SPEAKING 71 Find out where people were in the past 7.2 Talk about the past BIBI cota ret LISTENING 71 Listen to people talk about New Year 2000 7.3 Listen to people give ASWIEES Sos opinions 7.4 Watch a BEC programme about the Chilean miners ee Senne! ae oe LeRoi i aw , a c= WRITING 71 Improveyour punctuation 7.4 Write a history quizWHERE WERE YOU? LISTENING L.A Workin pairs and look at the photo. What time of ‘year is it? What do you usually do at ths time of year? B )7.1 Listen to people talk about New Year 2000. Match the speakers with the places. Speaker 1 ee hie Speaker 2 at home Speaker 3 at work, ‘Speaker 4 in hospital Speakers on a beach € Listen again, Who talks about a) family? 1d) music? g) money? b) friends? e) a sunrise? fh) hospital? ©) fireworks? 1) aparty? 1 CTT PAST SIMPLE: WAS/WERE 2 A Underline the correct alternative in these sentences about New Year 2000. 11 am/was at home. There is/was a family party 2 We are/were in Miami 3 We aren't/weren't alone. 4 Was/Were the party for me? B Complete the tables with was, wasn't, were or weren't. WHe/Shet | () _was ahane Q___|atwork You/We/They | (+) tired. 0 Was he here? you in class? ves, he No, he we a 3A D)72 Listen to the sentences and mark the stress, 1 Iwas at home. 4 They were here 2 We were tired. 5 He wasn't well, 3 Shewasatwork 6 Youwerentt in class B WEAK AND STRONG FORMS: was/were Listen again to the pronunciation of was /waz/, were /wa/, wasn't /woznt/ and weren't /ws:nt/. Which are weak (unstressed)? Which are strong (stressed)? Listen again and repeat. [> page 130 LANGUAGEBANK (Cee (> ee eee? rare te Paaverars Tenens 4A Underline the correct alternatives. 1. Where was/were you last New Year? Was/Were you alone or with friends? 2. Was/Were you and your friends at a concert last New Year? 3. Was/Were there a party on your last birthday? Where was/were it? Was/Were your fiends at the party? 4 What was/iwere the last public holiday in your country? Where was/were you? Who was/were there? B Complete the answers to questions 1-4 above. Use was, wasn't, were or weren't. a)|_was_ ona mountain in Slovakia. alone - there twenty friends with me. b) No, we We at a party on a boat ‘on the Amazon River. ©) Yes, there but it a big party because my fla’s very small 4) Our last public holiday __ Thanksgiving. We at my brother's house. My parents there because they onholiday in Jamaica. € Work in pairs and take turns. Ask and answer questions 1-4 from Exercise 4A. ‘A: Where were you at New Year? B: [was in Lima, Peru ‘A: Were you alone? B: No, | wasnt. was at a party with people from work What about you? speakout TIP Three questions are very useful to help you to have a good conversation: What about you? How about you? And ‘you? Wirite these questions in your phrasebookVOCABULARY DATES 5 A Number the months in order. September, June February, March December October January _1 july August May November Anvil 13. Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. C Work in pairs and take turns, Student A: say a month. Student B: say the next month, A: May B: June G A Write the numbers. 1 fifth Sth 7 thirty-first 2 second _ 2nd 8 eighth 3 ninth 9 first 4 twentieth 10 twenty-second 5 fourth 11 fifteenth 6 third 12 twelfth B [)74 Listen and number the dates in the order you hear them. 15th October __ sth August 1st December 1 21st September 16th April 25th March € Listen again and repeat the dates. the first of December ? A Work in pairs, Write three important dates in your life or in your country, Student A: say the dates. Student B: write the dates down, B Ask each other about the dates. B: Why is the nineteenth of March important? A: Its my birthday. [>page 145 PHOTOBANK vAl 8 A itis Monday at 9a.m. Number the past time phrases in order. a) last Friday b) last month ©) yesterday evening 1 d) this time last year ) on Saturday afternoon B Work in pairs and take turns. Ask about the times in Exercise 8A. A: Where were you last Friday? B: Iwas at home, WRITING PUNCTUATION REVIEW 9A Match 1-5 with punctuation marks a)-e). 1 comma 2 fall stop 3 exclamation mark 4 question mark 5 capital letter B Read the email. Where's Jane? Where's Paola? Hi paola !__ How ere you"___I'mfine and 'min ***** with matt? We're on holiday here*_ Yesterday we were at the opening of the olympic games *__ Was it on television initaly® twas great’ There was dancing '__ singing and fantastic fireworks? Here’s a photo Write soon Best wishes jane C Complete 1-12 in the email with punctuation marks. Then change six letters to capital letters. 