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Unit 7

Remember when…
Overview
Grammar: Vocabulary:
Past Simple (2) Prepositions
• Questions and negatives • in July / at night / on Saturday
• Time expressions Adverbs
• quickly / sadly / seriously
Reading:
Listening:
Hedy Lamarr and
The good old days
Rosalind Franklin
• A grandson asks his
• The story of two
grandfather about his life
forgotten female firsts
Speaking:
• Talking about you Writing
• Talking about your life Telling a story
• What do you think? • Using time expressions
• Telling a story
Everyday English
• Special occasions
Wordlist
Here is a list of useful or new words from Headway Elementary
Student's Book.
adj = adjective
conj = conjunction
det = determiner
excl = exclamation
phr v = phrasal verb
phr = phrase
pron = pronoun
adv = adverb
n = noun
pl = plural
prep = preposition
v = verb
Wordlist
English Part of Phonetics Example sentence
speech
accident n /ˈæksɪd(ə)nt/ I saw a car accident yesterday.
acquaintance n /əˈkweɪntəns/ I wouldn't call her a friend – just an old
acquaintance.
acting n /ˈæktɪŋ/ If you love acting so much, you should
start drama school.
appear v /əˈpɪə/ When did the first Superman comic
appear?
assistant n /əˈsɪst(ə)nt/ Rosalind Franklin worked as an
assistant to scientist Maurice Wilkins.
Austrian adj /ˈɒstriən/ Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian actress.
burglar n /ˈbɜːɡlə/ There's a burglar in the house. Quick,
call the police!
butcher n /ˈbʊtʃə/ My uncle is a butcher and sells many
types of meat.
calmly adv /ˈkɑːmli/ ‘I'll call the police’, he said calmly.
cancer n /ˈkænsə/ She had cancer, but she's completely
recovered.
Wordlist
English Part of Phonetics Example sentence
speech
card (ie. n /kɑːd/ Did you get any cards for your
greetings card) birthday?
carefully adv /ˈkeəf(ə)li/ I listened carefully to the doctor's
instructions.
Christmas Day n /ˌkrɪsməs deɪ/ I used to love Christmas Day when I
was a kid.
cleaner n /ˈkliːnə/ My dad works as an office cleaner.
come down (ie. phr v /kʌm ˈdaʊn/ When did the Berlin Wall come down?
the Berlin Wall)
comic (ie. n /ˈkɒmɪk/ Superman is my favourite comic.
magazine)
congratulations n pl /kənˌɡrætʃʊ Congratulations on your new job!
ˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
Czechoslovakian adj /ˌtʃɛkə(ʊ)slə Hedy Lamarr started her acting career
ˈvakɪən/ in Czechoslovakian cinema.
dangerous adj /ˈdeɪndʒərəs/ Radioactivity can be very dangerous.
Wordlist
English Part of Phonetics Example sentence
speech
discover v /dɪˈskʌvə/ When did Alexander Fleming discover
penicillin?
Easter Day n /ˈiːstə/ We're ready for the chocolate egg
hunt on Easter Day.
embassy n /ˈembəsi/ I lost my passport in Rome so I had to
go to the British embassy.
fast food n /fɑːst ˈfuːd/ Many restaurants serve fast food
these days.
female adj /ˈfiːmeɪl/ Marie Curie is probably the most
famous female scientist of all time.
flu n /fluː/ Thousands of people die of flu every
year.
fortunately adv /ˈfɔːtʃənətli/ Fortunately, Helen's a good driver.
Greece n /ɡriːs/ We are going to Greece on holiday this
summer.
Greek adj /ɡriːk/ I can't speak Greek.
Wordlist
English Part of Phonetics Example sentence
speech
housework n /ˈhaʊswɜːk/ Women did all the housework in the
old days.
immediately adv /ɪˈmiːdiətli/ When I saw the accident, I called the
police immediately.
inventor n /ɪnˈventə/ Hedy Lamarr was an actress and an
inventor.
jigsaw n /ˈdʒɪɡsɔː/ My kids love doing jigsaw puzzles.
jumper n /ˈdʒʌmpə/ The jumpers I bought were very
cheap.
laboratory n /ləˈbɒrət(ə)ri/ Rosalind Franklin worked in a
laboratory in Paris.
land v /lænd/ When did man first land on the moon?
male adj /meɪl/ In the old days, there were more male
than female scientists.
New Year’s Eve n /ˌnjuː jɪəz ˈiːv/ I often go to a party after dinner on
New Year's Eve.
Wordlist
English Part of Phonetics Example sentence
speech
noise n /nɔɪz/ I woke up when I heard a noise
downstairs.
pocket money n /ˈpɒkɪt ˌmʌni/ My parents give me little pocket
money.
Polish adj /ˈpəʊlɪʃ/ Marie Curie was born in Poland, so she
was Polish.
prize n /praɪz/ Rosalind Franklin never won a prize for
her work.
quickly adv /ˈkwɪkli/ We need to finish quickly, so hurry up!
research n /rɪˈsɜːtʃ/ Marie Curie did research at the
Sorbonne in Paris.
role n /rəʊl/ She played a great role in her latest
movie.
run away phr v /ˌrʌn əˈweɪ/ Hedy Lamarr had to run away to
escape from her husband.
sadly adv /ˈsædli/ I went on a climbing holiday. Sadly, I
broke my leg.
Wordlist
English Part of Phonetics Example sentence
speech
scary adj /ˈskeəri/ You look very scary in that costume.
Senegal n /ˌsenɪˈɡɔːl/ I taught in a school in Senegal for a
year.
seriously adv /ˈsɪəriəsli/ Why don't you take me seriously?
silently adv /ˈsaɪləntli/ Go upstairs silently, your mum is
asleep.
straight after adv /ˈstreɪt ˌɑːftə/ I finished university and started to
work straight after it.
structure n /ˈstrʌktʃə/ Franklin was the first to show DNA's
structure in a photo.
suddenly adv /ˈsʌd(ə)nli/ I was on my way to work when I
suddenly realised it was Saturday!
Sweden n /ˈswiːd(ə)n/ The Nobel Prize ceremony takes place
in Sweden every year.
umbrella n /ʌmˈbrelə/ Take your umbrella in case it rains.
unfortunately adv /ʌnˈfɔːtʃ(ə)nətli/ I went to see him. Unfortunately, he
wasn't there.
Wordlist
English Part of Phonetics Example sentence
speech
wave n /weɪv/ A radio wave is a low-energy
electromagnetic wave.
wedding n /ˈwedɪŋ/ Congratulations on your wedding!
Grammar
Past simple (2) – questions and negatives

