G simple past: regular verbs

V past time expressions

P -ed endings
We wanted to go to Sydney.

Sydney, here we come!

1 READING
a %s.5 Read and listen to the tru e story about Raoul and Emma. Answ er the question at the end.

A TALE OF TWO SYDNEYS

Last A pril tw o British teenagers wanted E m m a : I was a little w orried because the second plane
to go to Australia fo r their summer was very small, but I didn’t want to say anything to Raoul.

Adapted from a news website

vacation. But it was a 24-hour trip by
plane, and tickets were very expensive.
So Raoul Sebastian and Emma Nunn,
age 19. looked fo r cheap tickets on the
Internet.They were lucky, and they
booked tw o tickets to Sydney.
On August 4th, they arrived at Heathrow airport.They checked in
and waited fo r the plane to leave. Six hours later they landed at
a big airp ort and changed planes.
R aoul: A fter only an hour the plane landed.We looked out
the window. It was a very small a irp o rt W e walked to the
information desk, and I showed our tickets to the woman.
"W hen is our next flight?” I asked.
She looked at our tickets.“ The next flight? This is the end
of your trip. W here did you want to go?”
“ W here are we?” I asked.
D o you th in k th e y w e re in Sydney?

Read the story again and n u m b e r the pictures 1-9.

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c 5.6 Listen to the end o f the story. W here were they?

d O Communication Sydney p.1 12 and read about w hat happened to Em m a and Raoul in the end.
Is it easy to make a m istake like this?

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2 GRAMMAR simple past: regular verbs 3 PRONUNCIATION -e d endings

a L o o k at the hig h lig h te d verbs in the text and com plete the chart. A Sim ple past regular verbs end in -ed
Simple present Simple past in 0 sentences, -ed can be
They want to go to Australia. They to go to Australia. pronounced in three ways.

I don’t want to say anything. I to say anything. a 5.8 Listen and repeat the verbs.
Where do you want to go? Where to go? In w h ich group do you pronounce
the e in the - ed?. Why?
b o p.130 Grammar Bank 5B. Read the rules and do the exercises. 2 -ed = It/ 3 -ed = /id /

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c C om plete the questions w ith Was / Were o r Did. arrived booked wanted
1 they want to go to Australia? changed checked landed
2 it a long trip? showed looked waited
3 they book their tickets at a travel agency? tried walked
4 the tickets expensive? asked
5 they check in at Heathrow airport?
6 they change planes three times? 5-9 Listen and repeat Emma and
R aoul’s story.
7 the second plane big?
8 Emma worried? 1 They wanted to go to Australia.
9 the plane land in Australia? 2 They booked two tickets on the Internet.
10 _______ they stay in Nova Scotia for a long time? 3 They arrived at Heathrow airport.
4 They checked in.
d <fe5.7 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. C opy the rh yth m , 5 They landed at a big airport.
6 They changed planes.
e In pairs, ask and answer the questions about Raoul and Emma.
7 They looked out the window.
Did they want to go to Australia? 8 They walked to the inform ation desk.
Yes (they did). 9 They showed their tickets to a woman.

Use the pictures in lb to retell the

story fro m m em ory. Try to pronounce
the sim ple past verbs correctly.

VOCABULARY & SPEAKING

N u m b e r the past tim e expressions 1-7. b Stand up and move around the class. Ask Did y o u ...? questions.
yesterday morning. □ W hen som ebody answers Yes, I did, w rite dow n th e ir name and
five minutes ago. ask the next question, e.g., Where to?
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last November. □
Find a person who...
1 booked the tickets a year ago. □
traveled by plane last year. W here to?
last night. □
started learning English a long tim e ago. When?
three days ago. □
played soccer last weekend. W ith who?
last week. □
studied last night. What?
cooked a meal yesterday. What?
A last April, n o t the last April,
arrived late fo r class today. Why?
last week, n o t the last-week
listened to the radio this morning. W h at program?
yesterday morning / afternoon / evening
invited a friend to dinner last weekend. Who?
b u t last night n o t yestefday-ttigbt
finished w o rk late last night. Why?
watched TV last night. W h at program?

Did you travel by plane last year? Yes, I did.

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