Unit 2 WHERE TO VISIT? Vocabulary — Places 1 Work in groups. Look at some of Maria’s photos of the city she visited. Label the photos (1-10) with the words in the box. museum church cinema mosque postoffice bus station factory _ stadium Grammar — Past simple positive 2 Read the text. Where is Sam? Hi guys! I’m in a capital city in Europe. We got there two days ago. In the morning, we explored the castle. Then we had lunch on Princes Street, which is a busy shopping street. My sister stopped at a clothes shop and she didn’t want to leave but I was really bored. Then we went to the National Museum of Scotland. I enjoyed the Ancient Egypt room as we studied this in history 3. Underline the regular past simple verbs and circle the irregular past simple verbs in the text in Exercise 2. 4 ©@exam candidates often make mistakes with past simple verbs. Find and correct it 1. IpavedS150 for my camera.(paid) 2. All my friends enjoied themselves at the castle. 3. We danced, ate, played and singed at my party. 4. We visitted many beautiful places in Paris 5. The bus stoped near my house. 6. The trousers for my school trip costed $70. 5 Complete the conversation with the past simple positive form of the verbs in the brackets. John: Hi Emmy, I (1) ...saw... (see) your photo in the library. It’s fantastic Emmy: Thanks, John, I (2) ......... (take) it on New Year's Eve, when 1 (3) ......... (go) into town with my. family. John: What time (4) ......... (be) it? Emmy: It was just after midnight. The fireworks (5) sessseree (be) beautiful, so I (6) .......+. (decide) to take lots of photos. John: How many photos (7) ......... (you/take)? Emmy: Hundreds! But most of them (8) be) very good. Jobn:(9) competition? Emmy: Yes, I was. I (10) good enough to win a prize (not (be/you) surprised when you won the think) it was not WPart 2 Grammar — Past simple negati 1 Look at the example sentences and answer the questions. Levi Strauss wasn't born in the USA. He was born in Germany. They didn't build their factory in New York. They built it in San Francisco. 1. What's the past simple negative form of “be” 2. How do we make the past simple negative form of most other verbs? 2 Look at the notice for the school trip. Then complete Callum’s email with the past simple negative form of these verbs. travel have be make be go get School Trip Terry's Biscuit Factory 16" March Bring lunch From: Callum oo OE eu ro) boring at all. It (2) on the 16thMarch, it was on the 20th March. We (3) SCO oais Cees Eyre) ome 9 train and we (5) oy Pee korn Ly some bread, so | (6) ea Seem nny the supermarket. We (7) cr eos ma Cred eka Cans Crt 3 Look at the exam tasks below and choose the correct words. 1 There are five/ six sentences and an example in this part, 2 The sentences are about a school trip/ football match, 3 You need to write your own answer/ choose the best answer for each space. Exam tip Ty the three words in each space before you choose the best one, Remember to look for words that often go together. 4 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences. 1 Why don’t you have/ do/ make a rest if you're tired? 2 We often do/ go/ spend on school trips to museums 3 My friends spent/ had/ did three hours reading comics in the library. 4.Can I make/ do/ take a photo inside the castle? 5 Our class did/ had/ took a brilliant time at the baseball stadium 6 The whole trip to the museum did/ spent/ took five hours. EXAM TASK Read the sentences about a school trip to the National Football Museum. Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space. 0 Last week we on a school trip to the National Football Museum, Awere B travelled ent 1 It .......two hours to get there but the journey wasn’t boring, A took B spent C passed 2 We saw different .... of clothes, balls and cups. Akinds Blots C ways 3 The .... part of the museum was the video games. A favourite Bexcellent Chest 4 We played a football match on the computer and I won first Aplace Bprize C price 5 Weall ...... a brilliant time Adid Bhad C made 2Vocabulary ~ Days & dates WIN A TRIP TO YOUR I CITY! JUST ANSWER * 1, When were the Olympics first held A. 1908 B. 1948 ‘When did the Apple Store sell its first ‘April 2009 _B. April 2010 Vhen n did th fist online bookshop stat selling department store frst take the lit? 7 B. Saturday 23" March, 1857 ©. Monday 23" March, 1857 1 Work in pairs. Answer the competition questions. 2 Check your answers on the bottom of this page. Which pair(s) of students have got the most correct answer? 3. Work in pairs. Take turns to say the dates. March 31” Wednesday 5" July 1998 Tuesday 3" Grammar ~ Past simple questions 4 Look at the questions in Exercise 1 and answer these questions. 1 How do we form past simple questions with “be”? (look at question 1) 2 How do we form past simple questions with most other verbs? (look at questions 2-5) s@Exam candidates often make mistakes with past simple questions. Correct one mistake in each question. 1 Which places you-went to last week? (did you go) 2 Who you bought your clothes with? 3 [like your watch. How much it cost? 4 Have you take photos last weekend? 5 What presents do you get on your last birthday? 