V irregular verbs P past simple verbs tS. ee Waa0)col-tmrsinoln7 1 READING a Read the back cover of a murder story. Then cover it and look at the photographs. Can you remember who the people are? wha Amanda?) C shes remy wt. b 42») Read and listen to the story. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the F sentences. 1 Somebody killed Jeremy between 12.00 a.m. and 2.00. 2. The inspector questioned Amanda in the living room 3 Jeremy went to bed before Amanda. 4 Amanda and Jeremy slept in the same room. 5 Somebody opened and closed Amanda's door 6 Amanda gor up at 7.00. 7 Amanda didn't love Jeremy. ¢ Lookat the highlighted irregular verbs in the story. What are the infinitives? 1 was=b 2 PRONUNCIATION past simple verbs a 43») Listen to the pronunciation ofthese verbs in the past simple. b 4)) Now match the verbs ina witha word below which rhymes, Listen and check. Practise saying the words. book bed __ round four bird port____ good ¢ 45i) Find and underline nine past simple regular verbs in the story. How do you pronounce them? Listen and check. G past simple: regular and irregular Did you hear anything during the night? No, | didn't Iwas very tired. Murder June 22nd 1958 vias jeremy ‘ravers’ sixtieth birthday. He had dinner ati country house with his wife, Amanda, his daughter, Barbara his business partner, Gordon, and his secretary, Claudia. Next morning when Amanda Travers went to her husband's bedroom she found him Ppbed- dead AIL Jaszecer Sanger asvd at about 3.00, He ‘vas a tall man with a big black moustache. ‘Amanda, Barbara, Claudia, and Gordon *Wet@ Jn the living room. The inspector Seame in, “Mr Travers died between midnight last night and seven olelock this morning, he “8 “Somebody inthis room killed him.” He looked atthem one by one, but nobody spake rs Travers, I want to talk to you first. sme into the library with me, please. Amanda Travers followed the inspector into the library and they sa dove, “What did your husband do aight? “When we finished dinner Joremy said he was tired and he went 10 bed.” | ‘Did you go to bed then?” ‘No, I didn't Tent fora walkin the garden. | ‘What time did you go ta bed” ‘About quarter to twelve ‘Was your husband asleep?” fer dinner lastBAL \ a | ee ®aept in separate rooms. But [95a that his door was closed” "Did you hear anything when you were in your room?” "Yes, I Sheard Jeremy’s bedroom door. It opened. I "thought it was Jeremy. Then it closed again. (read in bed for halfan hour and then Twent to sleep? "What time did you get up this morning” *T®4gocup at about 7.15.1 had breakfast and at 8.00.7 S490 my husband a cup of tea. 15found him in bed. He was..dead. “Tell me, Mrs Travers, did you love your husband? “Jeremy is...vas a difficult man.’ ‘But did you love him, Mrs Travers?” ‘No, inspector. I hated him? 3 LISTENING 4 4)6,7,8)) Listento the inspector question Barbara. Write the information in the chart Listen again and check. Then do the same for ae What did | She went for they doafter a walk. dinner? What time | 11.45, didthey go tobed? Did they hear | Jeremy's anything? door opened and closed. Possible | She hated | motive? —_| hii. b Compare your chart with a partner. Who do you think was the murderer: Amanda, Barbara, Gordon, or Claudia? Why? © (93) Now listen to what happened. Who was the murderer? Why did he | she kill Mr Travers? Were you right? 4 GRAMMAR past simple: regular and irregular a Cover the story and look at these verbs. Are they regular or irregular in the past simple? Write the past simple form| foreach verb. ind come kill close speak sleep sit hate walk came Eldidn'tcome b (410) Listen and check. ¢ > p.138 Grammar Bank 8A. Learn more about past simple regular and irregular verbs and practise them. 4. > p.165 Irregular verbs Tick (/) the irregular verbs you know. Choose three new ones and learn them. 5 SPEAKING > Communication Police interview A p.104B p.108. Interview robbery suspects. Are they telling the truth? smV the