Past simple Vocabulary: Words to describe feelings Pronunciation: ed endings, Word stress Wordspot: fee! Task: Tella firsttime story Writing: Linking ideas in narrative VYYVYVY Language focus 1 Past simple How often do you watch television? Which programmes / TV channels do you prefer? Which of these do you sometimesinever watch? + soap operas + adverts + cookery programmes a GD Read and listen to the first part of the article about some TV firsts. What was the nationality of: © the ‘father’ of TV? ‘the inventor of TV? ‘+ the first person to appear on TV? the first TV chef? 4 The fist person to appear on TV wos Wiliam Toynion = a young Englishman who worked with Scottish inventox, John Logie Baird, the inventor of television bb ony people cal Vian Zwrorykin,« Russion who ‘went fo live inthe United Stcies in 1919, the father of television’. He invented tho firs ‘elecronie! TV in 1929. € In 1936, the BBC the Brish Broadcasting Corporation) made its first TV programmes. Not many people watched them as not many people hod a TV! Cookery programmes were popular even in the 920s. Fronchman Marcel Boulesin became te fist W chet in 1937 16 Important firsts Time phrases often used in the past: at, on, in, ago Grammar How do we form the Past simple of regular verbs? Underline three regular verbs in TV firsts. There are five irregular verbs in TV Firsts. Write down the infinitive forms. What are the past forms of the verb be? Put the sentences below into question and negative forms. He went to live in the United States. Cookery programmes were popular in the 1930s. > Read Language summary A on page 149, Practice 4] EBD Read the rest ofthe article TV Firsts below. Complete the gaps with the correct past form of the verbs in the box. Then listen and check your answers { be 2) begin buy come cost last make ‘The first TV soap opera ___in 1947. ts ‘name ‘A Woman to Remember. The fst TV advert —for Bulova dock — just 20 seconds and it only $9 t0 make! @ — Solourty to Europe in the 1960s. The fist colour TVs very expensive, so not many people them, @ The Japanese company VC _ the world's first VHS video recorders in the mid-1970s.2, Complete the questions in the quiz with did, was or were Important Firsts 2. Toy Story she wort frst 100% compiler generted movie. When it come out? 2 in1990 Bin ¢ in 2000 3. Wh the frst anim: <2 4 re world’s frst traffic lights? ain Australia. binGermany c-inthe F Wet so ee 2 China b Jap PY Wet 2 Neil Amitrong 8 Where. century? 2 in Argentn € in Portugal and Spain Pronunciation 1 GD Look at the pairs of regular Past simple forms below. If necessary, check the meaning in your mini-dictionary. Listen to the pronunciation of the past forms below. Notice the different pronunciation of the -ed endings a /d/ called appeared b AW looked worked © AAd/ ended tasted Listen to the pronunciation of some more past forms. If the pronunciation of -edis the same, write S.Ifitis diferent, write D. a worked watched S b opened —_—_invented © asked stopped d travelled started © lived dlosed f walked wanted 9 laughed arrived Practise saying the verbs. Pay attention to the pronunciation of -ed. How many questions can you answer? Discuss your answers in pairs. Then check your answers on page 140, 42 Write one sentence about each of the following. Three of the sentences should be true and two should be false. something you did yesterday a place you went to last year something you bought last week/month something you didn’t do last year something you didn’t like when you were achild b Read out your sentences to a partner. Your partner decides which sentences are true and which are false. > Yesterday, ( 1 went swimming with) my brother, 7 aif Z < (Ces, that’s tr jes, that's true.) € Who guessed the most answers correctly? 7module 2 Important firsts Language focus 2 Practice Time phrases often used in the Listen and answer the questions a-| past: at, on, in, ago Using the time phrases in the box in your answers. 1 {eokat the sentences below. Which ones are true? 7) Complete the sentences below with information about yourself. Then work in pairs and compare I started learning English six months ago. your sentences, ‘The weather was hot last weekend. Thad an English lesson on Monday morning. began school in the 1990s. ‘My birthday was in November last year. Iwas at home two hours ago. | was in bed at eight o'clock this morning, I played football yesterday afternoon. 1 was bor in 1985. | went to a party on January Ist this year. People started using mobile phones 100 years ago. ur teacher was bom in the nineteenth century. 2 Number the phrases 1-12, starting with the ‘most recent. 