth Febery 200 Preparation Listening 1 Work in pairs. Look at the photos from Alice's photo album and discuss, ‘+ What can you see in the photos? + What different parts of Alice's life do you think the photos show? 2a 697.7 Listen to Mara teling the life story of her ‘cousin lice. Put photos A-F in the order you hear ther. Task Speaking b Usten again and make notes about the things below, +. place/year of birth ‘You are going to tell a life story. Decide who yo" it z + hobbies as a child going to talk about. It could be you, someone if + fist job (what/here) family or someone you know well. + travelling (who with/how) + SEshejo onatiersy 2 Spend sometime preparing what your 28> ‘+ when saw Todd again ne Mele Notes about six important events in + third job (what/where) story. > Useful language a and b 3B’ Usten again and tick the Useful language box. 3 Wo " sire Pairs and take turns, Tell the life sto" ™ oo ‘your notes to help you, Phrases you hear in the Ckarinposatio c CamScanner2 Life events He/She was born in (London) in (1972). {went to school in (London) He/She didn't study very hard at school He/She studied (music technology) at university, She didn't goto university. 1 got married in (1999), ‘They decided to lve in (tly), b Pas time phrases Asa child, (Mice) loved (sports). I ‘When he/she was 1, he/she left school | ‘Then, when Iwas 12, Ibecame interested in (music ey He/She graduated (fom university) atthe age of 22. Wy Alter that. he/she got ajob as a journalist). : In the end, he/she got ajob in (a hospital), Goad tines with Todd in USA@ aw a A fantasti: cess of hide 40 teach! (Closs of 95, Londo — ie t oe aol Eg Dee ee Gee Reed ee Share your film/recording with Pert nes F 1 tow New Yerk i's great 40 be back in the USA! Ckarinposatio c CamScanner| | UHerShet wasnt (= was not) | Neurwertoey werent (were ot) athe cams i | at work yesterday? || Was uhersherit LE | Were youwerthey ently? | J : ‘Yes, Uhe/sherit was. t | Short answers, i ‘No, Uhe/she/it wasn't, i ‘No, youhwe/they weren't. REMEMBER! Iwas bornin 1991, NOT Ibornin 1991, NOT | was bomedin 1991, 1 Do you remember the ‘Amazing children’ on page 60? ‘Complete the sentences with was, were, wasn't or weren't. 1 There____a young composer. What _his name? 2 There___a pop group. What _the name of the 3 4 Olympic skater. What __ her name? 5 There____ayyoung footballer. What _his name? 6 Father and daughter Ryan O'Neal and Tatum O'Neal __ both ina film together. One of them ___ an Oscar winner, but one of them. Which one____ the winner? 2 Write answers to the questions in exercise 1. 3 Complete the sentences with was/wasn't or were/weren't. 1*___ born in Chicago on 22nd June 1977, but my parents 2 American. They *___ from Ireland, My mother’s name elizabeth and my father’s name *__lan. My mother*___very old when !”___born. She *_ 17 and my father? __19. When ®_ 12 years old, we ‘moved to Miamn in Florida. t™"__lovely and hot there, We ____arich family, but we »____ happy. =o. | | Past simple: regular and irregular verbs + We use the Past simple to talk about: = asingle finished action in the past. ‘Myparents met in 1960. The film started at 7.30p.m. = a finished state inthe past. Kate had a happy childhood. Welived in a small city. = a repeated action in the past. ‘She always phoned me on Sunday evenings They went swimming every day. ‘+ When we use the Past simple, we often say the time ct Jn 1960, at 730 2.m.,on Sunday evenings 1 Regular verbs + We usually add -ed to the verb. Uyourhe/she t/we/they worked, wanted, finished, watched, played Other spelling rules: | ce 2 irregular verbs Many common verbs have an irregular past form (see the Irregular verb list on page 175). ae Kiw-ohse om now — brew [pRAcTice2 . 1 Wet the past forms ofthe verbs 1 aie 7 become ___ 26 ~~ blue 3 make ta == 4 begin — 10 decide — ‘5S have na ‘11 take — Swot ode Ckarinposatio c CamScanner— ‘2 Complete the sentences with the Past simple form of the verb in brackets. 