1 GRAMMAR past simple of be: was / were a Complete the sentences with was, were, wasn't or werent. ‘A Whosthat? B. Its Jane Austen. ‘A Why? was she famous? B she! a writer a she Scottish? B No, she: She* English. She® jing small vilage in the South of England. A And? she married? B No,she* b_ Write questions and answers. 1 Alexander Graham Bell sportsman? x Was Alexander Graham Bella sportsman No, he wasn't 2 Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor j actors? ¥ Were Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor actors Yes. they were. 3. Charles Dickens | novelist? v 4 The Beatles / from the USA?x 5 Lord Byron politician? x 6 Isaac Newton / composer? x 7A—At the National Portrait Gallery My life is a simple thing that would interest nobody. It is @ known fact that | was born, and thatis all that is necessary. Albert Einstein, German scientist 7 Bono {born /Ireland? v 8. Amy Winehouse | singer? ¥ 9 JRR Tolkien and C$ Lewis / painters? x 10 Michael Jackson / born / Britain? x € Complete the dialogues with present or past forms of be. i AWhatday is ittoday? B Monday. Yesterday _was Sunday. 2 AHL ___yoursister at home? B No, she she here this morning, but naw she at work. 3 A Icantt find my keys. Where they? B dont know. They on your desk this morning. 4A Where ‘your new boyfriend from? BHe born in England, but his parents bborn in Singapore 5 AWhy___your boss angry yesterday? very late for work.¥ 2 VOCABULARY word formation 4 LISTENING A a Make professions from these words, Useaoran. a §(37°2 Listen toa radio programme about the greatest Britons ‘of al time. Number the people in the order they come on the lst, 1 invent inventor 2 write 3 police 4 compose 5 music 8 paint 7 business 8 act 9 science 10 sail — 'b Underline the stressed syllables, e.g, an inventor. Practise saying the words in a. a mplete the sentences with was | were anda noun froma, 1 Francis Drake _wasa sailor Beethoven and Mozart _were composers James Dean Charles Darwin | William Shakespeare Galileo Freddie Mercury ‘The Wright brothers Agatha Christie Howard Hughes —_ Degasand Toulouse-Lautree Isambard Kingdom Brunel Minseuke nen 3 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress SEE ven end repeat the conversation A ihe Was Benjamin Bitten? b GET Listen again. Write T (true) or F (false). B Hewasa composer. 1 Wedon’t know when Shakespeare was born. ie ‘A Was he American? 2. Charles Darwin was born on 20¢h February, 1809. B No, he wasrit: He was English § Heqras 63 whenlie did ‘A When was he bor? 4 Diana was born on Ist July, 1961 B He wes borin 1913. 5. She wasn’t married when she died. beeper cers” 6 Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a writer. oS Emcoalieve= 7 Hewas 53 when he died. ‘The greatest Briton ofall time was a painter. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. the (16th) cencury (99 ‘sent{ divorced {vast between (1816and 1820) bwin be against (something) /bi geist be in love (with someone) ‘bi ‘li7B—Chelsea girls ‘a Complete the sentences with a regular verb in the past simple, first in the positive and then in the negative. “book download listen miss play study watch work 1 Yesterday I__missed _my bus, burl didn't miss — my 2 We tothenews, butwe to the weather. 3 My parents French at school, but they Spanish or Italian. 4 My sister _ the film with me, but she___ the foorball march. 5 Thesecrecary atable forlunch, but she taxi. 61 some music onto my laptop, but 1__ any films. 7 The shop assistant __lase Saturday, burshe ‘on Sunday. 8 Myboyfriend —___rughy ar school, but he______ basketball b Order the words to make questions, 1 you / did {night TV | What | on Last / watch? ‘A _Whatdid you watch on TV last night 2 B Iwatched the news. 2 did match jhe [time / finish | What yan ae a esa as B Atsix o'clock. 3 your / presents birthday like you / Did fs z B Yes, Idi. They were great! 4 did university {your /at / brother { What study A ? B Modern Languages. 5 parents / your [arrive late | Did a 2 B No, they didn't. They were eatly. 