3 Rewrite the sentences so they are true for you. Grammar 1. Complete the phrases with in, on, ator 0 Times: eight o'clock __ 12.15 ___ midnight, DaysiDates: _ Wednesday _ New Year's Day __ June 14th ‘Months, seasons, years, decades, centuries: June __ winter __ 1998 the 19908 the twenty-first century Phrases with last and yesterday: | saw him __ yesterday. We arrived last night. They left___ yesterday morning. / Wandileeliange Ss Which of these phrases is wrong with ago? ( tora wedding? ten weeks ago along time ago * _ - ten thousand years ago . 7 {a few minutes ago years ago (/~ The last wedding | went < the summer ogo (_ to.was my sister’s wed ) \ about two years ago. _/ > Read Language summary B on page 149. 18Vocabulary Words to describe feelings How do the people feel in each of the pictures? Choose one of the adjectives from the box. (There may be more than one answer.) angry bored disappointed embarrassed excited impatient Inagoodmood nervous relaxed scared surprised worried Listen to eight short conversations. Where are the speakers in each conversation? How do you think the second speaker feels in each case? Use one of the adjectives from exercise 1 Use the words from exercise 1 to answer the questions below. ‘Ask your partner the same questions. How do you normally feel: when you are at home watching TV? just before an important exam? when you can't remember someone's name? iyuhaul fo peakn ont oft people if you have to wait fora long time in a shop? Listen to the words and. mark the tes if you lose your purse/wallet? ahgry disappointed if you goto a big rock concert? embarrassed excited if you miss your train or bus? if you see big spider? * * * * * * * ‘ impatient in a good mood sé nervous relaxed if your English lesson is cancelled? ee, a surprised worried 19module 2 Important firsts Wordspot feel The diagram below shows some common uses of feel. Tick (7) the phrases that you already know. Write (?) next to the ones you are not sure about. =. He feels sad/fine She felt iu. (rave an opinion ) “You now how! ‘feel about: Sheila's \ new boss. £ athing ») These clothes feel wet: The room felt cold. ‘feel + like ) a) Bo you feel like i. lihee a eup soho fern welist of coffe 2 2 Match a sentence from A with a sentence from B A How’s your mum today? What do you feel like doing tonight? What time did you go to bed last night? How do you feel about our new boss? oh, your hands fel cola! Do you feel ike a rest after your journey? How was work? [feel terrible about what I said to Tina B ‘Oh, before nine. | felt really tied. Don’t worry ~I'm sure she wasn't upset No, i's OK, Islept a lot on the plane. ‘Oh, she's feeling much better, thanks. Oh, terrible. Sometimes I feel like walking out. I think he's OK. He's got some good ideas. I don’t know ... what's on at the cinema? I know ~ [left my gloves at home. resenoge b Listen and check your answers. 3 Workin pairs. Student B closes histher book and Student A reads out a sentence from list A above. Student 8 tries to remember the answer from list B above. Then change over. 20 Task: Tell a first time story Preparation: listening 12 Doyouhave a good memory? How many things can you remember? Tick (7) the appropriate boxes. + your first day at school, ‘college or work + the frst time you travelled alone or went abroad () ‘+ the frst time you met someone important in your life [) + the first time you drove acar 0 + your first English lesson. [1] + your first peticar 1] + the firs time you went shopping or bought something alone] * another important first) b Which of these do the pictures show? ED 2 Youwill hear two people, Helen and Josh, talking about the first time they did something. Listen and say which pictures illustrate their stories. b GD Can you remember which phrases below come from each story? What did Helen and Josh say about these things? crowded secondary school a get together avideo recorder big smile embarrassing Listen to the stories ‘again and answer these questions. Where and when did it happen? ‘Who else was in the story? How did they feel? What happened in the end?Task: speaking 1 Choose one of the two tasks below. Task 1 Talk about your own important firsts. (See below.) Task 2 Tell the story of an important first using some pictures. (See page 141) Task 1 1 Choose two or three ‘important firsts! from Preparation for task, exercise 1 that you can remember. 