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Na LISTENING a (© Listen to Walt and Betty talking about their relationship and answer the questions. - 2 When did they first meet? bb When did they get married to each other? Betty and Walt now Welt fifty years ago Betty fifty years ago 2 Write He, She, or They in these sentences about Wait and Betty's story. ‘They first met in Annapolis and dated for three months. moved to different piaces and lost touch with each other. was married to another person for forty-eight years. ‘0t divorced after thirty years of marriage. went to Annapolis with her grandson and visited all the old places. thought about Walt and wanted to fing him, wrote a letter to the local newspaper. —— had a cousin in Annapolis who told him about the lottor. met soon after that and moved in together. ‘got married ~ fifty years after they first met! Listen agein and check your answers. VOCABULARY & SPEAKING 1 Complete the expressions in the sentences below with the words in the box. agreefton't agree, get have five fase love — . 2 The best age to _aet_ married is twenty-five for women and twenty-seven for men. !#magainst = b The main reason for getting married is to__ children. © Abig difference in age isn't e problem for a couple if they are in d_ It's a good idea for a couple to__ together for a few years before getting married. @ Itdoesn't matter if children touch with one of their parents. 2 Work in small groups. Discuss the statements in Exercise 1. Use the expressions in the box. Ceuta eetaeme Vecabulary: Relationship expressions, Narrative inkers. edfng adjec eon ats aed VOCABULARY || Match each of the verb phrases in the box with an appropriate picture (a-¢). flirt with somebody have acrush on somebody haveafight move in together oe ke 2 Put the stages of a relationship in a logical order (a-. Add or take away stages it you think it's necessary. 12 You get married ‘© You move in together. 1 You have a fight You flirt with somebody. # Youhave children. J You kiss. € You call somebody. ‘9. Youmeet the parents. You split up. ¢ Youhaveacrush on somebody. You date somebody. 1 You fallin love. ‘Compare your ideas with a partner. GRAMMAR He went to Annapats, 11 Write the affirmative and negative simple past forms of the verbs inthe box. 's went Aonaoels be can get go fave flirt kiss lke mest move stuly want | Didnoge nchicaco? be - was/were, wacn'thweren' Ne hedidnt 2 Write true sentences ~ affirmative or negative ~ with the verbs in parentheses. 2 Mymother and father (meet) at college. 4 1(go) skiing last winter. » Myorandparents (get) married inachurch. _—e ‘I (Study) German at school. © Ihave) a big breakfast this morning. 1 (be) very busy yestercay. Make questions and ask your partner. Did your mother and father meet at college? No, chey didn't. 3 i PRONUNCIATION 1 Complete these irregular verb sets. Label the past forms in each group (1-3) with these sounds: /a/, /c/, ble (O12 Listen, cheek, and repeat. 1 2 Infinitive Past: Je! Infinitive Past: keep kept bein brought mean e_meant eink bought > met ring 1 2 Add the verbs in the box to the correct groups in the table in Exercise 1. fight read sing sleep, sswim teach (1 Listen, check, and repeat. LISTENING 1) Read about a TV game show called Get Personal and answer these questions. ‘a Who are the two people playing Get Personal tonight? 'b How much is the prize money? How can they win? yo ore Co gee eM Ce ee ery Counc miu Se See a es Cee en to give the same answers. Can they do it? Deter e kts 4%) 2 Ow Read the questions and answers in the table below. Listen and choose the answers (2, b, or c) that Resie gives. Questions Rosie's answers Dave's answers 1 How did you fist meet? 2 She was a nurse. He was a patient. 'b_ She was a patient. He was 2 nurse. vie ‘© She was a doctor He was a nurse. 2 Wihat time of day was it? a Early morning. Early afternoon. vie Early evening. ‘3 How was the weather? a Thesun wos shining, Twas raining. vi% it was snowing. 4 What were you both She was wearing... He was wearing .. wearing? 2 awhite coat. ‘2 biue pajamas. oS b agreenuniform. green pajamas. © anightgown. © awhite coat. 5 Wino spoke frst and a_-She said:"How are you feeling?” what did they say? He said: “Tmgoing to throw up” vie ¢ He seid “I feel terrible.” Pe) 3 Ov» Usten to Dave answering the same questions. Circle the / if he gives the same answer as Res le the % if he gives a different answer. How many points did Rosie and Dave score out of five? 4. Think about your closest friend. How many of the questions from Get Personal could you answer? Discuss with a partner. &) cRamMar 1 Look at these extracts from Bobby Brown's interview with Rosie. Answer |i was the questions (a-d) with Simple past or Past progressive. You were | was working 2s a nurse, and Dave came into the hospital for an operation. Shetee working Yes. tas raining when | arrived at work. it wea What were you wearing when you sow each other forthe first time? vewore 12 What tonse is used for the verbs come, arrive, and see? Simple pact ere you working? 1b What tense is used for the verbs work, ain, and wear? YE wes Which tense descrites something that was in progress when another Neciwosrt J event happened? Which tense describes an event that happened at 2 particular moment Inthe past? 2 (USTTAUeREASHoaeat poset Ay) > O12 Look at the pletures (1-5) and isten to the recordings. Work with a partner. Write sentences about Jake and Fiona te describe the five situations. 