1___ (ive) inthe country whem twas a child She (meet) her fiend at a party. ‘They___ (go) to the cinema last night. | __— (leave) work early yesterday. REMEMBER THESE WORDS EVENTS “togetalob to meet someone to get maried to move toa diferent town He (want) to be an actor when he was a child. to go touniversity ‘country We (have) picnic in the park last Sunday. Hepat ty son sh ‘She __ (study) fashion at university. haere: bephiscer 4 1__—— (stop) going to the gym two months ago. Past time phrases ‘We use diferent prepositions with different time phrases. PAST TIME PHRASES last summer/night/Tuesdey/ —_-20.years ten minutes ago ‘weekend/year when | was 12 years old / child ‘on Tuesday / my last birthday yesterday momning/afternoon this summer/moring/Tuesdoy/ 1in ‘We use in with a month, a year, a decade, @ century. Injuly, In 1999, n the 1980s, in the 20th century 2on ‘We use on with particular days and parts of particular days. ‘on Monday, on Friday afternoon, on my birthday, on T6th February 3 from...t0.. {worked forthe company from 1994 to 2000. The lesson was from haf past sito Bo'clock 4 yesterday, last and this | saw her yesterday. NOT saw her on yesterday. We went shopping last weekend. NOT We went shopping at last weekend. He's going to university this September. NOT He's going touniverstyin this September. 5 ago (= before now) When t was 15, my family moved from Edinburgh to Dublin. They got marred sbxmonths ago. 1H job in a supermarket when he was 18. I phoned you about an hour ago. 2 |____ maths and economics at university in Leeds. 3 She school at 15 with no qualifications. 6 when 4 He, Sonia ast year and they _married three We ivedin Braz when we were children ‘months ago. Si. a business in 2010 selling children’s dlothes. for that company five years ag0. 1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. when ago yesterday last in on when | went to Lima * Iwas 20. ‘The concert started half an hour. | phoned Jim morning. ‘We were In class together year. ‘She came to Spain 2008. ‘We took this photo we were on holiday. ‘My birthday is 20th May. Ckarinposatio c CamScannerGrammar focus 1 Past simple: was/were 1 Complete the sentences with was or were. 1 My grandparents _were married for more than 50 years. 2 When | in Bertin last year, the weather very cold, 3 How many people 4 Where Sit there at the party? you on Saturday evening? —_____a beautiful day in August. My family andi Con holiday at the seaside, 6 George at school today? 7 How your first day at work? at very nice to meet you, Mr Brown. 2a Read the statements and decide if they are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false statements. 1 In 2012, the Olympic Games were in London. 2 The Bertin Wall was in Russia. ‘The Beslin Wall wasn't in Russi twas in Germany 3 The winner of the 2012 US election was Mitt Romney. o | 4 The Beatles were famous in the 19405 Oo | 5 The world football champions in 2010 were Spain. 6 ‘Steve Jobs was the boss of Microsoft. ee 7 Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa, o tte Sees 8 Daniel Radcfe wos inthe James Bond fms. E] a b G9 7.1 Usten and check, Ba Read about the famous people below. Com, plete the questions and write short answers. Mark Twain American writer = born 1835, —died 1910 1A: Was Mark Twain a painter? B: No, he wasn't. 2 A: Was he American? Bi Yeshewas. Charlie Chaplin Film actor = born London 1889 ~died Switzerland 1977 ‘Charlie Chaplin born in the USA? - The Marx Brothers “American comedians. ~ all born in & ——they comedians? ae ee Ckarinposatio c CamScanner4a Complete the conversation with was/wasn’t(-) or ‘Anna Pavlova Werefweren't (+). : Raslan' peste ‘A: Hi.Where '_woro (+) you yesterday? ales 198i B: 1?