6 Germany | your | in friends / did | Where [live A B Hamburg. of | you | Did ja the /cry / film /end J he A ne B Yes, Idid. lewas very sad. I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette con the same day. Inever had time for tobacco after that. ‘Arturo Toscanini talian conductor 8 time | work | did / What | arrive / Sandra [yesterday J at Rococo coer B Arten lock. Complete the questions and answers. 3990 1984 1997 2001 2004 2007 2009 When did it happen? 2. when / the Channel Tunnel / open Itopenedin 1994 2 when / Michael Jackson / die = 2 He diedin. 3. when / Facebook / start It started in| 4 when / Princess Diana / cle 2 She died in 5 when / the first tourist / travel into space ‘The first tourist travelled into space in {6 when / Phones / first appear ‘They appeared in 7 when / Tim Berners-Lee / create the World Wide Web ‘created itin.2 VOCABULARY past time expressions Cire the correct answer. 1 Tchatted to my friends for an hour(ast nighd] yesterday night, 2 My girlfriend finished university ago two years | two years ago. 3 They travelled abroad last month | the last month. 4. Did you call me last morning | yesterday morning? 5 Itstopped raining two hours ago /two ago hours. 6 My brother worked in Greece last July | the last July. 7 We watched that film before two weeks | two weeks ago. 8 David booked the tickets yesterday afternoon | last afternoon. 9. Steve was born in 1990 / on 1990. 10 played golfthe day yesterday before / the day before yesterday. 3 PRONUNCIATION -ed endings 4 GGIFEP Listen to che words. Underline the word ‘where -ed is pronounced id. booked checked wanted walked 1 2 pained arrived finished travelled 3 asked waited looked —_ stopped 4 called played — chatted listened 5 missed “watched cooked —_starced 6 followed decided lived relaxed Db GG Listen again and repeat the words. 4 READING a Read the articleand choose the best ttle. 1 The wrong match 2 The wrong destination 3 The wrong player bb Read the article again and answet the questions. 1 How old was Bojana when the incidenc happened? 5 LISTENING Listen to four speakers describing bad ; journeys. Flow did ehey travel (eg. by car, et)? 3 4 Listen again and match the speakers 1-4 to che sentences A-D. Speaker! Speaker? Speaker 3 Speaker4 A Astranger helped me, B Someone in my family helped me I started my journey twice. D Ididn'tarrive at my destination. USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Learn these words and phrases. samav /seinev surprised (o;prarzd/ ery fkran iss mts text tekst travel trv country house /kantri ‘haos | cerbian tennis player Bojana Jovanovski was only 19 when she played in the San Diego Open. However, she very nearly missed the tournament, Herfirst match was in Carlsbad, California, so her agent booked a seat for her and gave her the ticket to Carlsbad. It was a long journey because Bojana needed to take three different planes. ‘When she finally arrived in Carlsbad, she was surprised to find that the airport was empty. She waited for 15 minutes {and then called Tournament Transport. The problem was that Bojana was {in Carlsbad, New Mexico and the transport service was in Carlsbad, California where the tournament was, So, Bojana stayed in New Mexico for tie night and then travelled to Carlsbad, California the next morning. She arrived only 30 minutes before the start of her match with the Italian player Roberta Vinci. Unfortunately, the day fintshed badly for Bojana because she lost the match 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. After that, she just wanted to go home! Where was the tennis tournament? How did she travel to Carlsbad? Where did Bojana travel to first? When did she arrive atthe tournament? Who did she play in her first match? Didshe win?Never be the first to arrive at a party or the last to go home, and never, ever be both. Anonymous 1 GRAMMAR past simple: irregular verbs a Change the sentences from the present to the past. 1 Wemeetina cafe (lastnight) ee 2 Max sees his friends after work. (lastnight) 3. Emily loses her keys. (yesterday) 4 Wedon't have dinner arhome. (last night) 5 They leave work at 5.30. (yesterday) 6 Alex doesn't get up early. (yesterday morning) My girlfriend fectsill. (yesterday) 8 Helen doesn't go out during the week. (last week) 9 [don't wear glasses. (yesterday) 10 Lucy can’t come to my patty. (last year) ‘Complete the questions Where® itdyou go last night? the dialogue. home? home at about midnight. ataxihome? 