1 Jake was taking 2 shower when his cellphone rang. 4 READING 1 Complete the story with past progressive or simple past verb forms. Predict the ending of the story. BCB News home news spor 39 Jun stainment —_Mfestyle [sax] How we met: A Love of Horror! Sciiieintiedt. sepaae came =. reheat arene a Devoyon tea ee —— aed ttavorse ork Meuerovntenenctege Ore me i -anay. At the lime, we (4 not follow) ‘con = o each other on Wis bu 2 ae me end of the meating he then fiend showed me his tweet. ‘atked me i would Ika to go out for 1am a huge horror move f.501(5 inner with him ony other dey. hed agree) —_t0.come 20d pick YP to lought | realy thought he ware ‘the DvD up. They (6 wait) 1woiterview me and that was T Ater ‘on the front porch when! goto Nis we were sacing each other for afew house, but he wasnt at home months, I(20 eek) him whan wested to say “thank you". he wos lanring 1 write the book." 1) 2 Listen and check your prediction. a READING 11 Look at the pictures and complete the noun phrases with the words in the box. dinner apair of anight a plastic a boitie of 12 Complete the story with the noun phrases from Exercise 1. Lact year, Bill and Lica were invited to a (1) dinner party to help celebrate ther fiftioth wedding anniversary. That evering, LESSONS IN LOVE: 2 they walked back from the party, Lise said something very surprising ‘m bored, Bill. Really bored. We do the same things over anci A Pink House! iGusneaseneesm seoe" At first, Bill was shocked and angry. When he got back home, he went out to the garden and stared at the plants unhappily. Then he drank a big (2)____of wator. That right, Bil coulcn’t sleep, Why hadh't Lica over montioned that che was bored? “The next morning, Bill ac plan “Okay, Lisa. Let's never be bored again!” Next, he gave her a (3)__ of scissors. "Go upstairs. Any clothes you are bored of? Cut them up” ‘ter Lisa came down with a big grin, and an even bigger (@)__ bag filled with cut up clothes, ill ed her to the shed, “Okay, chose a (5)___ot paint” Lisa choose one that was pink. A week later, their boring white hhouse was a beautitul bright pink! They both painted the house ‘and had much fun doing it. “Two weeks later, Bill and Lisa went to the airport, looked quickly at the departure Board, chose a destination, ane bought two tickets. They spent two happy weeks there! [Av the end of August this year, Bil and Lisa celebrated their fifty ret wodding annivorsary ... by going to @ (6) ___fer the first time in decades. They danced all night! (Oz Listen and check your answers. 3 What do you think you can do te stop a life from getting boring? Discuss with a partner. (®) vocaBULARY & SPEAKING |) Find and undertine the time adverbials from the box in the blog post on page 28. Which adverbial is not in the text? 2g eavonuaun~ 2 Use the time adverbials in Exercise 1 to retell ——~ | ‘the story to a partner. Don't look at thetext — ‘on page 28. at GRAMMAR | Work with a partner. Complete the table with adveros ‘Add ty most or adjectives trom the story on page 28. Stnctvess baal carefully. angry Adjective Advert Exceptions: hose ay: well eaty late, fest . surprisingly © enarily quick e beautifully unhappy 8 quiet Answer these questions. a How do you make adverbs from most adjectives? 'b How do you make adverbs fram agjectives ending in y? © Wnat are the adverts for the adjectives good. early. ate? 2 Rewrite these sentences in the usual order. subject + very + object + adverb @ I / very quickly / eat / my lunch 1 eatmy lunch very quickly. b arive/ my car /1/ very slowly © plan / my days / very carefully /1 4 1 / my money / spend / very intelligently © play /1/ tennis / very badly very regularly / clean /1/ my house 9 1/ speak / very well / English How many sentences are true for you? Rewrite the sentences so that they are all true for you. Compare your sentences with your partner, ra - LANGUAGE FOR LIFE (OD) 1 Oratistentoe - ‘conversation between 2 ‘man (Tir) ané a woman 2 Are these sentences true or false? ‘@ The man and woman are going to Atlanta. 4 Theyre botn going to see Johnny Depp's new 1b She's reading Pride and Prejudice. movie tomorrow night. ‘© They both ike Keira Knightley. ‘@ They're both single. Listen again and check your answers. 2 Complete the expressions in the table using the phrases in the box. ‘Comment ‘Agree a ‘didn't like the movie. ‘Neither did |. / Me, neither. » . a {rm going to see Johnny Depp's a 1 Me, too. ew movie. —_ “© Idon't know what time it starts. (5) «1 Me, neither. 1) Oe Listen, check, and repeat the expressions. 4 Write true comments using these sentence beginnings. Uti I dont tke tm not going Lost weekend, | dint really tke Fmgoing — Yesterday evening. | LIFE SKILLS: Decision-making ‘A Periect Date ws = 1 120 Listen and complete the dating profile for = mo Caesars, he ier se: 2 What would be the perfect date for thepeoplein = Charade bala cient Exercise 1? Discuss and choose, giving your reasons. = — — Dswex oises Pera Stevie Petra & Donny ee 3. What would be your perfect date? eal ‘Why? Tell your partner. meer Ce tn) See MACMILLAN = tbls

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