10 A Write an email from a special place and a special time. Write three things about the place but don't write the name of the place. B Work in groups and read other students’ emails, Guess the place.72 VOCABULARY ACTIONS 1A B75 Listen and write the number next to the action you hear stop arrive start 1 travel walk ae wy play tennis talk move home wait B Workin pairs. Student A: act or draw one of the verbs. Student B: say the verb 2 A Lookat the photos. Where are the people and/or the places? B Read the text and write the headings in the correct place. Nonstop tennis match Woman walks for eleven years Man talks Fr si days Grandmother sails round world C Read the article again and write the names. 1 She moved twenty-four times. Fyona Campbell She tried it three times, People listened to him. He played tennis with Daniel. She didnt stop. He waited, They were very happy but tired. B She was in Africa. D Read the article again and correct the mistakes in the notes below. talking: 159 Hours, 2¢ ulnates, sa seconds salling: 295 days playing tennts: 52 Kours, th minutes, g seconds walking: $2,000 metres RECORD BREAKERS ahs regular verb ndings 1 Arvind Mishra of Dehradun, India talked about scientitc mputations far 159 hours, fo! minutes ancl fit sconds from ist to 6th March, 2014. One audience me sald, ' listened for thirteen hours and waited for the e but Professor Misha didnt stop! After six days Mishra finally stopped, and now he has the world record! TINY PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR VERBS 3A Read the article again and find the past form of the verbs below. 1 startstarted 4 play Tt 10 finish 2 talk 5 wait 8 stop 11 want 3 arrive 6 move 9 travel 12 ask B Complete the table. B| To make the past simple with regular verbs: B spelling examples started most verbs add played verbs ending in-e | add verbsendingin | change to consonant +-y verbsendingin [double thefinal stooped consonant + vowel | letter, then add + consonant © Look at the sentences and complete the rule. Professor Mishna didn't stop! They didn't answer our question. | Use + verb to make the negative of the past simple.3 Carlo Santelli and Daniel Burns played tennis for thirty-eight hours, two minutes and nine seconds ‘on 1oth May 2010 in Clifton, New Jersey, USA. We asked them about the winner but they didn't ‘answer our question. Winning wasn't important to them. They only wanted to break the world record, Flyona Campbell travelled around the world in eleven years The amazing thing is that she walked almost all the 52,000 kilometres. In Alrica, she started in Cape Town in 1991 and arrived in Tangiers in 1993, Why did she walk so much? Wel, maybe it was because of her chiihood: she maved home twenty-four times before she was sixteen! 6 A Make six true sentences about yourself, the 44 B)76 -ed ENDINGS Listen to the pronunciation ‘of the verbs and write them in the correct place. 1 talked ial eee teacher and a friend in the past. jd started 1 The teacher B D)7T Listen and check. Then listen again ! and repeat. ; ive D> page 130 LANGUAGEBANK watch (TV/a film) stay 5 A Complete the sentences with the past form of + talk the verbs in brackets. walk ex 1 He (lve) here when he was a boy, but then he (move) to the countryside nis {foctoolVennksa) 2 We (wait) for hours, but the bus alone (not artive). 4+ eh) ny fami 3. My friend (cook) dinner last night and (with/to) me (with/to} Ireally Cike) it. i 4 Lusually drive, but yesterday | (walk) because they (close) the road. n 5 The teacher (ask) me a question, but I (not understand), (watch) a very sad film last night and (cry) the whole time. B Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: close your book. Student B: read the first part of the sentences in Exercise 5A. Stop after the word in bold, Student A: try to remember the end of the sentence. B: He lived here when he was a boy, but A: then he moved to the countryside. 6! H * Write the name of a friend or student here. B Change three of your sentences so that they are false. Work in groups and take turns. Student A: read one of your sentences. Other students: say ifit's true or false ‘A: Simon texted Lena yesterday. B: False. ‘A: That's right. He did't text Lena, He texted me.HOW WAS IT? FUNCTION ASKING FOR AND GIVING OPINIONS L.A Workin pairs. Look at the pictures and discuss the questions. Where are the people? How do they feel? B B)78 Listen to three conversations. Are the conversations about a film (F), a party (P) or a restaurant meal (R)? Write the letter. 2 2 3 C Listen again, Match phrases 1-6 with a)-f). 1 I's fantastic, a) steak 2 twas very good. b) chicken 3 Wsterrible. 