Unit 8: A Date to Remember

• Past Simple 2: Negative, ago.

• Spelling and silent letter.

• Special occasion.
Starter: Don’t Cry Joni

Listen to the song “ Don’t cry

Joni” by Conway Twitty & Joni
Lee, and find the verbs in the
simple past tense
What is the Past Simple of these verbs?

eat ate make made

drink drank ride rode

drive drove take took

fly flew watch watched

listen to listened to wear worn
Match the verbs with the photos
watch
drink
make
drive
listen to
eat
take
fly
ride
wear
Past Simple negative - ago
Work in groups of 4 or 5, ask and
answer questions about the things in
the photos.
Eg. Did people drive cars a hundred
years ago?
Yes, I think they did.
Or: I’m not so sure.
Or: No, they didn’t.
Tell the class the things you
think people did and didn’t do.

Eg. We think drove cars a

hundred years ago, but they
didn’t watch TV.
 Getting information
Work in pairs. Student A go to p149.
Student B go to p150. Ask and
answer questions about when the
things in the photos were invented.
Eg. When were cars invented?
In 1893.
That’s over 100 years ago.
Grammar Spot: The Past Simple forms
Write the Simple Past forms.
Present Simple Past Simple
I live in London. I lived in London.

He lives in London. He lived in London.

Do you live in London? Did you live in London.

I don’t live in London. I didn’t live in London.

He doesn’t live in He didn’t live in London.

London.
Complete these sentences:

ten
The year 2000 was _______ years ago.

26
The year 1984 was _______ years ago.
Practice: Time expressions
Make the correct time expressions.

at seven o’clock _____

_____ in the morning
on Saturday
_____ on
_____ Sunday evening

at night
_____ in
_____ September

in
_____ 2002 at weekends
_____

in
_____ summer _____
in the 19th century
Work in pairs: Ask and answer
questions with When…? Use a time
expression and ago in the answer.
Eg.
When did you get
up?

At 7 o’clock, three
hours ago.
When did…?
• you get up
• you have breakfast
• you arrive at school
• you start learning English
• you start at this school
• this term start
• you last use a computer
• you learn to ride a bicycle
• you parents get married
• you last have coffee break
 STORY TELLING
- Work in groups of 3 or 4
- Watch the movie about Emma
Watson
- Write a story about her last
weekend
 Story telling
Tell the class about your day so far.

Begin like this.

Eg. I got up at seven o’clock and had

breakfast. I left the house at 7.30.

 Practice: Three inventions
What are these things?

the windscreen wiper the bicycle

 T 8.1
Listen and correct the dates in the text.

Eg.
Daguerre didn’t start his
experiments in the 1920s. He
started them in the 1820s.
 The photograph
Louis Daguerre from France

Louis Daguerre was a painter for the

French opera. But he wanted to make a

new type of picture. He started his

experiments in the 1820s

1920s. Twelve years

later, he invented the photograph.

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He sold his ideas to the French

government in 1839
1935 and the government

gave it to the world. Daguerre the first

photographs ‘daguerreotypes’. They

became popular very fast. By 1850

1940,

there were 70 daguerreotype studios in

New York City.

T 8.1.2
The windscreen wiper

Mary Anderson from the USA

Mary Anderson often visited New York City

by car. In winter she noticed that when it

rained or snowed, driver got out of their car

all the time to clean their windows.

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 1903 she began designing something to
In 1893

clean the windows from inside the car.

People, especially men, laughed at her

ideas for long. She invented the

windscreen wiper in 1925.

1905 And by 1960
1916

all American cars had them.

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The bicycle

Kirkpatrick Macmillan from Scotland

Long ago in 1540,

1490 Leonardo da Vinci drew

a design for the modern bicycle. But the

first person to make a bicycle was

Kirkpatrick Macmillan in 1839

1789.

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He lived in Scotland, so people didn’t hear

about his invention for a long time. Twenty

years later, another bike came from

France. In 1895
1825 the bike became cheap

and everyone could have one. Now people,

especially women, could travel to the next

town. It help them find someone to marry.

