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GRAMMAR Narrative tenses (review) EER 18 1 Ged the correct form of the verb. 1 He was/had been tired because he had run /had been running. 2. Mymum was /wos being angry because | was watching /had been watching TV all afternoon. 3 My friends played /had been plying football for hours when | orrived/ was arriving 4 We had been waiting /were waiting for the concert to start for half an hour, when they made /were ‘moking the announcement. 5 My ister wos learning /had been learning French for six years before she went /wos going to France. $ We swam /had been swimming for about an hour when it started /hod started to rain 4k Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs. ‘Then match the sentences to the events. © Her car _was driving (drive) through a tunnel ‘Paris when it__ernshed (crash), vit —— (ail) across the Atlantic Ocean, whenit______ (hit) an iceberg 2 People (dance) in the streets after they (ear) he was finally free. 3 Theworld______ atch) en TV when Neil Armstrong ___(step) on the Moon, 4 Thecrowds__(wave)at the President when they (hear the gunfire 5 While people in the neighbouring town of Pripyat — Gleep), a nuclear reactor (explode) While Amelia Earhart_____(work) one day, Captain Ralley (ask) her to Aly to the UK from America, Events that shook the world | Chernobyl disaster (1986) C1 Apollo 11 (1969) John F. Kennedy assassination (1963) 2] Death of Diana, Princess of Wales (199) Freedom for Nelson Mandela (1990) Sinking ofthe Titanic (1912) First woman to fly across the Atlantic (1999 Complete the sentences, Use the pat perfect and the past simple once in each sentence. Yesterday afternoon | had a guitar lesson, © When | had finished (Finish) my gutarlesoy | __watked (walk) home, 1 We — (have) dinner after (arrive) home. 2 1____ (do) the washing up after we (eat) dinner. (nish) the washing, 1 —___ ally my friend Tina 4 1___ (do) my homework after ' (speak) to Tina. 5 When (nish) my homeworh (watch) a film. ok What did you do yesterday? Write | sentences as in Exercise 3 using the past Pe! " and the past simple. 1 Yesterday afternoon |_____—— — ‘canna wih CamScanet would and used to ESR 5.» Complete the sentences with verbs from the list. g0(x2) | have | live | work (x2) | die | get up In England inthe nineteenth century 1) Many children used to in factories and mils 2 They used to. very early in the morning. 3. They didn't use to. to school. 4 They used to very long hours. 5 Theydidrit use to___nice food to eat. 6 They did't use to___on holidays. 7 They didrit use to very long. 8 Theyusedto____ young, 6 x» Complete the sentences about yourself with used to or didn't use to. When I ws ive, 1 1_____gotoadifferent school 2 Mymum—_ wake me up at 7am a1 = cat cereal for breakfast. 4 1_______ walk to school 5 |___have alot of homework. 6 Mydad____ read me abedtime story every night. 7 dei Tony is asking Anna about her primary school. Write the questions. Then match the questions to the answers. 0 Which /school/ go/to Which school did you use to go to? 1 wear / school uniform 2 have / alot of homework 2. learn English 4 learn any other languages 5 What//favourite / subject :2/HARD TIMES 8 4k» Inthree of the sentences you can use would or wouldn't. Tick them and rewrite them using would, 1. used to be overweight. 2 Lused to play football every evening after school 3. Ididn't use to like chocolate but now I do. 4 Lused to eat vegetables with each meal 5 lused to be very good at English. 6 Lused to go for along bike ride every weekend. oO GET IT RIGHT! © used to and usually } Learners sometimes confuse used to and usually. We use used to to refer to events which happened. regularly in the past. ¥ When! was at college, | used to work in a clothes shop. We use usually to refer to events which happen regularly in the present. We do not use used to for this. ¥ usually go to the cinema on Wednesdays because it'scheaper. X I usedte go to the cinema on Wednesdays becouse itscheaper, Complete the sentences with used to or usually and the verb in brackets in the correct form: present tense or base form. 0 |_used to live (live) in a eally small village and I really liked it. 1 We_____ (ing) in shows together when we were younger. 2 These days! (g0) 0 bed early 3 They_____ (watch) TV on Wednesday evenings because that’s when thelr favourite programmes on. or 4 Could you give us the 10% discount that we Yes, used to learn French —(get)in the past? © Yes, used to be really good at it, 5 Heis more attractive than he —_—— dl used to go to Middleham Primary School. (be) © No,lused to wear my regular clothes. 6 Doyou (wear) that funny hat? | 1 No,I didn't, our teacher didrit use to give as us much, ” ‘Scanne wih CamScanet Descriptive verbs ERTS 1 #5 Complete the sentences with the words from the list in the correct form. rage | dive | scream | demolish grab | flee | smash 0 The fire _vaged__ through the house in minutes. 1 The woman was leaning out ofthe window. She for help, 2. The man __ into the river to rescue the boy. 3. The building was unsafe after the fire, so the council____it. from the burning building. 