9) Warren's party 4 twas boring. d) ice cream 5 It wasn't very good. @) film 6 Delicious, ) Adam’ party 2 A D)79 Put the words in order to make questions and opinions. Then listen and check. 1 Az was / your/ How / steak? How was your steak? B: Delicious / right. /just 2 A: your/ was / chicken? / How i good. / It / very / wasn't :: cream? / ice / the / of / What / think / you /do 5 Fantastic 5/1 4 party? / was / the / How B: boring. /It/ was B: 3A: B: B Underline two or three stressed words in each question or phrase above. € Listen and check. Then listen again and repeat. D Workin pairs and practise the conversations. [>page 130 LANGUAGEBANK pe @ intonation eee VOCABULARY ADJECTIVES 3A Write the adjectives in the correct group. allright terrible fantastic great delicious not very good boring interesting awful not bad + = +/- fantastic terrible alright B Work in pairs and answer the questions about the adjectives above. 1. Which four adjectives mean very good (VG)? 2 Which three adjectives mean very bad (VB)? 3 Which adjective is only for food (F)? fantastic VG € B)7.10 Listen and underline the stress in the adjectives. Then listen and repeat. allright Work in pairs and look at photos A-C. Describe the food, the party and the film. A | think the food is 4 A Write the name of a person, place or thing for each adjective in Exercise 3A. fontastic-Daniel Craig. boring - golf ail ight ~ my town B Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: say a person, place or thing on your lst. Student B: guess Student As adjective A: Golf 8: Great? A: No. 8: Boxing? A: Yes. think golfis really boring. What about you? D> page 145 PHOTOBANKLEARN TO SHOW FEELINGS 5 A B)7A1 Listen to the questions and opinions ‘again. Does speaker B feel positive (4) or negative (-)? 1 2 3 4 B INTONATION Listen again. Is speaker B's voice high (H) or tow (L)? speakout TIP When you give an opinion, use high intonation for a positive feeling (Beautiful) and flat or low intonation for a negative feeling (Terrible!) 2 oa Beautifull Terrible! Workin pairs and take turns. Ask and answer ‘questions using the words below. Use high or low intonation in your answers. How was, the film? great the concert? fantastic the party? delicious your party? not very good the food? terrible your weekend? awful very nice boring ‘A: How was your holiday? B: It wasn't very good. 6 A Add words to make a conversation. Student A Where / you /last night? Student 8 1/g0 /to the Adele concert. Lv How / it? ‘Ny It/ fantastic! | /love/ it. “ How / be / Adele? u She / be / great. “ Yes, she / be / very good. N ‘And you? Where / be / you? ie 1/ go /to the cinema / to see (name of film) How / be “ It/OK but (name of actor/actress) / be / great ‘A: Where were you last night? B: I went* to the Adele concert “went = the past of go BB Workin pairs and take turns. Role-play the conversation C Work with other students. Change the conversations to talk about a restaurant, a party, a class, a different film, or a different concert. ‘A: Where were you last night? was at the new Chinese restaurant. A: Ob, how was it? ? Work with other students. Ask and answer about last weekend. ‘A: Where were you last weekend? B: Iwas at my brother's house.) THE CHILEAN MINERS aun Work in pairs and match the words in the box Watch the DVD, Was the last man out of the mine with pictures A-H, an ill miner, the oldest miner or the boss? ‘adrillA aminer atunnel amicrophone Complete sentences 1-6 with words from the anote underground the surface _an accident box below. Then watch the DVD again to check your answers, seven days worked families travelled rescue 1 Thirty-three miners were underground, __seven, hundred metres underground, 2 The miners to keep healthy and positive, 3 The miners’ watched and waited. 4 The tunnel was finished. The started. 5 One by one the miners to the surface. 6 Aitersixty-nine___, the miners were free. Work in pairs and look at the sentences. What does the underlined word in each sentence refer to? Then watch the DVD again or read the script and check your ideas. k Read the programme information about the 1 They listened to microphones. Chilean miners’ rescue and complete the summary. 2 [twas from the miners 3. We are well in the shelter. 