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Work in pairs: Make these sentences
negative. Then give the correct answer.
1. Daguerre invented the bicycle.
2. Daguerre gave his idea to the French
government.
3. Mary Anderson lived in New York City.
4. All cars had windscreen wipers by 1916.
5. Leonardo da Vinci made the first bicycle.
6. Kirkpatrick Macmillan came from France.
Work in pairs: Make these sentences
negative. Then give the correct answer.

1. Daguerre invented the bicycle.

He didn’t invent the bicycle.
He invented the photograph.
2. Daguerre gave his idea to the French
government.
He didn’t give his idea to the French
government. He sold it to them.

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3. Mary Anderson lived in New York City.

She didn’t live in New York City.

She often visited New York City.

4. All cars had windscreen wipers by 1916.

All cars didn’t have windscreen wipers by

1916. Only American cars had them.

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5. Leonardo da Vinci made the first bicycle.

Leonardo da Vinci didn’t make the first

bicycle.

Kirkpatrick Macmillan made it.

6. Kirkpatrick Macmillan came from France.

He didn’t come from France.

He came from Scotland.

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 Did you know that?
Read and listen to the conversations. Then

listen and repeat.

A. Did you know that Marco Polo bought

spaghetti back from China?

B. Really? He didn’t. That’s incredible!

A. Well, it’s true.

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 Did you know that?

Read and listen to the conversations. Then

listen and repeat.

C. Did you know that Napoleon was afraid

of cat?

D. He wasn’t! I don’t believe it.

C. Well it’s true

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 Pair work
Make similar conversations.

Student A: Go to p149.

Student B: Go to p 151.
 Listening and Speaking
Put the sentences in the correct order.
5 They got married.

2 They went out for a year.

3 They fell in love.

6 They had two children.

1 Jack and Jill met at a party.

4 They got engaged.

7 They got divorced.
Look at the photos and read the instructions.
What do you think happened next?
 Listen and answer questions
about Carly and Ned, and Eric and Lori.
1. When did both couples meet?
2. What did Carly think of Ned?
3. What did Ned’s girlfriend think of Carly? Why?
4. Where did Eric and Lori’s mothers meet?
5. Why didn’t Eric and Lori want to meet?
6. What did Eric and Lori think when they met?
7. Do both couples have children?

T 8.4
 Listen and answer questions
about Carly and Ned.
1. When did they meet?
When Carly was 10 and Ned was 16.
2. What did Carly hink of Ned?
She thought he was good looking.
3. What did Ned’s girlfriend think of Carly?
Why?
She didn’t like Carly.
4. Do they have children?
Yes, they have.
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 Listen and answer questions
about Eric and Lori.
5. Where did Eric and Lori’s mothers meet?
They met one summer by the lake.
6. Why didn’t Eric and Lori want to meet?
It was terrible when their mums wanted them
to meet a new boy or girl.
7. What did Eric and Lori think when they met?
Eric thought Lori was wonderful and Lori
though Eric was wonderful.
8. Do they have children?
No, they don’t.
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 Speaking
Tell your partner about you and your
family.
1. Are you married or do you have a
girlfriend/ boyfriend? How did you
meet?
2. When did your parents or
grandparents meet? Where? How?
 Who said these sentences?
Write C, N, E or L.
C a. I cried and cried.
E b. Our story is easy. We didn’t do anything.
N c. It was a big mistake.
E d. I just thought “No way.”
C e. …all the old feelings came back.
L f. I took my sister with me.

C g. That was 3 years ago. Now I’m 24, we’re

married.
L h. …our wedding is in the fall.
 Speaking
• Work in group of 4 or 5

• Imagine that you are one of these

people, Carly or Ned or Eric or Lori

• Tell the story of how you met your

husband / wife
Writing about a friend

Linking words:
because, when, until
 Make sentences with a line in A,
a word in B and a line in C
1. I left the party early a. she was thirty.

2. Peter couldn’t speak b. they came for

dinner.
3. Tim didn’t see the c. I was at school.
Colosseum
because
4. Eva didn’t start learning d. she couldn’t afford
when
English them.
until
5. I didn’t enjoy Maths e. after midnight.
lessons
6. Sally didn’t buy the red f. he was neaarly four.
shoes
7. They didn’t go to bed g. I didn’t feel well.

