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1 THE PAST

GRAMMAR was/were VOCABULARY dates and times

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of 4A Write how you say the dates.
was/were. 1913/1959 'March the nineteenth. nineteen fifty-nme'
Jan and I were in Paris at the weekend. It 2.W,-"a",-S_ _ 'The nineteenth of March. nineteen fifty mne.
expensive, but interesting. 2 1/512010
2 Simon and his wife weren't (not) at the theatre
yesterday. They were at the cinema. 3 31/312002
3 I was late, but the teacher wasn't (not) angry.
_ _ sorry that youweren't
was
4 Louise _ _ _ _ (not) at her party. 4 30/10/1995 _________________________
5 We _ were
_ _ _ in New York last summer and the people
were
_ _ _ _ very friendly. 5 26/112005
6 The film wasn't
_ _ _ _ (not) funny, but the popcorn
was
_ _ _ _ really good! 6 13/10/1957 ________________________

2 Write the questions and short answers. 7 21/5/1910

Paul Newman - actor? .I Canadian? 1
a) Was Paul Newman an actor? Yes. he was. 8 61111805
b) Was he Canadian? No. he wasn't.
2 Beatrix Potter - writer?.I English?.I
a) Was
_ _Beatrix
___ _ _a_writer?
Potter _ __ Yes, she was B ® 6.1 Listen and tick the dates you hear in the list in
Exercise 4A. Which one don't you hear?
Was she English?
b) ___________________ _
Yes, she was 5 Add on, in, ago, yesterday or last to each sentence.
3 Beethoven and Wagner - dancers? 1 German?.I Some sentences have two correct answers.
Were
a) _ _Beethoven
_ _ _ _and_ Wagner
_ _ _dancers
__ No, they weren't
on 1 last
b) ___________________
Were they English? _ Yes, they were It was very cold j Fr.iday.
4 Confucius - doctor? 1 Chinese?.I 2 I was at university 1995. in 1995
a) was
_ _confucius
_ _ _ _a_ _ _ _ __
doctor? No, he wasn't
b) ___________________
Was he English? _
3 He wasn't at home a week. ago
No, he wasn't
4 We were at the party weeke nd . last weekend
5 Che Guevara and Eva Peron - singers? 1 Argentinian?.I
Were
a) _ _ Che
__ guevara
___ and
_Eva
__ Peron
__singers No, they weren't 5 Were you at work Wednesday? on
b) _____________________ Yes, they were
Were they English? 6 My parents were both eighty years o ld year. last
yesterday
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of be in 7 The children were tired morning. and today, too.
he present or past.
jan 'S quite talkative now, but he wasn 't (not) 8 It was cold July. in July
very talkative when he was a child. 9 We were in the cafe afte rnoon.
There were a lot of people in the office yesterday yesterday
afternoon, but there is only one person here 10 Simon was here ten minutes, but he isn't here now.
ago
now.
3 The weather
wasn't
(not) very nice last weekend, but
it is beautiful now.
~ My mother _ is _ _ _ retired now. but most of her life
she _ is_ _ _ a teacher.
weren't
- We _ __ _ (not) at home yesterday, but we
are
_ ___ here today.
:: The food here was fine last week. but this meal
_ isn't
_ _ _ (not) very good.
_wasn't
_ __ (not) very well yesterday and am not
1 _ _ __

no t) well today.
_ Svetlana was at school with me when we were
children and now she is a famous politician.
= n ere were a lot of people at the concert last night,
t there aren't (not) many here tonight.
can see you aren't (not) very happy today. What's
e matter? You were OK yesterday.
 READING
6A Read the article and tick the best title.