_wos (+) in the library. ‘A: What? No, you! weren't (-)in the library! Yes, 1 @). Well, didn’t see you. © (+) there all day from eight to five, B: No, that’s not true. The library doesn't open at tight o'clock. It opens at nine o'clock every day. ‘At Oh yes, you're right. (+) there from nine to five. Bs Really? Well” (+) there at one o'clock. ‘And you 2 ) there! ‘As Oh yes, that’s right, too. 1? Qin the library then. 1") in town. 8: Who" (+) you in town with? AI? (+) with Roberto, We went for lunch. Pelé and Sarzinho | Brazil Then, (+) in the library again from two to five, 8: Ohright.1"___(.) there for tong. 1 went home at about half past one. ‘A: So, where are you now? Bs In the library. Where are you? A: In bed! b 917.3 Listen and check. 5 Look again atthe conversation in exercise 4a, Write a similar conversation and add different details, Pelé nd Jono fom Argentina? See a Tite Footates? eee ieee ——— b GQ) 7.2 Listen and check. Practise saying the questions and answers. —— Ckarinposatio c CamScannerListen and read Ga G97. Listen and read the story of the strange 50 Mexico City The Strange Soldier bb Read the story again and put the events in the correct order. a The Mexican soldiers saw the strange soldier, _ bb The governor of Manila died t was a beautiful sunny morning in Mexico City. The date was October 10th, the year was 1593. In the main square ofthe cig soldiers stood in ¢ They put the strange soldier in prison. = front of the Royal Palace. The people of the city 4 Aship from Manila arrived in Mexico City. __ ame and went as usual, Bu there was something fe The strange soldier traveled from strange about one of the soldiers: he wore a different. Masta ts Mexico, _ tniform fom the others. When the other soldiers saw him, they began asking him questions. ‘Who are Jou? Where ae you from?" one of the other widen Vocabulary asked ‘Tam a Spanish sldes’ he answered ‘and Life events bpeease the governor ded lastnight, is my job stayin font ofthe palace her.’ “The governor" one tof the soldiers repied, Which governor? “The 7 Match 1-5 with a-e to make phrases. Then match governor of Manila, of course” 711 with fk “The other soldiers told him he was in Mexico 1 start a job City - thousands of kilometres from the city of 2 study b maths ‘Manila. The young soldier was amazed and had no 3 move to 4 e children idea bow eae bin two thaw [Jd school Nobody believed his range ory. Inthe end, pate oe sept ong man ion a ein her a A eo tuna they decided what to do “Two months later, a Spaish ship asved rom eet [Jb business ‘Manila, It brought news that the governor of Manila 2 ene (i someone "was dead ~ and the time of his death was 10 pm. on 10 starta Cj touniversity the evening of October 9th, 1593. Was the young 11 graduate Clk fromuniversity man’s story true? ‘Four hundred years later, no one knows how it ‘was possible for a man to travel across the world in ‘one night... without knowing how or why. MMe tee 7 Ckarinposatio c CamScannerLife stories | 8 Complete the text with the words in the box. went started moved studied “met started had Braduated et (e2) geemmmen Ruth Lawrence was born in Brighton, England. As a child, she didnt go to school. She ‘had lessons with her father. She was very clever and very, very good at maths, and she ‘went _ to Oxtord University. She*_startec university in 1983, when she ‘was twelve years old, She x ‘maths. She from Oxford University after only two years (Students usually graduate after three years). Then she ‘job at Harvard University, But then she *__ someone and they fll in love. His name was Ari Naimark. Ruth and Ari” married and they * to Jerusalem. They? four children and their first child ®__school in 2006, ‘And what is her husband's job? He’ a mathematician, too! Grammar focus 2 Past simple: regular and regular verbs 9 Write the Past simple form of the verbs. 1 like 2 enjoy 3 travel 4 study 5 look 6 do 7 play 8 believe 9 arrive 10 try 11 receive 12 stay liked 10 complete the sentences with the Past simple form of the verbs in the box. graduate study change try start die work endive help walk 1 My brother graduated last year. He was at Glasgow University. 2 The Second World War __in 1939 and six years later, in 1945 3 Elvis Presley, the king of rock'n'roll, _in 1977. 