6 Where you stay last holiday? Te UNA Aten aes 20" August, 2007 February, 2013 Grammar ~ ago 6 Complete the sentences with a number. What word do we use to fell us when something happened? 1 Customers first used a lift in a department store . centuries ago. 2 The first online bookshop started selling books nearly ... years ago. 3 The Apple Store sold its first iPad almost ~ months ago. 7 Write six sentences about when you did s. visit a museum go shopping in a department store play sport in a sports centre see a film in the cinema I visited a museum with my family three weeks ago. Sa ae: Ord Galaaa Cama Re EhPart § 1 Work in pairs. Look at these places from the exam task and answer the questions. 1 What part of the world is the exam task about? 2 The Chinese Theater is a cinema. What are the other places? If you don’t know the answer, gues 2 Look at the exam task. What kinds of words do you think you will hear in each space? Date: 5" March, 7" June, etc. 3 ® srrack 05 Listen to Selena talking about her tip to Hollywood, California, and complete the answers. Exam tip 1 When was Selena’s birthday? April You often have to complete the | 2 When did Selena arrive in Hollywood)... morning information with a day or a date | 3 What day did Selena go to Staples Center? ......... in this part. Make sure you write | 4 When did Selena return? days ago the correct ane EXAM TASK ® ‘track 06 You wil hear some information about a four for young people. Listen and complete each question. HOLLYWOOD TOUR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Tove Hollywood ().. Place to meet: at (2). Hollywood Boulevard Type of food for lunch: (3). Stadium tour includes: a (4) match Cost for children: ©)... 4 Work in pairs. Find some 5 Work in small groups. Ask and answer your information about a place (or competition questions. places) in your town, Then write three competition questions. 1 Where was the library before 2008? A Near the museum B Near the police station C Near the bank 1. Where was the library before 2008? A. Near the museum B. Near the police station Wasitnear Yes, it was. the bank? Y aoe 4D WRITING Part 9 Exam tip ¥ Remember to give all three pieces of information Y Always write between 25 and 35 words. You will lose marks if you write less or a lot more. Y Don't forget to start and end your message propery. 1 Put these phrases under the correct heading. Hi, John Love, Diane Write soon See yousoon Hello Sam Best wishes, Marco Dear Chloe Bye for now, Toni Start of message End of message 2 Read the exam question and Jane’s letter below. Does she answer all of Alan’s questions? Does she start and end her letter correctly? Read a letter from your English friend, Alan, T'm glad you're back from Paris. Who did you go with? Did you like it? What was the city like? Write an email to Alan and answer the questions. Write 25-35 words. EXAM TASK 3 Write a message to Alan, Write 25-35 words. 4 Read your exam task again. If you can answer “yes” to these questions, it is probably a good answer. 1 Do you open and close your email with expressions like Hi! and Bye for now? 2 Do you include all three pieces of information? 3 Do you use some of the words and expressions from the unit? 15E SPEAKING Part1 My family’s year 10 April Last weekend we had a brillant time in Singapore. On Saturday morning, we visited the Science Centre, which is a science museum, and then in the aftemoon we went shopping on Orchard Street, the main shopping street. | bought some clothes trom Tangs Department Store and my dad got a new camera, which takes great photos. After «@ very long day, we were all in bed at 9.00 ibm. On Sunday, we explored the Bc Pain Singapore Grammar ~ Time expressions: in/at/on 1 Work in pairs. Read Tanya’s blog above and answer the questions. 1 Where did she go last weekend? 2 What did she do? 2. Look at Tanya’s blog again and complete the rules with in, af or on. 1 We use . with days of the week and special days (e.g. my birthday) 2 We use .......... with parts of the day (e.g. the morning, the afternoon, etc.), month and years 3 We use With times, the weekend and night. 4 We do not use in, at, or on before last or next (e.g, last weekend) 3 Write questions about the things your partner did this week. Use this table to help you or use your own ideas, What_|did [do [at [6pm yesterday? Where | you [eat | in_| the evening? When 0 [on | Tuesday? What did you do in the evening? 4 Oreack 07 Listen to two exam candidates. Do they both answer the questions well? Why? Why not? Exam tip Remember to answer questions about yesterday, last night, etc. with the past you did the ‘simple. If you say when 3 activity use in, at or on correctly. 5 Work in pairs. Read the examiner’s questions and improve the boy's answers. Examiner: What did you do yesterday after school? Boy: (Go library, do homework) (1) 1 went to the library at five o'clock and I did my homework. Examiner: What did you have for dinner? Boy: (Pasta.) (2) Examiner: What time did you go to bed? Boy (In ten o’clock) (3) Examiner: Thank you Exam task Student A, you are the examiner. Ask three of your questions from Exercise 3. Student B, you are the candidate. Answer A’s questions. Remember to use the past simple and to use in, at or on correctly. 16