house P Jeo! and iia, sentence stress 1 VOCABULARY the house | @ thereis/ there are, some/ any + plural nouns I thoro garage? Yes, there is. a Read the advertisement for a house to rent. Would you like to rent it? Why (not)? b Cover theadvertisement, What can you remember about the house? ¢ With a partner, chink of three things you can usually find in a bedroom, a bathroom, and a living room. Beautiful country house. Very quiet. Six bedrooms, four bathrooms, large garden. Five mites from Witney. Perfect family house. LOW PRICE. > p.161 Vocabulary Bank The house. LISTENING a 4139) Kim and Leo are a young couple from the USA. ‘They want to rent che house in 1, Cover the dialogue and listen to their conversation with Barbara. Which three rooms in the house do they go into? b_ Liscen again and complete the dialogue. K The garden's wonderful, love it. Lb isthere a ‘garage? B_ Oh yes, there's a big gorage over there. Let's go inside the house. This Is the? » There are five rooms on this floor, the kitchen, the > s the living room, thet the brary Wow! There's alibrary Kim! This isthe tving room, Love the furniture, the old sofe, the armchairs, thes ‘nd this is the 8_ t's very big, as you can see. Ie there a dishwasher? No, there srt. t's an old house, you see, Never mind, think ts lovey. is there a downstairs? Yes, there's one and there are three upstairs. ‘Ara there any ® with children? B No, there arent any neighbours near here, But there are some famiies with children in the vitage K. That's greet. You lived inthis house is that right, Mrs.? B Call me Berbere, dear. Yes, lived here. Along time ago. Now live in the village. Let's go 2 roxo no ¢ (@14)) Listen, What does Kim say about one of the bedrooms? Whose bedroom was it?4d @15)) Kim and Leo goto the local pub. Listen and answer the questions, 1 What do they have to drink? Why? 2. What does the barman tell them...? about what happened in the house about Barbara ¢ about what happened to the house later 3 What do Kim and Leo decide to do? 3 GRAMMAR there is / there are a Ingroups of three, practise the dialogue in 2b. Then complete the chart { singular pur es = ‘There's a garden. There some families in the village. There aren't any neighbours. [E]| There a dishwosher | garage? any neighbours? b_ What's the difference between. 1 There are three families in the village. 2 There are some families in the village. © > p.138 Grammar Bank 8B. Learn more about thereis| there are etc. and practise it. 4 PRONUNCIATION Jeal and /ial, sentence stress a @17)) Listen and repeat the words and sounds B ow 1b Pat the words in the right place. beer careful dear wear here theyre near stairs there were hear where ¢ (4 18)) Listen and repeat the words. _ 419)) Listen and repeat. Copy the rhythm. > Are there any stairs? Yes, they’e over there. Is therea bank near here? Yes. Where? ‘There's ONE in the Square. o>o> e Practise the dialogues with a partner. f Ask your partner questions with Is there a...in your...? Are there any...in your...? Give more information in your answers if you can TV books plants pictures mirror fireplace lamps Kitchen bedroom bathroom dining room livingroom Is there a TV No, there isnt, but inyourkitchen?_) \_ there's one in the living room. 5 SPEAKING ‘a Look at the questionnaire Your home. Interview a partner. Ask for and give more information ifyou can. Your home tie ‘® Do you livein ahouse ora flat? 1 How oldis it? ‘81 How big is it? ‘fi How many bedrooms are there? bathrooms? MF isthere —astudy? {garden ora balcony? garage? Cantal nesting or airconditioning? 1b Drawa simple plan of your living room, Show the plan to your partner and describe the room. This is the ving room. I's quite big and it's very light. There are two sofas and an armchair. 6 WRITING >> p.114 writing Describing your home. Write a description of your house or flat. 7 4201) SONG House of the Rising Sun. Bitutor 63]were there “7 fl V prepositions: place and movement any pictures on P Silent letters the wall? Yes, there was a picture of alady. READING ine : i a Do you believe in ghosts? Are there buildings in your town | city ae that people think are haunted? 