4 There were no more buses, so | home. 5 When I was at school, my parents often me with my homework 61 French when | was at school, but 1 don't remember very much now. 71 to phone you last night, but there was rio answer. 8 When he was a young musician, Reg Dwight his name to Elton John. 91 finance for a big computer company from 2007 to 2011. 10 The composer Chopin was born in Poland, but he in France for many years. 11 Complete the sentences with the Past simple form of the verb in brackets. Three child stars of the past Mozart | ‘wrote (write) music when he was five —_—_ a [+ 4 (eave) nome when he was only | |” izyearia | + °____ (Go) to live in Vienna when he was © Biyears ala. os Shirley Temple (make) her fist film when she was six. (Gwin) an Oscar in 1934, (become) s politician in the 1970s, | | == Gegin) singing at the age offve. =~ = Ging) with is four brothers in the = oe | i : 4-55 Gaty milions of records before he | al yas 18. Ckarinposatio c CamScanner12 complete the sentences withthe Past simple form of ‘the verb in brackets. 1 Martin Scorsese _made_ (make) the film Hugo, 2 Lindsay's holiday last year (cost) over 2,000 euros. 3 Lucy's parents. 21st birthday. 4 We were both so hot and thirsty that we (drink) two bottles of mineral water {become) a writer when he was (give) her @ car for her 5 Steve 45. 6 Karen's got a fantastic job — last month she (carr) 8,000 euros! 7 The police looked everywhere for the money, but they only (Find) an empty bag. 8 Jan and Anna (fallin love with each other ‘at my birthday party two years ago. 9 The frst Spiderman film (come out) in 2002. 10 Last year we (g0) to the cinema alot. 13a Complete the text with the Past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Seventy years ago, Ametia Earhart_wwas__ (be) America’s favourite woman. In 1932, she (fy) across the Atl Ocean alone ~ the first woman todo Her journey? (start) in Newfoundland, Canada: fifteen hours later, her Lockheed Vega aeroplane * (arrive) ‘inLondonderry, Northen Ireland Peope allover the world 5 (vant) to meet this increible woman, She (meet) King George Vof England and” (become) friends with the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The American people nee | Five years later, Amelia (try) tofly around the world. | ‘An American University ® (give) her $50,000 fora new Lockheed Electra aeroplane. On the morning of uly 2nd 1937, ‘Ametia and her co-pilot, Fred Noonan, * (leave) Laein New Guinea and ™, (begin) their journey to Howland Island inthe Pacific Ocean. ‘On duly 3rd 1937, the American ship Itasca (receive) ‘a radio message from Amelia. A few minutes later her plane » (disappear). American ships ® (spend) nearly two weeks looking forthe plane, but they (fina) nothing. = Pronunciation Regular Past simple forms “14a say the words and count the sylables, 1 started 2 Tneeded 2 walked “LB liked - 3 loved _ 9 die ~ 4 wanted 10 waited 5 moved ES 1 thed 6 worked TW checked > b G9 7.6 Listen and check. Vocabulary Past time phrases 15 Complete the sentences with the words in the box weekend this ago last years Tuesday when was 1 What did you do last weekend! ? 2 My brother got married he was 20 years old. 3 | went shopping, morning. 4 The film started ten minutes 5 Did you have a party on your birthday year? 6 My grandfather died four ago. 7 | saw a good film on 8 | graduated from university when | 21 years old. 16 Complete the sentences with the words in the bor. ie at from toon ind) a0 1 The economic situation in our country became much better __in the 2000s. 2 The café is open 8:30 in the morning about eleven o'clock in the evening, 3 Vanessa started dancing lessons four years 4 We decided to have our holidays —__— September, when it's not so hot. I the age of seven, Vanessa started mest lessons, 6 I stayed at home Friday because bad? much work to do, 7 Iwas born ___ 1993, 8 There was a war between the two countries ——— the 19th century. Ckarinposatio c CamScanner