I Work and friendship don't mix 2 Film star romances 3 Famous friends

B
ritney and Justin, Kate and Leonardo ... Of course there are stars who don't want to be friends
celebrities who have something in common : a with other stars. Hugh Grant says he doesn't like
close friendship. spend ing t ime with other actors. 'I don't have any
Some film stars were friends when they were children. actor friends; Grant says, 'I'm friends on the film and
Americans Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey McGuire then I walk away:
(Spid~rman) were good friends, starting when they
were child actors looking for work on the same films
and TV shows.
Work often brings famous people together. Justin
Timberlake and Britney Spears were on the Mickey
Mouse Club Show, a children's TV programme,
together when they were eleven years old. George
Cloon ey and Brad Pitt were co-stars in Ocean's
Eleven, and are very close now.
Sometimes friends in real life play lovers on screen,
and that can be difficult. Kate Winslet and Leonardo
DiCaprio are good friends, but they don't have a
romantic relationship. In th e film Titanic, for both of
them the kissing scenes were strange. 'It was like I
was kissing my brother; says Kate.

B How do the stars know each other? Are they friends D Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
from c~ildhood (C) , friends from work (W) , or doesn't Then read the article again and check.
the article say (?)? Tick the correct box. Sometimes two
answers are possible. I away with together on for (x2) in (x4)

c W ? The celebrities in the article all have something

_ in_ _ _ common.
Leonardo and Tobey ./
2 Leo nardo and Tobey were ch ild actors looking _for
_ __
work on the same films.
Justin and Britney together
3 Work brings famous people _ _ __
in _ __
4 George Clooney and Brad Pitt were co-stars _
George and Brad Ocean's Eleven.
5 Sometimes friend s _in
_ _ _ real life play lovers on
Kate and Leonardo screen.
6 The kissing scenes in the film Titanic were
strange for both Kate and Leonardo.
C Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
7 Hugh Grant doesn't want to be friend s with other
I Leonardo and Tobey were on the same TV show stars.
together. F
8 He says he's fri ends _ on
_ _ _ the film and then he walks
2 George and Brad are good fri end s. T away
3 Kate and Leonardo were real life lovers. F
4 Kate doesn't think it was easy to be in a romantic film T
with Leonardo.
5 Hugh Grant has got a lot of actor friends. F
6 He's unfriendly w hen he works with other actors. F

III
GRAMMAR past simple 2A How do you pronounce -ed in past simple verbs?
Write the past simple form of the regular verbs below in
1A Complete the life story of Anita Roddick. Use the the correct place in the table.
past simple form of the verbs in the box.
wefk change love play finish start Stop
gro',,, I:Ip leave open (x2) die meet travel sell want help try enjoy travel hate
come have go work get married study

It! Idl lId!

Anita Roddick started The Body Shop, the first 'green' worked
cosmetics* company. She was born Anita Perelli in the
UK in 1942 and 1 grew up in Littlehampton in the
south of England. Her parents 2 came from Italy
and she 3 had three brothers and sisters.
After she 4_left
_ _ _ _ school, Anita went
5_ __ _ _
B 6.2 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.
to Bath College and studied
6_ _ _ _ _ to become a
teacher. After college, she 7 travelled all around C Write the past simple of the irregular verbs below.
the world. Then she 8 met Gordon Roddick
think thought 7 know
and they 9_ got
_maried
_ _ _ in 1970. Anita and Gordon
2 meet 8 draw
10 opened a restaurant and then a hotel. At the
same time Anita 11 _ worked
_ _ __ for the United Nations. 3 speak 9 write
4 grow 10 sleep
She 12 opened the first Body Shop in Brighton,
England, in 1976. The shop 13 sold only fifteen S wake II leave
items with only natural ingredients. It now sells over 6 teach 12 buy
300 items to 77 million customers and in 2004 was the
twenty-eighth top name in the world of business. Anita
o® 6.3 Listen to the vowel sound in the verbs. Write
them in the correct place in the table.
Roddick 14 died in 2007.
She left behind a husband and
/J:I leI
two daughters.
thought