4] iy Read che coat onez ad find ou a 1 Who are the ghosts in the two hotels? aoe 2 Tick (/) the things that happen in the hotels at a LJ people hear strange noises d [_] lights goon and off i b E] people see somebody © [J things fallon the floor | © [1] doors open and close £ ©] people fel that somebody is watching them © Lookat the highlighted words in the text related to hotels and guess their meaning. d_ Would you like to stay in one of these hotels? Why (not)? WOULD YOU THERE ARE MANY HOTELS IN BRITAIN THAT PEOPLE SAY ARE LIKE TO STAY IN A __ tune. iF vou ARE FEELING BRAVE, YOU CAN STAY THE NIGHT IN ONE OF THESE HOTELS. ENGLAND GOSFORTH HALL INN SCOTLAND COMLONGON CASTLE omlongenis1th-centuy caste in a smal viloge neat Dunes (istic te stat ye nla he host of Lady Haron Caruthers Lady Haron was unappy Beas. shewas marred toa man she id ot ove, din 70 she amped ftom ihe castle wal ond ile ere May sane things happen nthe hole’ doo open andre, and lights go on are Ine mpl fons An Arveriencoupl one opened te doer of tar oom ad sa aya woman siting onthe bed. Tey left becouse they hough hey were ih theron oom. in fact was thelr room but when they came back he eareree GHOST HUNTERS: Ask for The Caruthers suite. www.omiongon.com2 VOCABULARY prepositions: place and movement 4251) Doyou think Stephen saw the ghost? Listen to part 2 and find out. Listen a Look atthe pictures of the ghosts from the hotel. Where is the ee ia atl sneees ths qusatiogs woman sitting? Where is the man standing? 1 Did he wake up during the night? Ifyes, what time? 2. Did anything strange happen? Ifyes, what? 3 Didhe ‘feel’ the ghost? 4 Was he frightened? (very (7) alittle (J notatall Would he like to go back? Why (not)? 5 GRAMMAR b> p.162 Vocabulary Bank Prepositions: place and movement. there was / there were a. (426) Complete the sentences from the 3 PRONUNCIATION silent letters listening with was, wasn, were, or werent Then listen and check Silent letters Se a ee ee ee eo 1 There___ many other guests in the eam cupboardxbod you dot proneunce the p. hotel 2 There____only three. a (423) Listen and cross out the ‘silent’ letter in these words. 3 There anold TV ona table. aremote control —_- ——__ 4 There building castle could friend ghost guest half hour know Usten talk what write b> p.138 Grammar Bank 8C. Learn more —— about there was] there were and practise it. b_ Practise saying the words. 6 SPEAKING a! > Communication The Ghast Room A British newspaper, the Sunday Times, sent one ofits ‘A p104B p.109. Look at the picture of journalists, Stephen Bleach, to Gosforth Hall Inn. They another haunted hotel room for one minute. asked him to spend the nightin Room 11 Try to remember what there was in the room, 4. 424) Listen to part I of Stephen's night, Correct the information in these sentences. 1 He arrived at Gosforth Hall early in the evening, There were four other guestsin the hotel, 3 He talked o one ofthe guess. 4 Head dinner in the bar. 5. Hewent to his room at 11.00, 6 Room 11 wasn the fist Floor The room was quite smal 8 There was a TV and a remote conte. 9. ‘There was ahorror film on TV 10 He went to sleep at the end of the film.GRAMMAR 1 The Bronte sisters, a was b were cis 2 Where ‘Shakespeare born? a was b were cis 3 __the tickets expensive? a Was b Were ¢ Did 41 good film on TV lastnight. a watched b watch ¢ watches 5 They. a didn'tarrived b don’tarrived © didntarrive 6 _you see the football match last night? a Did b Do c Was 7 We to Istanbul three years ago. a gob were c went 8 When in Los Angeles? youlive b did youl did you live you at the party last night. didn'tsaw b didn’tsee ¢ don’t saw 10 Whattime home? a didyou ger _b youdid get ¢ you gor n big table in che living room. a Thereare b Thereis c Itis 12 How many bedrooms__? a theteare b arethere ¢ arethey 13. There aren't pictureson the walls. aany bsome ca 4 only three guests in the dining room, a Therewas b Therewere ¢ Thereis 15 How many people in the hotel? a therewere b was there were there all writers, a Stamford Bridge stadium. d 91 a VOCABULARY a Complete the professions with -er, of, -ist, or an. 1 act 3 paint__ 5 sciem 2 at__ 4 music__ Complete the phrases with have, go, or get. 1 a good time 4 ataxi 2 anemail 5 aholiday 3 away for the weekend © Complete the sentences with back, by, in, out, or to. 1 Iwene swith my friends on Saturday night. 