2s. We did't want to rive a7. a good time? 3s, Weed a great time. The food wes delicious! __itexpensive? 2 VOCABULARY £0, have, get a Croseout the incorrect expression, 1 GO tothebeach out 2 HAVE funch —asandwich 3 GET dressed a good time 460 wbed acar amy 5 HAVE breakfast abike 6 GET shopping home toarestaurant bus forawalk drink up anemail onholiday ashower 18 years anewspaper_ataxi Complete the text with went, had, or got. sowe’ went _away for the weekend. booked 2 hotel on the internet, and on Friday we? the train to the coast. It was quite late when we arrived, so we ust » a sandwich and® tobed. ‘The next day, we*___up early and. . Dreakfastin the hotel twas a beautiful day, so we” to the beach. We'. a swim in the morning, and in the afternoon we" fora walk. In the evening, we ” dinner in an expensive ‘French restaurant. The food was delicious! The next day was Sunday,sowe ___back | hhome again, The weekend was very short, but I ‘was my girlfriend's birthday last Saturday,ull |W 3 PRONUNCIATION irregular verbs; b UTA Listen again and answer the questions sentence stress 1 When was it? a Lookat the pairs of irregular verbs. Do they have the aa same vowel sound? Write S (the same) or D (different). 2 WhorruHeten witht? Lo 7 a saa i a 3. Where were they? 3 taught = wore = je . i—_ o« ff 4 When did she arvivein the city 5 met went Qa 5 Where did they have a drink? 6 knew saw 7 e T heard left ae 5 oe a a 6 Did they havea good time? Why (nod)? b GARD Listen and check. Then listen and repeat 7 Whaedid they havelordinne? the irregular verbs. : ¢ A@PRAD Listen and repeat the sentences. Copy the ‘8 What time did they get home? thychm. {A What aid you do ast night? 2 heise USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES ‘A who didyou gowith? BAiseniwitiis friend. Learn these words and phrases. ‘A Where did you go after the fir? goal (gaul B Wewent toa restaurart. moon / mun We edn have an expensive meal wear AS We didnt get home late. sere sri embarrassed bers memorable /nemarsb 4 LISTENING decide /di'sard/ a Listen to an interview about a memorable have aswim (hiv 9 ‘swim/ night, What did Helen do? know (somebody) alittle /nov 9 ‘th {SED GAB rue71 VOCABULARY directions =a = ‘Complete the words. olan Eile! vee’. i 4 gop. the station ls 5 onthec. ae = 7 ab. asa=-" 8 actherr, l are B-O ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS ‘Complete the dialogue with the words in the box. exactly Excuse miss nee say Sony tell way Wheres ‘A * Excuse _me, please.* the station? Bo dort ive here, ‘A Excuse me. [s the station* here? © Thestatior les near here, but | don't know 5 where, Sorry, ‘A Excusome.Canyou'____——=—S_smethe 7 ‘tothe station, please? D_ Yes, of course. Go past the hotel, then turn{eft at the ‘traffic lights. Is at the end of the street. ‘A Sorry,couldyou'_______that again, please? D Yes. Gopast the hotel, then turn left at the traffic lights andit'sat the end of the street. Youcant ee al A Thank you SOCIAL ENGLISH Complete the sentences with the words in the box. could course meet ice Maybe there What would 1 _What—aview! 2 What you like to visit? 3. Whatis to see? 4 We ‘go to che Houses of Parliament. 5 Would youllike to for lunch? 6 Thar’ really ofyou. pees another time. 8 Yes,of. Getting around the UK By bus and coach inthe Uk on distance pes bsesar calla cnaches. 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By train Tesare gener fast and mre confab than coaches ng saree vo uct canbe alcrore pane Aro 20 ew. cooper prs tnvarvca te a espe beer [BHI ovve pases can ot uration on nels nd fares om the Nana Rl Ens website whch a a a0 Duytolas thew ao peso Ul fst an anand has tre much cheaper yu uy tem ety Read the information again. Write T (true) or F (False) 1 Taking a coach isa slow way to travel in 2 The best time to travel by coach isat quiet times. — 3. There isn't much trafficin the UK. : 4 InaPark & Ride system you takea train, . ‘You can buy tickets from National Rail Enquiries, — Match the fighlight@d adjectives to their meanings. beautiful a difficult to understand quite cheap - normal easy to change something happening often eee