Past Simple form


be was – were
do did
discover discover
start started
land landed
sell sold
die died
appear appeared
cost cost
come came
Grammar
Past simple (2) – questions and negatives
1. Work in groups. Do the history quiz. Discuss your answers with the
class.

Quiz 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10


Grammar
Past simple (2) – questions and negatives
2. Listen and check your answers. Which group won the quiz? What
other information did you learn? Did anything surprise you?

Script
Grammar
Past simple (2) – questions and negatives
2. Listen and check your answers. Which group won the quiz? What
other information did you learn? Did anything surprise you?

Script
Grammar
Past simple (2) – questions and negatives
2. Listen and check your answers. Which group won the quiz? What
other information did you learn? Did anything surprise you?

Script
Grammar
Past simple (2) – questions and negatives
2. Listen and check your answers. Which group won the quiz? What
other information did you learn? Did anything surprise you?

Script
Grammar
Past simple (2) – questions and negatives
2. Listen and check your answers. Which group won the quiz? What
other information did you learn? Did anything surprise you?

Script
The good old days?
1. Listen to Billy talking to his grandad, Roger, about when Roger
was young. Tick () the things they talk about.

Script

• programmes on TV 
• sport
• pocket money 
• holidays 
• housework 
• comics 
• school
Cultural Note

Roger mentions getting sixpence


pocket money. Sixpence was a
small silver coloured coin, first
made in 1920 and used before
decimalization in the UK in 1970.
At that time it was worth two
and a half p and would probably
be equivalent to around 70p
today.
The good old days?
2. Listen again and complete Billy’s questions.

Script

1. Did you have television?


2. How many TV channels were there?
3. So __________
what time did programmes begin?
4. How much pocket money _______
_____ did you get?
5. _____
What sort of comics _____
did you ______
buy ?
6. So __________ go on holiday?
where did you _____
7. __________
How did you ______
get there?
8. __________you
Why did always _______
go to the same place?

Listen and check. With a partner, ask


and answer the questions.
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mới vào sách, làm trước vào trước.
3. 1/3 workbook u7, check key: đúng tick, sai
sửa, ko biết làm ghi key bút đỏ.
4. 2/3 wordlist u7, chép từ nghĩa, ví dụ, tự đặt ví
dụ.
5. Quay video: cô gửi video, chép phụ đề, quay
clip đọc phụ đề, hạn nộp video cuối mỗi unit
6. Nộp vào zalo nộp bài và link drive trên cms
The good old days?
3. Imagine what Roger said about these things.

In those days …
• we / not / have mobile phones
In those days we didn’t have mobile phones.
• children / not / play video games
In those days, children didn’t play video games.
• people / not / buy things with credit cards
In those days, people didn’t buy things with credit cards.
• we / not / shop online
In those days, we didn’t shop online.
• restaurants / not / serve fast food
In those days, restaurants didn’t serve fast food.
Grammar Spot
1. Write the Past Simple form

Present Simple Past Simple


l want to go. I wanted to go.
He likes it. He liked it.
Do you watch TV?
Where does she work? Did you watch TV?
Where did she work?
I don’t eat sweets.
They don’t go out much. I didn’t eat sweets.
They didn’t go out much.
Grammar Spot
2. Complete the time expressions.

