UNIT 1

Lesson 1: WHEN I WAS BORN

1 Read the text. Are these sentences true or false?

Hello. My name’s Cooper Mitchell. I was born on July 22, 2013, at 4:25 a.m. I was
born in the General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. The nurses were very nice.
Dad was with Mom, but it wasn’t easy for her because I was late! In my first
hour, I was very hungry… and noisy! My first visitors were Grandma and Grandpa.
They were very happy to see me.

Over in the UK, Prince George was also born on July 22, 2013, but he was born in
the afternoon. His Mom and Dad are Kate Middleton and Prince William. George
was born in a hospital in London, England. A lot of journalists and photographers
were there. But my family wasn’t interested in Prince George. They were
interested in me – Mom and Dad’s little prince!

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1. Cooper is a boy. X

2. He was born in June. X

3. Cooper’s father wasn’t at the hospital for his birth X

4. Cooper and George were born at the same time. X

5. Cooper’s grandparents were visitors at the hospital. X

6. A lot of people were interested in Kate and William’s baby X

2 Match the year with the event

1. The first man on the moon 2. The world’s first photograph 3. The
London Olympics
4. Parties for the new millennium 5. The first world cup 6. The
world’s first color movie

a.1862 _2__ b.1902_6__ c.1930_5__ d.1969__1_ e.2000__4_ f.2012__3_

3 Listen and circle the years you hear.

1. 2005/2009 2. 1989/1999 3.1918/198 4. 2003/2013 5.1896/1986
6.2018/2008
 GRAMMAR CHART
BE Past Simple

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I /He /She /It _____was_______ happy. __was____ I, he, she , it happy?

You /we /they ____were___ in the hospital. Yes, I / he / she / it ____was_______

No, I / he /she /it ___wasn’t________

NEGATIVE

I /He /She /It _______wasn’t___ happy. ___were___ you / we /they in the hospital?

You /we /they ____weren’t_______ in the Yes, you / we / they ______were_____

hospital.
No, you/ we /they ____weren’t_________

4 Where were these people at 3 o´clock yesterday afternoon?

1. Gary was in bed

4. Mr. And Mrs. Hall were had dinner__________________________
2. Jack and Kate_were watchef a movie ____________________
5. ____________________________
3. Sue _______________________________ 6. And you? ____________________

5 Write was/were or wasn’t/weren´t.

1. We weren’t happy with the hotel. Our room _______ very small and it
________clean.
2. __________ Kate and Billy at the party? Kate ____________, but Billy ___________
3. You __________ at home last night, where___________ you?
4. We _________ very tired after traveling 10 hours by plane.

Michel Platini Zinedine Zidane

Born in Joeuf (France) in 1955. Born in Marseille (France) in 1972.
Soccer teams: Nancy (France), Soccer teams: Cannes (France), Bordeaux (France)
Saint-Etienne (France), Juventus (Italy) Juventus (Italy), Real Madrid (Spain)
 6 Read the information in the chart. Complete the questions and write
short answers.
1 ______Zidane born in Marseille?_______ 3
______Platini and Zidane born in France? _______ 2
______Platini born in 1955?__________ 4. ______Zidane born in 1975?
__________
7 Complete the table with in, at or on

Home /work /party /the doctor’s / Vacation /a train / a bus / A restaurant /bed / the shower
the gym the beach /class

Lesson 2: When I was young

1 Match the words with the photos

a)concert_4_ b) movie_2_ c) music festival_6_ d) party_7_

e) radio show_1_ f) soccer game_3_ g) tv show_5_ h)
wedding_8_
2 Listen to four conversations. Where are the people?
1. They are at ____________ 3.They are at _____________
2. They are at ____________ 4. They are at _____________

3 Complete the chart with the words form the box.

FESTIVAL SHOW GAME Baseball book musical

Basketball TV soccer
Food art reallity

4 Listen and complete the conversation

 GREG: Hi, Richie. How was your _____________?
RICHIE: Oh, hi Greg. Great, thanks. I was a _________ at our neighbor’s house on
Friday night. It was great. We were there until _________ in the morning.
GREG: Where there a lot of people at the party?
RICHIE: Yeah, there were about __________ people.
GREG: Nice. And was there some good __________?
RICHIE: Oh, yeah. My ___________, Harry, can really cook. There wasn’t any music
that night, there was a fantastic __________ in town.
GREG: Really? Nice. Lucky you!
RICHIE: Yeah. There were ________ singers. They were all really good. And what
about you? Was your weekend OK?
GRAMMAR CHART
THERE WAS/WERE

AFFIRMATIVE INTERROGATIVE

______________ a party. ______________ a party?

______________ a lot of people. Yes, ______________

No, _______________

NEGATIVE

______________ a party. ______________ a lot of people?

______________ a lot of people. Yes, ______________

No, _______________

5 Complete the conversation with the correct form of there was/were.

1 A: How many people ______________ at the wedding?

B: _______________ about 200.

2 A: You’re late, ____________ a problem with the car?

B: No, _______________, but ____________ a lot of traffic.

3 A: ______________ any good singers at the festival?

B: Yes, _______________ . Adele was my favorite.

4 A: ______________ a great soccer game on TV last night between Brazil and

China?
B: Really? How many goals _______________?.
C: Four!

6 write about an event you were at. Include the following

information.
 ⮚ Type of the event,

⮚ Where was it? When was it?

⮚ How many people were there?

⮚ Food and drinks

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