2. They went home. car. 3. What time did you get the restaurant? 4 Twasborn, 1982. 5 After lunch I went towork. Label the pictures. PRONUNCIATION a the word with a different sound. 1 fd! wanted waited lived ended 22 sw wore 3 & heard met suid deft thought could 4B oar there our tee 5 A. hal b_ Underline the stressed syllable. heating hour behind 1 mulsilcian 2 algo 3 yelsterlday 4 beleween 5 fireplaceCAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? a Read the text and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false) 1 Arthur Conan Doyle was Scottish, but he worked in England. 2 Hestarted writing stories about Sherlock Holmes at university. 3. Conan Doyle lived at 221b Baker Street in London. 4 In 1893 he didn't want to write more Sherlock Holmes stories. 5 Sherlock Homes didn’t die in Austria 6 Sherlock Holmes is very popular today. 'b_ Look at the highlighted words or phrases in the text and guess their meaning. SHERLOCK HOLMES rehur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburg on Ane 1859, He studied medicine at Edinburgh University and as a student he began writing SHORE |SOFIBS. He became a doctor in the south of England, but at firsthe didn'thave many Bata, So in his fee time he began writing stories about a brilliant @eteetive, Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle based Holmes’ personality on his professor at university. Holes, who Lives at 22Ib Baker Street in London, is famous for solving difficult rime and mysteries using his great intelligence. The Sherlock Holmes stories soon became very popular, butin 1893 Conan Doyte became tired of his detective, and decided ‘to ‘Kill’ him. In The Final Problem Sherlock Holmes and | histentemy, Professor Moriarty, die when they fall off the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, But people were very unhappy to Lose Sherlock Holmes, and there were Letters in many newspapers asking for him to €omnelbaek. Finally, n 1901 Conan Doyle brought him back inannew story, The Hound ofthe Baskervilles He explained that Holmes didnot dein the Reichenbach Falls, but miraculously SUAVivEd. ‘Conan Doyle died on 7th July 1930, but Sherlock Holmes continues to lve oth in the stories and in many film versions. Recently he was the inspiration forthe character Dr Gregory House in the TV series House The man who wrote (BCAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE PEOPLE? (4/28) Inthe street Watch or listen to five people and answer the questions. ARE Ae Heba Poly Alison Sarah Jane Ben 1 Heba__ has family in New York D livesin Egypt was born in Cairo 2. Polly went out for dinner on a Friday b Saturday ¢ Sunday 3 Alison likes her kitchen because a iv’sreally big b she can eat there ¢ it’s practical for cooking 4 Sarah Jane can see a atreein her garden b thesea € her mother’s house 5 Yesterday evening Ben___. a wentoutto the pub bb worked at home € went to bed early from her study. CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH? Do the tasks with a partner. Tick (/) the box if you can do them. Can you...? 1 [say three things about a famous (dead) person from your country 2 [1 say five things you did last week, using past time expressions, e.g lastnight, yesterday, (three) days ago, etc. 3 say where and when you were born 4+ [ askyour partner five questions about yesterday Lil short fins Esinburgh Castle | watch and enjoy a film oniTutor. ATED