1. Henry Ford sold the first Model-T Ford _______


in 1908.
2. I was born ______
on April 28, 1991.
3. This lesson began _______
at nine o’clock.
4. Billy saw Roger two days _______.
go
Grammar Reference
7.1 Past simple
For the forms of the Past Simple, see Unit 6.
He discovered penicillin in 1928.
Man landed on the moon in 1969.
The Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

Questions
When did it happen?
How long ago did people start using the Internet?
How much pocket money did you get?

But:
How many people died in the war?
How many programmes were there?
Grammar Reference
7.2 Time expressions
in / at / on
in the twentieth century / 1924 / the 1990s winter / summer /
the evening / the morning / September
on 10th October / Christmas Day / Saturday / Sunday evening
at seven o’clock I weekends I night

ago
ten years / two
I went there weeks / a month ago.
Practice
1. Match a question word in A with a line in B and an answer in C.
Practice
Listen and check. Practise the questions and answers with a partner.

Answers
Practice – Roger’s life

2. Work with a partner.


You have different
information about
Roger’s life. Ask and
answer the questions.
Practice – Roger’s life
2. You and your partner have different information about Roger Denton’s life.
Take turns to ask and answer questions to find out the missing information to
complete your text.
Student A Student B
Practice – Roger’s life
Student A

3. butcher 9. joined the army


5. Catford 11. 1976
7. New Cross 13. maths
Practice – Roger’s life
Student B

4. cleaner 10. in a shop


6. small, old 12. Germany
8. 16 14. two
Practice – Talking about you
3. Write the correct preposition. in at on

______
at eleven o’ clock
______
at night
______
in the evening
______
on Saturday
______
on Sunday morning
______
at the weekend
______
in 2018
______
in July
______
on August 24th
______
in the summer
______
in the 20th century
Practice – Talking about you
4. Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions with When...? Use a
time expression and/or ago in your answer.
When did...?
• you go to bed last night
• you get up today
• you leave the house
• arrive at school/work
• you start learning English
• this class start
• you last go on holiday
• your parents get married 5. Tell the class about your day
• you last check your phone up to now.
• you last have a coffee break
I got up at seven o’clock and had
breakfast.
Listening and pronunciation
6. Listen and tick () the sentence you hear.

1 a Where did you want to go?


b Why did you want to go?
2 a I don’t go to college.
b I didn’t go to college.
3 a Where is he?
b Where was he?
4 a Do you like it?
b Did you like it?
5 a Why did she come?
b Why didn’t she come?
6 a They were here.
b They weren’t here.
Speaking - Talking about your life
1. Work with a partner. Owen is talking to Nicole at a party. Look at
Owen’s questions and the notes in Nicole’s answers. What did Nicole
say?
Speaking - Talking about your life
1 2
Owen You aren’t English, are you Nicole? Where are you from?
Nicole No / French. / born / Toulouse.
Owen Is that where you grew up?
Nicole Yes / lived / parents / brother / house near the university. /
father worked/university
Owen Oh, how interesting! What did he do? Was he a teacher?
Nicole Yes / professor / music.
Owen Really! What does he play?
Nicole brilliant pianist.
Owen How wonderful! And what about your mother? What’s her job?
Nicole retired / but / doctor. / worked /hospital
Owen So did you go to school in Toulouse?
Nicole Yes / catholic high school. I / ten years. Then / university
Speaking - Talking about your life
1 2

Owen What did you study?


English and Education / Paris, and then / studied / one year /
Nicole London.
Owen Ah! That’s why your English is so good! And did you start work
straight after that?
Nicole No / travelled / Africa / few months, then / taught / school in
Senegal.
Owen That sounds great! And what’s your job now?
Nicole teach / high school / Paris. / English and French.
Owen I’m sure you’re a brilliant teacher!
Nicole Anyway, what/you?
Speaking - Talking about your life
1 2 1. What did Nicole say?

Owen You aren’t English, are you Nicole? Where are you from?
Owen
Nicole What did you/study?
No / French. born / Toulouse.
Owen English and Education
Is that where you grew/ up?
Paris, and then / studied / one year /
Nicole
Nicole London.
Yes / lived / parents / brother / house near the university. /
Owen Ah! That’s
father why your English is so good! And did you start work
worked/university
Owen straight
Oh, howafter that? What did he do? Was he a teacher?
interesting!
Nicole
Nicole No
Yes // travelled
professor//Africa
music./ few months, then / taught / school in
Owen Senegal.
Really! What does he play?
Owen
Nicole That sounds
brilliant great! And what’s your job now?
pianist.
Nicole
Owen teach / high school
How wonderful! And/ Paris.
what /about
English and
your French.What’s her job?
mother?
Owen
Nicole I’m sure/ you’re
retired a brilliant
but / doctor. teacher!
/ worked /hospital
Nicole
Owen Anyway,
So did you what/you?
go to school in Toulouse?
Nicole Yes / catholic high school. I / ten years. Then / university
Speaking - Talking about your life
1. Listen and compare. 1 2