8. We met Ken’s wife last h. he was in Rome.

Saturday
1. I left the party early because I didn’t feel well.
2. Peter couldn’t speak until he was nearly four.
3. Tim didn’t see the Colosseum when he was in
Rome.
4. Eva didn’t start learning English until she was
thirty.
5. I didn’t enjoy Maths lesson when I was at school.
6. Sally didn’t buy the red shoes because she couldn’t
afford them.
7. They didn’t go to bed after midnight.
8. We met Ken’s wife last Saturday when they came
for dinner.
 Writing about a friend
Write notes about an old friends. Use these
questions to help.

• What is his/ her name?

• Where did you meet?

• What did you do together?

• How often do you meet now?

• What do you do when you meet?

 My oldest friend
Read the text about “My oldest friend”.
Complete the text with following
words:
and, but, because, so, when, until.
My oldest friend is called Sally. We met 30
when we were both five years
years ago (1)_______

so/and
old. It was my first day at school (2) _______

because I wanted my
I was very unhappy (3) _________
and/ so
mother. Sandy gave me a sweet (4) _______

we became friend immediately. We were

until
together nearly every day (5) _______ we left

school 20 years later.

 but
Then I went to university, (6) _______ Sandy
didn’t. She married (7) ________
when she was
and
just 18 (8) _________ had three children.
because I wanted
I studied for 8 years (9) _______
to be an accountant. I had a lot of new
friends, (10) ________
so I didn’t see Sandy
very often. Sometime we didn’t meet for
but
months, (11) _______ we often talked on
the telephone.
Now I’m married, too. I live near Sandy
so
(12) _________ we meet every week. She
and
is a student now, (13) ________ I have a
so
baby, (14)_________ we can give each
other a lot of advice.
Vocabulary and Pronunciation
Spelling and silent letters
Practice saying these words.
Cross out the silent letters in these words

1. walk 7. work

2. listen 8. hour

3. autumn 9. flight

4. write 10. could

5. eight 11. wrong

6. island 12. daughter

T 8.5
Look at the phonetic spelling and
write the words

could
listen
autumn

write
island
Write the words. They all have
silent letters.
T 8.6
born
bought

world

answer

cupboard

Christmas
 Read and listen these sentences
1. He bought his daughter eight white horses
for Christmas.
2. I know you know the answer.
3. They walked and talked for hours and
hours on the island.
4. Listen and answer the question.
5. The girl took me the wrong flight.
6. The world is lovely in autumn.

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 Everyday English
Special occasions
Look at the list of days. Which are special?

birthday yesterday Easter Day

Mother’s Day Hallowe’en New Year’s Eve

today Monday Valentine’s Day

weekend Thanksgiving Friday

wedding day tomorrow Christmas Day

Watch the video clip and what
the special days are in the clip
 Complete the conversations.
What are these occasions?

1. Happy ________
birthday to you.

birthday to you.
Happy ________
birthday , dear Grandma.
Happy ________
birthday to you.
Happy ________

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 Valentine cards?
2. A. Did you get any ________
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. No idea!

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3.A.Wake up, Mummy! Happy

Mother’s Day
____________!

B. Thank you, darling. Oh, what

beautiful flowers, and a cup of tea!

A. And I made you a card! Look!

B. It’s lovely! What a clever boy!

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4.A. Congratulations!

B. Thank you very much!

A. When’s the big day?

B. Pardon?
wedding day?
A. When’s your ________

B. The 26th June. Didn’t you get your

invitation?

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5.A.It’s midnight. Happy New
_______
Year

everybody!

B. Happy ________!
New Year

New Year
C. Happy ________!

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6.A. Thank goodness! It’s Friday!

weekend
B. Yeah! Have a nice _________!

A. Same to you.

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7.A.Ugh! Work again. I hate Monday

morning.

B. Me too. Did you have a good

weekend
_________?

