Experiences Vocabulary
Free time activities and places 1 Read the article. In your opinion, what’s the best activity for a long weekend?
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There’s a long weekend coming up next week. Here’s a list of things you can do.
l Watch a 3D film on a giant screen. l Go to a festival and listen to live music. l Buy a ticket to watch a great football match. l Go cycling and re-energize. l Enjoy a meal with friends at your favourite place. l Relax in the sun and enjoy the breeze. l Go fishing until the sun sets. l Go shopping but choose a new and different place!
3 In turns, ask and answer about the activities you do on long weekends.
2 Say where you can do the activities mentioned in the article. Use the words from the box and your own ideas. stadium river lake street market fast food restaurant park beach cinema
You can go shopping at a street market.
What do you usually do on long weekends? I usually stay at home but I sometimes travel to San Pedro to visit my family. Really? And what do you do there? Well, I sometimes go fishing in the river. Sounds fun! weekends. In British English, we use at + eke nds ? Wh at do you usu ally do at we ekends. We usually use on + long we g we eke nds ? Wh at do you usu ally do on lon
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How was your weekend? Were you in town? Tell us about it! I was at the zoo with my sister Joanna on Saturday. We were there early in the morning, so all the animals were very active. They were hungry too! The weather was good. We were really lucky. That’s Joanna in the photo. She was very happy!
Tina
Nov 21st 3.51 pm
On Friday, I was at a music festival with my friends Roy and Mike. It was in the open, in a big park. There were thousands of people. The music was very loud and the bands were great! We were very excited during the festival and when it was over, we were really tired.
Marco
Nov 21st 4.03 pm
I wasn’t in town. I was at the beach with my cousins. But we weren’t happy to be there because the on Saturday weather was awful. It was cloudy on Sunday. It was sunny on and rainy Monday but we were in our car on our way back!
Vicky
Nov 21st 5.01 pm
Reading
An online message board 1 Before you read > Look at the photos and describe them. 2 Read for general ideas > Complete the table. When? Tina Marco Vicky
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Where?
Who with?
3 Read for details > Match 1–6 to the adjectives. 1 Joanna 2 animals 3 music 4 Marco and his friends 5 Vicky 6 the weather
a tired b awful c active d not happy e hungry f loud
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Grammar
Be – past simple: affirmative and negative USE
FORM
A Analyze these sentences from the text on page 2. Underline six more examples of the past simple form of be.
C Complete the tables. Affirmative
Joanna was very happy.
Singular I / He / She / It You Plural You / We / They
The bands were great.
Negative
I wasn’t in town.
Singular I / He / She / It You Plural You / We / They
I was at the zoo. We were there early in the morning. The weather was good.
We weren’t happy to be there. B Look at the sentences in Exercise A again. Find and write an example for each rule. We use the past simple of be... • + description of people: • + description of the weather:
was were
at home.
great.
weren’t
in town.
happy.
D Answer. 1 What is the short form of was not? 2 What is the short form of were not?
• + places:
1 Complete the texts with the correct past simple form of be. I (1) … (not) at home on Saturday. I (2) … at the club with some friends. It (3) … a bright sunny day and the temperature (4) … about 36°C. We (5) … hot and thirsty, so we (6) … in the swimming pool all day! The water (7) … (not) cold. It (8) … real fun! I (9) … at a new restaurant, Burger Rock, with my family. The restaurant is popular for its burgers and chips but the burgers (10) … (not) good. They (11) … big but they (12) … (not) tasty. My brother and sister (13) … (not) happy because the toy in the ‘Kids Box’ (14) … very small. And it (15) … (not) nice! It (16) … a black plastic dog.
2 Free practice > Complete the table with notes and write a paragraph about your last weekend. Use adjectives from the box and your own ideas to give additional information. Saturday
Sunday
Where? Who with? Weather? Other information happy excited tired nice fun sad
COMPARING LANGUAGES Translate these sentences. The story was long. I was tired. The songs were nice. My friends were excited. What are the two possible meanings of be?
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Brad
Jenn
Jenny
Brad
What was your favourite possession when you were a child?
It was a poster of my favourite band.
Was it big?
No, it wasn’t but it was really nice!
Was it a present?
Yes, it was. It was a present from my music teacher when I was in fifth grade. He was very kind.
Cool! And who were your best friends when you were in fifth grade?
Oh, that’s easy! Mark and Joe were my best friends – we were always together at break time.
Were they fun?
Yes, they were. I was a bit shy but they were very friendly. And they were smart too!
Were they in your class?
No, they weren’t. I was in Class 5th B and they were in Class 5th C.