5 The woman __ her bag before she left the burning building 4 People 6 The man__the window to rescue the boy from the fire 2 4% Complete the crossword with synonyms of the underlined words in the sentences. Use descriptive verbs. ‘Together we ran out of the burning building ‘The girl broke the bedroom window. "Help me; she cried out. She quickly took hold of my hand, Later, they decided to destroy the building because it was unsafe “They don't know why the fire started. 7 The fire had been burning for three hours when they finally putit out 8 People were throwing themselves into the nearby river and swimming across it rT Laces) Initial consonant clusters with /s/ Goto page 118, |2IHARD TIMES 3. <>" Unscramble the words about fire. amefl arksp genyox eufl asterdis ascaphtrote 44% Complete the sentences about a fire with the correct form of the phrases in the list. ‘Then number the sentences in the order the events happened. flames | spread | fight afire | break out catastrophe | lose your life a [) The fire brigade worked hard, but sadly three people inthe ire. b [7] twas late at night when the fire _ broke out. © The firemen _—_—_—__— bravely. 4 1 Thenewspapers reported itasa ¢ 1 Rewas a windy night so the flames quickly before the fire brigade arrived. € [Z] Aman walking his dog saw the and he called the fire brigade, | Time periods EEF 5 4k» Match the two sentence halves. 1 Inthisdayand age a _not many people had colour TV. 2 Afewdecadesago b there were two world wars. 3. Inthe last century 4 Inthe Middle Ages there was no electricity. most people have a smart phone. 6 Jekok Write your own sentences using the time phrases. 1 Inthisday and age 2 Afewdecades ago 3. Inthe last century —______ 4 Nowadays 5 Not so long ago. 6 Inthe Middle Ages ‘Scanne wih CamScanet READING } 1 Then check your answers in tl Read the sentences and mark them T (True) or F (False). he article on page 21 of the Student's Book. 1 The Great Fire of London started in a butcher's shop. 2. The wind was blowing from the west. 3. Thefire started in a wealthy area of the city. 4. Some people escaped by jumping into the re 5 Luckily, the wind changed direction, Q & Alotof people lost thei lives but not many buildings were destroyed. Q 2 Look at the photo, Which century do you think the girl lived in? How old do you think she is? 3. Nowread the autobiography and check your answers. 4. Scan the text and find three more words that show life was hard. overcrowded _ Fees ciel ual ger ie Mees ithe 19 Com SLO ine of be are eva Vaasa 8 ana a ton uncheck SS neronunarene iasaareay eee ae dap enton ote waco age 6f five. Some might say they were the Wig onrbecane iy aati tes Benton By 18 mos people fad moved fen ee cana wa aye and cy wendy ond ouveecd es or bes oten In Ese tine We esate as bacren fa be Wen damp, eee oyna Fas ascien tescoa aoe ad Erie toa od ce nasal ie Lea eee 5. Answer the questions. either. We didn't have any clean drinking ‘water, and many people died from typhoid fever or cholera. My eldest brother died of typhoid two months before I was born. My family had only lived im the city for a year and my mother wanted fo move back to the countryside. My father decided they should stay in the city |Lwas eight when [started work atthe ccotion mill. The noise was terrible and the air was filled with white dust from the cotton. { couldnt breathe and I wanted to run away. The mill was 2 dangerous place for children. I knew that. On my fist day, a litle boy died. He was siting under the ‘machines collecting all the waste when the accident happened. The managers were supposed to stop the machines for cleaning, but they never did. Why should they? Boys like him had very litle value ‘One morning, after I had been working there for a few months, I had a tenble accident too. was very tired that moming. Thad. been working for three hours. when, for just a second, I closed niy ees and that's when it happened, A woman grabbed me and pulled me away from the machine, but it was to late, Lad lst three Fingers on my right hand. Atthe time | was pleased. ‘Now I dont have to work anymore; I thought. But no, Twas wrong ‘They found me another job ~a job wherel didn’t need a hand, 1 Why was Manchester called Cottonopolis? 2 How long had the family been living in Manchester when Ellen's brother died? 3. Why did Ellen want to run away when she entered the mill? 4 Where was the litle boy working when he had the accident? 5 How long had Ellen been working when she had her accident? 6 What happened to Ellen? Industrial Revolution the period of time during which work began to be dane more by machines in factories than by hand at home ‘milla factory where particular goods are produced typhoid an infectious disease spread by ditty water and food 6 Dosome internet research about your ‘country. Find the answers to these questions and write a short paragraph 1 Did children under the age of ten use (0 workin the 19th Century? 2 Whatkind of jobs did they use to do? 3. Do they still work in your country toda”? 4 Whatkind of jobs do they do now? ‘Scanne wih CamScanet

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