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What kind of stories do you like?

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1 Read about the travers murder and

look at the photos of the victim and the
suspects.
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2 Read the story.

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3 Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the F sentences.

a) Somebody killed Jeremy between 11.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m.

b) The inspector questioned Amanda in the living room.

c) Jeremy went to bed before Amanda.

d) Amanda and Jeremy slept in the same room.

e) Somebody opened and closed Amanda’s door.

f) Amanda got up at 7.00.

g) Amanda didn’t love Jeremy.

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4 The inspector questions Barbara, Gordon, and Claudia. Listen and write the information in the chart.

Amanda Barbara Gordon Claudia

What did he / she do
She went for a walk.
after dinner?
What time did he /
11.45.
she go to bed?
Did he / she hear Jeremy’s door opened
anything? and closed.
Did he / she have a
She hated him.
motive?

5 Compare your chart with your partner. Who do you think was the murderer: Amanda, Barbara, Gordon, of
Claudia? Why?

6 Now listen to what happened. Who was the murderer? Why did he / she kill Mr. Travers? Were you right?
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7 Go back to the text. Look at the highlighted irregular verbs in the story. What are the infinitives?
1) was: be

8 Find eight past simple affirmative regular verbs in the story. Put them in the infinitive form.
arrived: arrive

9 Write the past simple form affirmative and negative for the verbs from the previous exercises.
be: was / were – wasn’t / weren’t
arrive: arrived – didn’t arrive
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10 Complete the chart below with the missing words and with examples from the previous exercises.

Past Simple
We use the Past Simple to talk about completed events that happened in the past.
Verb to be Other verbs
(no auxiliary verb) (auxiliary verb: ________)

Affirmative sentences: Affirmative sentences:

Subject + was / ________ Subject + verb in the past simple
He was a tall man with a big moustache.
Negative sentences:
Negative sentences: Subject + ________ + verb in the base form
Subject + ________ / weren’t
Interrogative sentences:
Interrogative sentences: Did + subject + verb in the ________ form
Yes/No questions:
Was / Were + ________ Wh- questions:
Question word + ________ + subject + verb in the base form
Wh- questions:
Question word + was / were + subject
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11 Read this police report. Are the bold phrases right or wrong? Correct the wrong phrases.

POLICE REPORT
Bank robbery

On the evening of 1st March, (a) we arrived at the bank at 9.36 p.m. and (b) we park the police car outside. The bank
was closed and (c) all the lights was off. (d) When we look through the window, (e) we saw a man inside the bank. At
first, (f) we didn’t saw who it was, but then (g) he open the door. (h) It is Steven Potter. (i) He didn’t run to his car,
he walked, and then (j) he drived away. The next day, (k) we go to this house at 6.00 a.m. (l) He didn’t wanted to
speak to us, (m) so we took him to the police station for questioning.

(a) Right.
(b) Wrong: “we parked the police car outside”
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12 Complete the conversation between the inspector (I) and Steven Potter (SP) with the correct form of the verbs
in brackets.
I: Where __________ (be) you at about 9.30 yesterday evening?
SP: I __________ (be) at the cinema. The film __________ (start) at 9.00.
I: What film __________ you __________ (see)?
SP: I can’t remember. It __________ (not/be) very good.
I: Hmm. Very interesting. And who __________ you __________ (go) to the cinema with?
SP: I __________ (go) with my girlfriend.
I: __________ she __________ (like) the film?
SP: Yes, she __________ (think) it was very good.
I: What time __________ the film __________ (finish)?
SP: At about 10.30.
I: And what __________ you __________ (do) after you __________ (leave) the cinema?
SP: We __________ (go) to a restaurant – Mamma Mia on the High Street.
I: Mamma Mia? I know it. What time __________ you __________ (leave)?
SP: At about 12.00.
I: That’s very late. __________ you __________ (go) home after that?
SP: No, we __________ (go) to a nightclub – Flanagan’s. Then we __________ (go) home.
I: How? __________ you __________ (get) a taxi?
SP: No, we __________ (take) the bus.
I: And what time __________ you __________ (go) to bed?
SP: At about 4.00 a.m.