Owen You aren’t English, are you Nicole? Where are you from?
Owen
Nicole What did you/study?
No / French. born / Toulouse.
Owen English and Education
Is that where you grew/ up?
Paris, and then / studied / one year /
Nicole
Nicole London.
Yes / lived / parents / brother / house near the university. /
Owen Ah! That’s
father why your English is so good! And did you start work
worked/university
Owen straight
Oh, howafter that? What did he do? Was he a teacher?
interesting!
Nicole
Nicole No
Yes // travelled
professor//Africa
music./ few months, then / taught / school in
Owen Senegal.
Really! What does he play?
Owen
Nicole That sounds
brilliant great! And what’s your job now?
pianist.
Nicole
Owen teach / high school
How wonderful! And/ Paris.
what /about
English and
your French.What’s her job?
mother?
Owen
Nicole I’m sure/ you’re
retired a brilliant
but / doctor. teacher!
/ worked /hospital
Nicole
Owen Anyway,
So did you what/you?
go to school in Toulouse?
Nicole Yes / catholic high school. I / ten years. Then / university
Speaking - Talking about your life
1. Listen and compare.
Owen You aren’t English, are you Nicole? Where are you from?
Nicole No,
No /I’m French.
French. I was
/ born born in Toulouse.
/ Toulouse.
Owen Is that where you grew up?
Nicole Yes.
Yes /I lived
lived/with my parents
parents / brotherand my brother
/ house in a
near the house near
university. / the
university there. My father worked at the university.
father worked/university
Owen Oh, how interesting! What did he do? Was he a teacher?
Nicole Yes,
Yes /he was a professor
professor / music. of music.
Owen Really! What does he play?
Nicole He’s a brilliant
brilliant pianist.pianist.
Owen How wonderful! And what about your mother? What’s her job?
Nicole She’s
retiredretired
/ but /now, but/she
doctor. was /hospital
worked a doctor. She worked in the
hospital.
Speaking - Talking about your life
1. Listen and compare.
Owen So did you go to school in Toulouse?
Nicole Yes,
Yes /I catholic
went to high
a catholic
school.high
I / ten
school.
years.I was
Thenthere
/ university
for ten years.
Then I went to university.
Owen What did you study?
Nicole IEnglish
studiedandEnglish
Education
and Education
/ Paris, and in then
Paris,/ and
studied
then/ one
I studied
year /for
London.
one year in London.
Owen Ah! That’s why your English is so good! And did you start work
straight after that?
Nicole No,
No /I travelled
travelled/around
Africa /Africa
few months,
for a fewthen
months,
/ taught
then/ school
I taught
in in
Senegal.
a school in Senegal.
Owen That sounds great! And what’s your job now?
Nicole Iteach
teach/ in
high
a high
school
school
/ Paris.
in Paris.
/ English
I teach
and English
French.and French.
Owen I’m sure you’re a brilliant teacher!
Nicole Anyway
Anyway, what/you?
... what about you?
Speaking - Talking about your life
2. Practise the conversation with a partner. Swap roles and practise
again. 1 2
Owen So did you go to school in Toulouse?
Nicole
Owen Yes, aren’t
You I wentEnglish,
to a catholic high
are you school.Where
Nicole? I was there
are youforfrom?
ten years. Then I
Nicole wentI’m
No, toFrench.
university.
I was born in Toulouse.
Owen What
Is thatdid you you
where study?
grew up?
Nicole I studied
Yes. I livedEnglish
with myandparents
Education
and in
myParis, andin
brother then I studied
a house nearfor
theone
year in London.
university there. My father worked at the university.
Owen Ah! That’s
Oh, why your English
how interesting! What didis so
hegood! Andhe
do? Was dida you start work straight
teacher?
Nicole afterhe
Yes, that?
was a professor of music.
Nicole
Owen No, I travelled
Really! What doesaround Africa for a few months, then I taught in a
he play?
Nicole school
He’s in Senegal.
a brilliant pianist.
Owen That sounds
How wonderful! great! And
And what’s
what aboutyour jobmother?
your now? What’s her job?
Nicole I teachretired
She’s in a high
now,school in Paris.
but she was aI doctor.
teach English and French.
She worked in the hospital.
Owen I’m sure you’re a brilliant teacher!
Nicole Anyway ... what about you?
Speaking - Talking about your life
3. Make some notes about your own life story.

4. Work in groups. Tell the group your life story. Ask and answer
questions.

Where did you...? Did you enjoy university?