4 The world watched with them The Chilean - 5 Itwaseighteen minutes Mineihbestae le was the boss. In 2010 there was an accident at a mine near Copiapé, Chile. Thirty-three miners were E underground at the time. Were they dead or me alive? For seventeen days, their families and friends waited. Then, on Day 17, anote arrived from the mine: it was from the men. They were |) OK. Workers drilled down to the miners for ‘many weeks. People around the wortd watched |) and waited. Finally after sixty-nine days, one | _byone, the miners travelled to the surface ‘They were free! Watch their story on tonight’s Newsround, In_2010 miners were underground for ays at a mine in Chile. For the first days, no one knew they were alive.LL out doa quiz Work in pairs. Put the news events on the timeline. a) Nelson Mandela died b) The Japanese tsunami ©) Google started 4) The first man on the moon Saar EEEEEnEPeTIaE? 19691975 1987 1996-2007 2011 2013, [B)7:22) Listen to two people doing the task and check your answers Listen again and tick the key phrases you hear. PHRASES ese tsunami] was [first/next Yes, | agree don’t know/1'm not su le was [before/after] the Japanese Which date? femember it we Let's check thi We were [right/wrong] about [three answers Google. Work in groups. Do the quiz on page 151. Use the key phrases to help. back a history quiz Read and answer three questions from a quiz. When were the first modern Olympic Games? a) 296 b) 1896 ©) 1996 Which US president’s father was also president? a) George Washington b) George W. Bush ©) Barack Obama Why was Evita famous? a) she was a politician b) she was a pop star ©) she was a sportswoman What was Picasso's first name? a) Pueblo b)Pierte¢) Pablo ‘See answers atthe bottom of the page. Work in pairs and write three more questions about famous people, places and events. For each question, write three answers, one true and two false. Use the questions in Exercise 4A and the prompts below to help. When was/were ...?Who was/were ..? Where was/were ... ?What was/were ... ? Which (king, queen, president, country, etc) was Work with a new partner and take turns, Ask and answer your questions. Use the key phrases to help.75 (( LOOKBACK CZs L.A Write the questions for 1-8. Find someone who ... 1 was very happy yesterday. Were you very happy yesterday? 2 was tired this morning, 3. wasiin the town/city centre at the weekend. 4 was here in the last class, 5 wasin a café before class. 6 was ona train at eight otc lock this morning. 7 was late for something yesterday. 8 wos ill yesterday. B Workin groups and ask the questions. If student says yes, write his/her name. ‘A: Were you very happy yesterday? B: Yes, Iwas. It was my birthday. Py 2 A Write today’s date, B write the dates for the time phrases below. 1 yesterday 2 last year 3 last month 4 last Saturday 5 last Tuesday 6 last night C Work in pairs. Student A: say a time phrase from Exercise 2B. Student B: say the date. D Write a different date and repeat Exercise 2C. Wednesday, 11th March 20lyear} A: Yesterday. B: Tuesday 10th March 20lyear] ‘A: Last year, B: 2olyear) Oar 3 A Put the letters in the correct order to make actions. Start with the underlined letter. 1 twiawait 6 vertal 2 ktla 7 rats 3 yt 8 klaw, 4 veriar 9 vemo hemo 5 psot 10 yalp senti B Complete the sentences with one of the actions above. 1 We move home every year. 2 Inever late for lessons. 3 My day at 6am 4 The teacher sometimes t00 fast. 5 Sometimes! to work, sometimes | drive. 6 Lusually by carin the city, 7 Nalways new food in restaurants, 8 Inever ‘when someone is late for a meeting, 9 Idon't often but! watch matches on TV, 20 | often and look at my watch, C Workin pairs. Which of the sentences in Exercise 38 are true for you? Change the other sentences to make them true. SAUNAS 4 -A Change the verbs to the past form, 1 watch ed_a film on a plane 2 wait___fora bus 3 phone someone 4 ask___a question on the internet 5 play__withachild 6 study English grammar 7 stop___ someone on the street 8 try__ something new B Workin pairs. Ask and answer questions with the phrases above. Start your question: When was the last time you .. ‘A: When was the last time you watched a film on a plane? B: Last year. | was on a plane from Madi to Berlin. The film was Sr sani3 5 A Add the vowels to the adjectives. _ilr_ght retaty ceed won th d B Work in pairs and make short conversations. Use the adjectives above and words in the box. thefilm the food thematch the concert the lesson A: The concert was terrible! B: Yes, it was awful. Pay Maan te) 6 A Put the sentences in order to, make a conversation. B: Because the food was terrible. ‘And how was the film? B: He's not bad B: It wasn't very good. 2 A: Yes, | think he's all right too. ‘Why not? \: It was great, really good. Hey, what do you think of our new manager? Hi, Pete, how was the restaurant last night? 1 B Work in pairs and practise the conversation.