And are you in touch with them now?
No, I’m not.
Do you remember their surnames?
Of course, I do!
Why don’t you contact them on Facebook then?
That’s a great idea!
Reading
An informal conversation 1 Before you read > Look at the photo. Jenny is asking Brad about his childhood. What do you think her questions are about? 2 Read for general ideas > Complete the text. Brad’s favourite possession was a (1) … . It was a present from his (2) … . When he was in (3) … grade, his best friends were (4) … and (5) … . Brad (6) … in touch with them now but he wants to contact them on (7) … .
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3 Read for details > Who or what do these words describe? Use them to write sentences about the text. big
kind nice friendly fun smart shy
4 Answer. 1 What was your favourite possession when you were a child? Describe it. 2 Who were your best friends when you were in fifth grade? Describe them.
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Grammar
Be – past simple: questions USE
FORM
A Analyze these questions and answers from the text on page 4. Underline ten more examples of the past simple form be.
C Complete the tables. Yes/No questions
What was your favourite possession? It was a poster of my favourite band.
Were
Was it big? No, it wasn’t.
Short answers
Yes,
Was it a present? Yes, it was.
No,
Were they fun? Yes, they were. Who were your best friends? Mark and Joe were my best friends. Were they in your class? No, they weren’t. B Look at Exercise A again. Find and write an example of a question and an answer for each rule. 1 We answer Yes/No questions with Yes or No.
2 We answer Wh- questions with a sentence.
1 Complete the conversations with the correct past simple form of be. 1 Tim: Where … your best holiday? Kate: It … in the mountains last summer. Tim: … the weather good? Kate: Yes, it …! 2 Pat: Where ... you yesterday at 10 o’clock? Kim: I ... at school. Pat: ... you in your classroom? Kim: No, I ... . I was in the PE class. 3 Gaby: Where ... you last Saturday? Emily: I ... at the Science Museum. Gaby: ... it interesting? Emily: Yes, it ... . The dinosaurs ... incredible!
I / he / she / it you / we / they I / he / she / it you / we / they I / he / she / it you / we / they
at school?
was. wasn’t.
. .
Wh- questions
What Who Where
your favourite possession? your best friends? you this morning?
D Compare the word order of sentences and questions. Write new examples. They
were
smart.
they
smart?
Were
2 Write Yes/No questions about the text on page 2. Then answer. 1 Joanna / in an aquarium? 2 Marco, Roy and Mike / at the cinema? 3 the music festival / in a park? 4 Vicky and her cousins / at the beach? 3 Free practice > In turns, ask and answer the questions below. For each question, ask a second one to find out more. 1 Where was your best holiday? 2 Where were you yesterday at … o’clock? 3 Where were you at the weekend? 4 Free practice > Write a short paragraph about your best holidays. Where were you? Who were you with? What was the weather like? Why was it fun?
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DANIEL CRAIG now and then rse, Who is Daniel Craig? He is, of cou famous spy! James Bond, the world’s most but were Things are easy for him today, young? they easy for him when he was house? Did he always live in a fantastic out! Well, no, he didn’t. Read and find
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r ife is good now for the British acto . Daniel Craig. He is rich and famous don He lives in a fantastic house in Lon York. He is and he has got a luxury flat in New in the 007 the sixth actor to play James Bond amazing in films and a lot of people think he is so successful. the role. But Daniel wasn’t always London When he was young, he moved to ant to pay for and worked part-time in a restaur atre. He his studies at the Youth National The ch money. was a waiter and he didn’t earn mu Guildhall He wanted to study drama at the needed to School of Music and Drama but he . He failed pass an audition to enter the school finally several times but he tried hard and e years entered in 1988 and graduated thre to find work later. At first, it wasn’t easy for him 1 when he as an actor. His life changed in 200
Reading
A magazine article 1 Before you read > What do you know about James Bond? 2 Read for general ideas > Answer. 1 Who is Daniel Craig? 2 Was his life easy when he was young? 3 What was his dream? 4 What doesn’t he like?
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Raider with played a role in Lara Croft: Tomb a contract Angelina Jolie. In 2005, he signed Royale for three James Bond films – Casino and Skyfall (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008) rth James (2012) – and then he acted in a fou Bond film, Spectre, in 2015. He hates In real life, Daniel is a quiet man. must go to showbiz parties but he knows he important those events because they are an part of his career.
3 Read for details > Number the events in the correct order. a He played a role in Tomb Raider. b He signed a contract for three James Bond films. c Craig moved to London. d He didn’t pass the auditions for the school of music and drama. e He played James Bond in Spectre. f He worked part-time in a restaurant. g He finished his studies at the school of music and drama.