How long...? What did you study?
Did you...? How long did you stay there?
Who did you...? Who did you meet?
Reading
Hedy Lamarr and Rosalind Franklin
• The story of two forgotten female firsts
Reading and speaking
Hedy Lamarr and Rosalind Franklin

1. Work as a class. How


many inventors can you
think of in two
minutes? How many of
them are male? How
many female inventors
did you think of?
Reading and speaking
Hedy Lamarr and Rosalind Franklin
2. Look at the photos of Hedy Lamarr and Rosalind Franklin, and
read the quotes and headings. Why do you think these women were
important?
Reading and speaking
Hedy Lamarr and Rosalind Franklin
3. Work in two groups. Answer the questions.
(Click the button Group A: Read about Hedy Lamarr
to read)
Group B: Read about Rosalind Franklin
1. Where and when was she born?
2. What did she enjoy doing as a child?
3. Why didn’t she get all her qualifications?
4. What was her first work?
5. What was her problem in life?
6. What did she like to do in her free time?
7. What was she the first person to do?
8. Who didn’t take her seriously?
9. When did she die?
10. What did Google do on her birthday?
Reading and speaking
Hedy Lamarr and Rosalind Franklin
3. Answers. Hedy Lamarr HL’s Paragraph

Rosalind Franklin RF’s Paragraph


Hedy Lammar
Rosalind Franklin
1. In Vienna
London in in 1914.
1920.
2. Taking
Maths.music boxes to pieces.
3. She
Onlyloved
men received
acting and degrees
left school.
in 1938.
4. Acting
Taking in
X-ray
Czechoslovakian
photos of chemicals
films. to find out more about their
5. She
structure.
got bored with film roles.
5. She
6. Working
invented
withthings.
male scientists — they often didn’t take female
7. She
scientists
was theseriously.
first person to think of sending bits of information on
6. different
Walking in radio
the waves,
mountains.
and then putting them together when they
7. arrived.
She was the first person to show DNA’s structure in a photograph.
8. The
MaleUSscientists.
navy.
9. 2000.
1958.
10. Google told her story in one of their’their ’doodles’.
doodles’
Cultural Note
Both of these texts end with ‘Google told her story in one
of their ”doodles”. A Google Doodle is when the logo on
the Google home page is altered temporarily to celebrate
an important event, a special day, or to recognize a famous
person. Over 9,000 Google Doodles of famous people have
been designed.
Reading and speaking
Hedy Lamarr and Rosalind Franklin

4. Find a partner from the other group. Ask the questions in 3 and
swap your answers.
HL’s Paragraph RF’s Paragraph

What is similar and what is different about the lives of the two
women?
Reading and speaking
Hedy Lamarr and Rosalind Franklin
5. Match the verbs with the words for each person. Use them to tell
your partner about the person.
1. Hedy Lamarr left school early and started
drama school.
2. She ran away from her husband to Paris.
3. She got bored with film roles that were
just about being beautiful.
4. The US Navy didn’t take her idea seriously.

5. Rosalind Franklin did maths exercises in


her free time because she loved it.
6. She took photographs of DNA.
7. She didn’t win a prize.
8. Google told her story in one of their
doodles.
Reading and speaking
Hedy Lamarr and Rosalind Franklin
What do you think?
• Who do you think had the most difficult life, Hedy Lamarr or
Rosalind Franklin? Why?
• Why do you think there were more male inventors and scientists
than female in the past?
• Is it still true today? Why/Why not?
• Are there more famous male writers and artists than female
ones? Why/Why not?

Tips:
Giving opinions: /think...
Showing interest: Really?! That’s interesting.
Agreeing: /think so, too./l agree with you.
Disagreeing: /don’t agree.
Cultural Note
Some examples of female inventors:
Stephanie Kwolek 1923—2014, chemist, invented Kevlar,
which is the material used in bulletproof vests.

Dr Grace Murray Hopper 1906—1992, computer scientist,


invented COBOL computer programming language.

Mary Andersen 1866—1953, invented the windscreen


wiper blade.

Josephine Cochrane 1839—1914, invented the first


automatic dishwasher.
Vocabulary and Listening - Adverbs
1. Look at these sentences. The words in bold are adverbs. What do
adverbs do?

• She quickly became a successful actress.


• Sadly, the US Navy didn’t take her seriously.
• She worked very hard.
• Franklin’s work went well.

Adverbs describe verbs.


Grammar Spot
1. Regular adverbs end in -ly.

quickly slowly carefully


quietly badly easily

2. There are some common irregular adverbs.

go well work hard


drive fast get up early/late
Grammar Reference
7.3 Adverbs

Adjectives describe nouns


a big dog a careful driver

Adjectives describe verbs


She ran quickly. He drove too fast.
Grammar Reference
7.3 Adverbs
To form regular adverbs, add –
ly to the adjective. Words
ending in -y change to -ily. Some adverbs are irregular.

Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb


quick quickly good well
slow slowly hard hard
bad badly early early
careful carefully fast fast
real really
immediate immediately
easy easily
Vocabulary and Listening - Adverbs
2. Are the words in italics adjectives or adverbs?

1 a You’re a bad boy! adjective


b I slept badly last night. adverb
2 a We’ll need to work quickly. adverb
b Pat’s a quick learner. adjective
3 a It’s a hard life sometimes. adjective
b I work hard and I play hard. Both are adverb
Vocabulary and Listening - Adverbs
3. Match the verbs with the adverbs. There is often more than one
possible answer.