A. Yes, I did. It was great.

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 Additional material
Exercise 1: Read the text about Alexander
Graham Bell. Put the verbs into the past simple.
Alexander Graham Bell (1) was born in Edinburgh,
Scotland. His mother (2) was deaf, so all his life he
(3) wanted to help his mother hear and speak.
Alexander was very clever. He (4) could read and
write when he was very young, and he (5) finished
school when he was 14. At 14 he also (6) invented a
speaking machine with his brother. He (7) studied
other inventions, too. One day he (8) made a mistake,
because (9) couldn’t read German very well.
But this mistake (10) helped him to invent telephone
later.
In 1871 he (11) left Scotland and (12) went to Boston,
USA to teach deaf children to speak. He
(13) met his assistant Thomas Watson and he
(14) continued his experiment. On 10 Match,
1876, Watson and Bell (15) were in different rooms
with their machines. Then Watson heard
Bell’s voice from the machine. It (17) said “Mr
Watson, come here. I want you!” And so was Alexander
Graham Bell (18) became the inventor of the
telephone at the age of 29. Two years later, there were
telephones all over the USA
Exercise 2: Making negative
Correct sentence about Alexander Graham Bell.
1. Alexander Graham Bell was American.
He wasn’t American. He was Scottish.
2. He wanted to help his mother to see.
He didn’t want to help his mother to see. He wanted to
help his mother to hear and speak.
3. He finished school at 18.
He didn’t finish school at the 18. He finished it at 14.
4. He invented a writing machine.
He didn’t invent a writing machine. He invented a
speaking machine.
5. He made a mistake reading French.
He didn’t make a mistake reading French. He made a
mistake reading German.
5. He went to the USA in 1877.
He didn’t go to the USA in 1877. He went there in
1871.
7. Bell heard Watson’s voice from the machine.
Bell didn’t hear Watson’s voice from the machine.
Watson heard Bell’s voice from the machine.
8. He invented the telephone at 59.
He didn’t invent the telephone at 59. He invented
it at 29.
Exercise 4: Make the positive verbs negative and the
negative verbs positive.
1. She drove to work. _ She didn’t drove to work.
2. I didn’t know the answer. – I knew the answer.
3. My aunt didn’t give me a birthday present.
4. It rained a lot during our holiday.
5. I drank the coffee, but I didn’t eat the sandwich.
6. She brought a bottle of wine.
7. She was tired, so she went to bed.
8. He didn’t forget his passport and he didn’t lose his
plane ticket.
9. It cost a lot of money.
10. I had a lot of time, so I did the shopping.
Exercise 6: Rewrite the sentences using ago.
1. I saw him last June. _ I saw him 3 moths ago.

2. I had breakfast at 8 o’clock.

3. They got married in 1990.

4. We saw John the day before.

5. We met in 1975.

6. My daughter started school last September.

7. Princess Diana died in 1997.

8. Alice came back from America last moth.

9. Their son was born at 2 o’clock this morning.

Exercise 7: Complete the pairs of
sentences with the correct form of a
word form from the box.

dance cook love walk drink

watch paint post visit
1.She went to the dance on Saturday night and she met Frank.
The music was wonderful. I danced all night long.
drink
2.Can I have a ______? I’m really thirsty.
drinks coffee. He doesn’t like it.
John never _______
cooked a meal for ten people yesterday evening.
3. I _______
A. What’s your job?
cook
B. I’m a ______. I work in a big hotel.
watched the football on TV last night.
4. We _______
A. What’s the time?
watch
B. Sorry. I don’t have a ______
5. A. How did you get to work yesterday?
walked
B. I ______.
walk by the lake. It was lovely.
We went for a ______
 love to your wife and children.
6. Please give me my ______

loves
Anna _______ chocolate ice- cream.
visit to Oxford last weekend.
7. We really enjoyed our ______
visited lots of
When I was in New York last year, I _________
interesting places.
post for me?
8. I can see the post man. Is there any _______

Don’t forget to _______

post my letter for me.

painted
9. I _________ all the walls in my room blue last weekend.

paint
What’s that in your hair? Is it blue ______?