2 Spend a few minutes thinking about your answers to these questions. ‘+ Which ‘important first’ are you describing? ‘Where/When did this happen? How old were you at the time? Who was with you? How did you feel before/after? > Useful language a 2 Work in small groups. Listen/Tell your stories to each other. Which was: © the funniest story? © the saddest story? the strangest story? OTe Uitete trot a Telling your own story Ill never forget the first time 1 remember my first/the first time. Iwas .. years old at the time. Iwas in was with my .. elt very ... because At first Then In the end ... ay| oo module 2 Important firsts — = Writin Using the Linkin i in narrative es ideas i s rau (2): Word stress 1 a Read what Marcos wrote about his first trip abroad and 1 Write the number of complete the text below with the phrases 1-9. syllables next to each word in 1 and I went with three friends “the: box 2. beodise for all four of us wos our ft tine away tot hone angry colourful electronic 3° and I bought a silver ring for my sister expensive popular inventor 4 because I couldnt find it when T programe {got on the coach that evening! but I got up early and went to ‘so we decided to travel by coach, 2 In the mini-dictfonary, (') appears before the syllable but we didn’t mind which has the main stress. . so we went to Hyde Park for a Look up the words in the box ‘game of football in the mini-dictionary and 9 then we went shopping in mark the main stress. Oxford Street angry /sengri/ adjective it b Underline the linking words in you are angry, you have exercise 1a strong feelings because you Example: are not pleased about ee something: My parents will be angry if Lam late. » My flatmate makes me angry The first time | went abroad was whew | went to hen he doesn't help with the Loudon. It was in the summer holidays about five or eed six years ago-(a) _. The plane and trait were quite expensive, (b) We left at _five o'clock in the morning and the jourtey to London took about sixteen hows (c) we were all very excited (A) — | We stayed ist London for three days, ina youth hostel not far from the centre. While we were there we walked a lot. First we went to see all the famous sites ~ Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace, (e) —---—-. Ow the last monuntg my friends stayed in bed late, (P — Camden. Market. You can buy all kinds of jewellery and dlothes there, (g) Iewas really hot aud sway in the afternoon, (I) — Unfortunately, | think the ring fel out of my pocket during the game, (i) — I've been back to London several times since then, but | dow’ think VL ever feel as excited as | did that first time, 2 Write the story that you told in the Task on page 21. Use atleast three linking words. 221 Past simple (1 Put the following sentences into the Past simple. a The programmes are extremely popular. 'b Do you watch television? ¢ | take my exams. d My brother stays up late. € Idon't get home until midnight. f I buy presents for everyone in my family. 4g We watch a video in the evening h Renate sings beautifully. i The match begins at 8.30, | Heel so trea. > Need to check? Language summary A, page 149. 2 Time phrases with at, on, in and 9 Put the phrases in the box in the correct place in the table. ‘ayearage 2002 aminute ago the 1990s lastnight June 18th last year eleven o'clock Friday afternoon the twentieth century at on in o a year agp | D> Need to check? Language summary B, page 149. 3 Words to describe feelings (1) Put the letters in bold in the correct order to make words to describe feelings. a |wasso er vuson before | took my driving test I couldn't speak. bb My sister was really d e crass of the dark as a small child. Everyone was very die ponditsapwhen we lost the match, d Iwas really inad.0.g0 domowhen | got home. @ Are youpurdriess by what she said? f Donna is very iro dre w about her exams next weel 4g Iwas sored ob | nearly fell asleep. h The children are very tex id e ¢- we're going on holiday tonight. i Ifeltbrassrameed at making such a stupid mistake. > Need to check? Vocabulary, page 19. 4 feel 1) Choose the correct alternative. 2 Id like to know how people feel about / for /of the new plans. b Whenever | remember what happened, | always feel sad /sadly / unhappily. © How are you today? Are you feeling as well as/better/ like better now? d Let’s rent a video: | don’t feel like go / going /to 90 out tonight. @ After eating so much food, | began to feel like bad / badly//ill. f took a couple of aspirin, and an hour later I felt fine/ finely / the finest. D> Need to check? Wordspot, page 20. 5 Linking words 0 Complete the sentences with and, so, because, then or but. ‘a We didn’t have any money toa restaurant. we couldn't go 'b He closed all the doors and windows, and he left the house, Iwas feeling very tired, I went to bed very early. d Romina is usually on time, arrived half an hour late e I couldn't sleep ¥ Lphoned all my friends ‘to my house. g It was very cold outside, warmest clothes. h We couldn't go out_ the weather was so bad. 1 He looked through the window for a minute or two, went inside D> Need to check? Writing, page 22. tonight she ‘there was a party next door. invited them to come | put on my REMEMBER! Took back at the areas you have practised. ‘Tick the ones you feel confident about Now try the MINI-CHECK on page 158 to ‘check what you nov! 23