Verbs Adverbs
speak English hard • speak English well / fluently
walk easily • walk fast / carefully
drive late
win fast • drive fast / carefully
arrive well • win easily
sing carefully • arrive late
work fluently • sing well
• work hard / late / fast /
carefully
Vocabulary and Listening - Adverbs
4. Put the word in brackets into the correct place in the sentence.
Sometimes more than one place is possible.
1. We had aa holiday
terriblein
holiday in (terrible)
Greece. Greece. (adjective)

2. IUnfortunately I lost(unfortunately)
lost my passport. my passport. / I lost my passport,
unfortunately. (adverb)
3. I went
immediately went to
to the British the British
Embassy. Embassy. / I went to
(immediately)
the British Embassy immediately. Immediately, I went
to the British Embassy. (adverb)
4. It was
was aa drive
long drive
because because the traffic
the traffic was(long)
was bad. bad.
(adjective)
5. Fortunately, Helen’s aadriver.
Fortunately, Helen’s good driver.
(good)(adjective)
6. She speaks Greek.
Greek well.
(well)(adverb)
Vocabulary and Listening –
Telling a story
5. Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

1. It started to rain. Fortunately, I had an umbrella.


2. I was shopping in the city centre with Elaine.
Unfortunately, ...
3. I left my bag on the bus. Luckily, ...
4. We went on a skiing holiday. Sadly, ...
5. The email was from a stranger, asking for my bank
details. Obviously, ...
6. I was on the bus to work. Suddenly, ...
7. I saw the accident happen. Immediately, ...
8. I woke up when I heard a noise downstairs. Slowly, I ...
Vocabulary and Listening –
Telling a story
6. Look at the picture and listen to the man. What did he hear in the
middle of the night?
Script

How do you think the man feels? Why?

middle of the night = late at night

He heard a noise / He heard two


men talking.
Vocabulary and Listening –
Telling a story
7. Listen again. Number the adverbs in the order that you hear them.

4 carefully
7 obviously Script
1 suddenly
10 calmly
3 slowly
6 immediately
9 quickly
5 quietly
2 silently
8 fortunately 8. Work with a partner. Take turns to tell the
story. Use the adverbs to help.
Vocabulary and Listening –
Talking about you
9. Choose some adverbs from the box and use them to tell your
partner about you or people you know.

I eat quickly.
My sister sings well.
I can ...

slowly well easily late quickly


hard carefully early quickly badly
Everyday English – Special Occasions
1. Look at the list of days. Which are special days? Match them to
the photos.
birthday
F yesterday Easter Day Christmas
E Day C
Mother’sBDay today HalloweenG Monday
New Year’s Eve
H Valentine’s Day A Friday
wedding dayD tomorrow
Everyday English – Special Occasions

2. Which special days do you celebrate in your country? What do


you do on these days?