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Grammar
Past simple – regular verbs: affirmative, negative and questions USE
FORM
A Analyze these sentences from the text on page 6. Underline eight more past simple verb forms.
C Complete the tables.
He moved to London. He worked part-time in a restaurant. He didn’t earn much money. He wanted to study drama. His life changed in 2001 when he played a role with Angelina Jolie. In 2005, he signed a contract for three James Bond films. Did he always live in a fantastic house? No, he didn’t. B Tick the time expressions we can use with the past simple. • • • • • •
Affirmative
to London. part-time.
I / You / He / She moved It / We / They Negative
much money.
didn’t I / You / He / She It / We / They graduate
last year.
Yes/No questions
I / you / he / she / in a fantastic live it / we / they house?
Short answers
Yes, No,
I / you / he / she / it / we / they
.
didn’t.
D Look at these regular verbs and answer.
in 2005 last week this morning now yesterday last weekend
work – worked
move – moved
How do we form the past simple of regular verbs? E Analyze the table and answer.
1 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Yesterday, I (1) … (arrive) home at 11.00 am because classes (2) … (finish) early. So, after lunch I (3) … (listen) to music and (4) … (play) online games. In the afternoon, I (5) …. (tidy) my room but I (6) …. (not study) because my friend Roy (7) … (call) me and (8) … (invite) me to his house. I (9) … (decide) it was a great plan! We (10) … (watch) one of the James Bond films on TV and I really (11) … (enjoy) it! Daniel Craig is a great actor.
2 Complete the questions and short answers. 1 ... (you / watch) TV yesterday? No, I ... . 2 ... (they / visit) their grandparents on Sunday? Yes, they ... . 3 ... (she / pass) her maths test? Yes, she ... ! 4 ... (he / like) the film? No, he ... .
consonant + -y
vowel + -y
study – studied tidy – tidied
play – played enjoy – enjoyed
How do we form the past simple of regular verbs ending in -y?
3 Free practice > Use the words from the boxes and your own ideas to write sentences that are true for you. Remember to use the past simple. watch TV study listen to music arrive at school play online games help at home tidy my room yesterday this morning last weekend at ... o’clock last night last week
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Listening
Writing
1 Before you listen > Look at the photo. Who was Robin Hood? What do you know about him?
1 Complete the story of Robin Hood with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
A legendary character
A story
Robin Hood (1) ... (be) English. He (2) ... (live) in the 12th century, when Richard I (3) ... (be) king of England and his country (4) ... (be) at war. He (5) ... (be) rich and the government (6) ... (want) his money.
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01 Listen for general ideas > Listen to a
radio programme about the story of Robin Hood and answer. 1 Where was Robin Hood from? 2 Was he rich or poor? 3 Who robbed his possessions? 4 Where did he live when he returned from the war? 5 Who did he help? 3 Listen for details > Choose the correct answers. 1 In Robin Hood’s time, the king of England was… a Richard I. b George III. c John I. 2 At first, Robin Hood... a was the king’s friend. b was in the army. c worked for the government. 3 When Robin Hood returned from the war, he… a lived in his house. b didn’t have any money or land. c decided to give his land to the poor. 4 Ordinary people... a liked the government. b hated the government. c loved their king. 5 Robin Hood was a hero because he... a hated the rich. b lived in the forest. c helped the poor.
He (7) ... (be) a soldier, so once he (8) ... (be) away from home for a long time to fight in the war. When he (9) ... (return), his house, his land and his money (10) ... (belong) to the government. A lot of poor men (11) ... (live) in the forest because they (12) ... (not have) a job and they (13) ... (not have) any money. Robin Hood (14) ... (decide) to go and live with them. At that time, the government (15) ... (ask) the people to give money for the war. Ordinary people (16) ... (be) very poor and they (17) ... (hate) the government. Life (18) ... (be) difficult for them and Robin Hood (19) ... (decide) to help them. He (20) ... (rob) the rich and (21) ... (help) the poor. To the poor people of England at that time, Robin Hood (22) ... (be) a hero.
2 Read the ‘Write it right!’ section.
Connectors of time >> Use connectors of time to say when things happened. Find and underline these connectors in the story.
in the 21st century / when he returned / at that time
Plan > You are going to write a story about an imaginary character. You can use Robin Hood’s story as a model. Make notes to answer: Who was he/she? Where was he/she from? Where and when did he/she live? Why was life difficult at that time? What did he/she do? Why was he/she a hero/heroine? Write > Write your story. Remember to use the past simple. Check > Check your writing.
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