make a cake wear special clothes


give cards and presents have a party
sing a special song have a special meal
have fireworks go out with friends
Everyday English – Special Occasions
3. Complete the lines. What are the occasions?
1-2 3-4 5-7
5
3
1 CI Happy
It’s
Mummy!
midnight!
_________
Daddy! Happy
Wake
to _____
you.
up! _____
It’s ______________!
, everyone!
J/K/L
D _________________________
Mmm.
Happy _________
What time is toit...?
you.Mmm six o’clock ...
C Should
Yes,
Happy it’s_________
old
morning!
acquaintance
Look
, dearatJoseph.
be
theforgot
present... Father __________
6 M Wake
left
Happyforup,
_________
me!Mummy!toHappy you. ________________!
2 NEA Thank
Oh,
Did you
that’s
you,
getlovely!
darling!
any cards?
Merry
Oh, what
__________
beautiful , darling!
flowers! And
4 F&GB chocolates!
Trick
Yes, I or
did.
treat!
Listen
And to
a cup
thisof
... tea!! Well, aren’t I lucky!
MH And we
Wow,
Roses what
aremade
red,
fantastic
you
violets
a card!
_____________
are blue. costumes! You two
N Oh, that’s
look
You are
verymyscary!
wonderful!
___________, Aren’t you clever children!
7 OF Congratulations!
Have
And I you
lovegotyou.anyIt’s
sweets
greattonews!
give us?
H
PA Thank
Of
Wow!course
Do
you!you
I have.
We’re
know
Here
both
whoyou
very
it’sare,
happy!
from?
two chocolates each.
OB So when’s
I’m not sure. theI know
___________
who I want day? it to be from!
P May the 5th. You’ll get an invitation!
Everyday English – Special Occasions
Listen and check.
1-2 3-4 5-7
5
3
1 CI Mummy!
It’s
Happy
midnight!
_________
Daddy! Happy
Wake
to_____
you.
up! _____
It’s ______________!
, everyone!
J/K/L
D _________________________
Mmm.
Happy What_________
time istoit...?
you.Mmm six o’clock ...
C Should
Yes,
Happyit’s old
_________
morning!
acquaintance
Look
, dear
at bethe
Joseph.
forgot
present
... Father __________
6 M Wake
left
Happy
forup,
me!
_________
Mummy! to Happy
you. ________________!
2 NEA Thank
Oh,
Did that’s
youyou,
get
lovely!
darling!
any cards?
Merry
Oh, what
__________
beautiful, darling!
flowers! And
4 F&GB chocolates!
Trick
Yes, Iordid.
treat!
Listen
And atocup thisof...tea!! Well, aren’t I lucky!
MH And
Wow,
Roseswe what
are
made
red,
fantastic
you
violets
a card!
_____________
are blue. costumes! You two
N Oh,
look
Youthat’s
are
verymyscary!
wonderful!
___________,Aren’t you clever children!
7 OF Congratulations!
Have
And Iyoulovegotyou.anyIt’s
sweets
greattonews!give us?
H
PA Thank
Of
Wow!
course
you!
Do Iyou
have.
We’re
know
Here
both
whoyou
very it’s
are,
happy!
from?
two chocolates each.
OB So
I’mwhen’s
not sure.theI___________
know who I want day?it to be from!
P May the 5th. You’ll get an invitation!
Everyday English – Special Occasions
Listen and check. Work with a partner. Learn some of the
conversations by heart.
1 birthday to you.
Happy _________
Happy _________
birthday to you.
Happy _________
birthday , dear Joseph.
birthday to you.
Happy _________
2 A Did you get any cards?
B Yes, I did. Listen to this ...
Roses are red, violets are blue.
You are my ___________,
Valentine
And I love you.
A Wow! Do you know who it’s from?
B I’m not sure. I know who I want it to be from!
Everyday English – Special Occasions
Listen and check. Work with a partner. Learn some of the
conversations by heart.
3 Christmas
C Mummy! Daddy! Wake up! It’s ______________!
D Mmm. What time is it...? Mmm six o’clock ...
C Yes, it’s morning! Look at the present Father __________
Christmas
left for me!
Christmas , darling!
E Oh, that’s lovely! Merry __________
4 F&G Trick or treat!
H Wow, what fantastic _____________
Halloween costumes! You two
look very scary!
F Have you got any sweets to give us?
H Of course I have. Here you are, two chocolates each.
Everyday English – Special Occasions
Listen and check. Work with a partner. Learn some of the
conversations by heart.
5 New Year everyone!
I It’s midnight! Happy __________,
J/K/L _________________________
Happy New Year
Should old acquaintance be forgot ...
6 M Wake up, Mummy! Happy ________________!
Mother’s Day
N Thank you, darling! Oh, what beautiful flowers! And
chocolates! And a cup of tea!! Well, aren’t I lucky!
M And we made you a card!
N Oh, that’s wonderful! Aren’t you clever children!
7 O Congratulations! It’s great news!
P Thank you! We’re both very happy!
O So when’s the ___________
wedding day?
P May the 5th. You’ll get an invitation!
Writing – Using time expressions
1. Work with a
partner. Do you
know anything about
Marie Curie? Look at
the pictures and
share what you
know.

What do you
know about her?
Writing – Using time expressions X

2. Read these lines about Marie Curie. Match them with the pictures.
Pictures

a. Marie drove trucks with X-ray machines to the soldiers on the


front line 6
b. women couldn’t go to university in Poland 1
c. people didn’t understand then that radioactivity was
dangerous 7
d. Marie could only sit and listen to his talk 4
e. and the first and only woman to receive two, in different
sciences 5
f. They married in 1895 2
g. they discovered two new elements 3
Writing – Using time expressions
3. Read the story of Marie Curie. Complete the gaps with the correct
line (a – g) from exercise 2.
X
a. Marie drove trucks with X-ray machines to the soldiers Ex2 onLines
the
front line
b. women
Intro couldn’t
Early life goNobelto university
successin Poland Another prize Final years
c. people didn’t understand then that radioactivity was
Final years
Another
Nobel prize
success
dangerous
Curie’s
Early work made the use of X-rays possible, and during the First
life
Pierre
d. Marie
Marie died
Curie inwas
and could
Mariea road
only
a accident
sit and
worked
Polish in April
listen
together
scientist to
onhis
who 1906.
the talkOne
new
worked month
science
in France.oflater,
As a Marie
World
She was War,
born (6)_____.
Maria A few yearsinlater,
Skoldowska, Marie
Warsaw, onbegan to have
November 7,years
1867.of
became the
‘radioactivity’
woman, first
e. and it was(adifficultwoman
and
word only to
which
for teach
woman
her Marie
to at
get the
the Sorbonne.
toinvented).
receive two,
education After
in she
Between five
different
1898
wanted, and but
problems
She was a with
very her health.
bright child,Then,
but atthe doctors
that time, discovered
(1)_______. that
In she
1891, had
she
teaching
she
1902, and
sciences
became doing
the
(3)_________, mostresearch,
famous
polonium she received
female a
scientist
and radium.she second
of
They all Nobel
time.
received Prize,
the for
Nobel
leukaemia.
went to It was
Paris to from
study all the at
physics radioactivity
the Sorbonne received
University. inShe
hermet
work,
Chemistry,
f.
PrizeThey in
married
for Physics 1911. inMarie
1895
in 1903. Atwas the
first, thefirst woman
prize to receive a Nobel
was for Pierre only, but he
but (7)_____.
Pierre Curie Finally,
there, a two she died
Professor on July 4, 1934.
of Physics. ________(2).
Prize,
g. (5)_______.
they discovered new elements
asked that Marie receive it, too. Pierre gave their presentation when
they received the prize in Sweden – (4)_________.
Writing – Using time expressions

Ex2 Lines
X
a. Marie drove trucks with X-ray machines to the soldiers on the
front
Marie linewas a Polish scientist who worked in France. As a
Curie
b. women
woman, couldn’t
it was gofor
difficult to university
her to get in
thePoland
education she wanted, but
c. people
she becamedidn’t understand
the most famous then that
female radioactivity
scientist was
of all time.
dangerous
Early life could only sit and listen to his talk
d. Marie
She was the
e. and bornfirst
Maria
andSkoldowska,
only womanintoWarsaw, on November
receive two, in different7, 1867.
She sciences
was a very bright child, but at that time, (1)_______. b In 1891, she
went to Paris
f. They to study
married physics at the Sorbonne University. She met
in 1895
Pierre
g. they Curie there, a two
discovered Professor of Physics. ________(2).
new elements f
Writing – Using time expressions

Ex2 Lines
X
a. Marie drove trucks with X-ray machines to the soldiers on the
front line
b. women
Nobel couldn’t go to university in Poland
success
c. people
Pierre didn’tworked
and Marie understand then on
together that
theradioactivity
new sciencewasof
dangerous(a word which Marie invented). Between 1898 and
‘radioactivity’
d. Marie
1902, could
g only polonium
(3)_________, sit and listen
andtoradium.
his talkThey received the Nobel
e. and
Prize forthe first in
Physics and onlyAt
1903. woman to receive
first, the prize wastwo,
forinPierre
different
only, but he
sciences
asked that Marie receive it, too. Pierre gave their presentation when
f. They
they married
received the in 1895
prize in Sweden – (4)_________.
d
g. they discovered two new elements
Writing – Using time expressions

Ex2 Lines
X
a. Marie drove trucks with X-ray machines to the soldiers on the
front line
b. women
Another couldn’t go to university in Poland
prize
c. people
Pierre died didn’t understand
in a road accident inthen that
April radioactivity
1906. One month waslater, Marie
dangerous
became the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne. After five years of
d. Marieand
teaching could onlyresearch,
doing sit and listen to his talk
she received a second Nobel Prize, for
e. and theinfirst
Chemistry, andMarie
1911. only woman
was theto receive
first woman two,
to in different
receive a Nobel
sciences
Prize, (5)_______.
e
f. They married in 1895
g. they discovered two new elements
Writing – Using time expressions

Ex2 Lines
X
a. Marie drove trucks with X-ray machines to the soldiers on the
front line
b. women couldn’t go to university in Poland
Final years didn’t understand then that radioactivity was
c. people
Curie’s work made the use of X-rays possible, and during the First
dangerous
World War,could
d. Marie (6)_____.
a sit
only A few
and years
listen later,
to hisMarie
talk began to have
problems
e. and thewith
firsther
andhealth. Then, the
only woman doctors two,
to receive discovered that she had
in different
leukaemia.
sciencesIt was from all the radioactivity she received in her work,
but
f. They cmarried
(7)_____. Finally,
in she died on July 4, 1934.
1895
 
g. they discovered two new elements
Writing – Using time expressions
4. What do the highlighted time expressions in the story refer to?

• on November 7, 1867 when Marie Curie was born


• at that time when women couldn’t go to university in Poland
• in 1981 when she went to Paris to study physics
• Between 1898 and when Marie and Pierre discovered two new elements –
1902 polonium and radium
• At first when the Nobel Prize was only awarded to Pierre
• One month later when Marie become the first woman to teach at
Sorbonne
• After five years when she received her second Nobel prize
• during the First World Marie drove trucks with X-ray machines to the soldiers
War on the front line
• A few years later when Marie started to have problems with her health
• Then when the doctors discovered it was leukaemia
• Finally when she died (in 1934)
Writing – Using time expressions

5. Work with a
partner. Use the
pictures to tell the
story of Marie Curie
in your own words.
Writing
PROJECT

Research and make notes on a historical character from


your country. Write the story, using time expressions.
• give an introduction
• give information about his/her early life.
• give facts about the important things he/she did
• talk about his/her final years

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