l'dul lu:1

*cosmetics = make-up,
for example lipstick, GRAMMAR past simple: questions
mascara, hand cream
3 Write questions about Anita Roddick.
Where did her barents come from?
B Correct the information. Use the negative form of Her parents came from Italy.
e verb. 2 Where _ _she
did _ _grow
_ _ up
_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ ____
Anita lived in Italy. She grew up in Littlehampton.
Anita didn't live in Italy. brothers and sisters did she have _
3 Howmany ________________
She w ent to Bath University. She had three brothers and sisters.
She didn't go to Bath University 4 What _did_she
__ do_after
_ _she__ _school
left _ _ _ _ _ __
3 She became a teacher. After school, she went to Bath College.
She didn't become a teacher S When _________________________
did she get married ___
After college she stayed at home. She got married in 1970.
She didn't stay at home 6 Where did
__ she
__ open
__ the
_first
_ _Body
_ _ shop
_ _ _ ____
- She and her husband started a cafe. She opened the first Body Shop in Brighton.
They didn't start a cafe 7 When _____________________________
did she die ___
She had a son. She died in 2007.
SHe didn't have a son
 LISTENING
4A Read the information about Zsilan and Lin .
Then tick the correct box fo r sentences 1-5.

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I was born in sei]-ins
biv-thdc.:; is Mo.:; 'Dth.
on Mai:J ffl, 1qq7
Mi:J ,eal parents 1 wo.S bov-Yl iYl Be..ijiYl~.
ale d.ead., bLL+ an 1 JOYl 't v-e..yne.ynbe..v- m:;
~LLs-t,alian man and. v-e..a.1 po. V-e..Y1+s ) but YlOW
woman ad.op+ed. + me, 1 ho.ve.. Aus+V-o.l io.Yl
and. now +hei:J ale m!:J
po.V-e..Y1+s o.YlJ 1 live.. iYl
mLLrnmi:J and. d.ad.d.~J
Now I live ·In S!:Jd.nei:J Me..lboume...
*adopt = take into a new family

True Maybe WRITING becouse,so, ond, but

Zs IIM' and un are from China.
-e ere born on e same day in the
5 Join each sentence in 1-9 with because, so, and or
same year. but. Then write a paragraph.
3 Their Australian parents adopted* them . I Kasia didn 't study last night. She fe lt too tired .

4 They live in different cities in Australia. 2 She needed some fresh air. She went out for a walk.
3 It was a warm evening. T here were a lot of people in the
15 They know each other.
street.
B ® 6.4 Listen and check. 4 They looked happy. T hey weren 't very friendly.
5 She met an old friend. They went to a cafe.
C Listen agai n and underlin e t he correct answer.
6 They didn't talk very much. They were happy to be
I Philip and Denise adopted Zsilan in 199912005.
together agai n.
2 They brought her home when she was about one/ two.
7 Kasia drank coffee; he didn't drink anything. He wasn 't
3 At first, Zsilan was very happy/ unhappy. thirsty.
4 They put letters / a photo on the website. 8 T hey w anted to meet again. He gave her his phone
5 Zsilan and Lin looked the same/different. number.
6 The girls met in Sydney/Melbourne. 9 Kasia tried the number. It didn't work. She isn't very
7 They loved/ didn't like each other from the first moment. happy now.
8 The girls lived/didn 't live together. Kasia didn't study last night because she felt too tired. She
9 They like dancing and swimming/singing. needed some fresh air ...
I 0 They found out they were sisters when they were
eightlten.

o® 6.5 Complete the sentences from the recording

w ith t he words in the box. Then listen and check.

very (x2) really at first a lot about much

Philip: She was, er, I

about two years o ld, but
2 at first there was a problem ...
Denise: Yes, she was a 3 very intell igent little girl, but at
first she was also 4 really quiet. She ate
5 a lot . . . but she didn't talk 6_much
_ __
we didn't know what to do.
Philip: Yes, she was very
7_ ___ unhappy.
VOCABULARY weekend activities 3A Ci rcle the best answer to show interest.
A: What did you do on Saturday?
1A Complete the poem w ith the past simple form of t he B: I had lunch with my grandparents.
verbs in t he box. A: a) It was nice. <6Ifh-h==at=s-o-u-n-~
2 A: Did you have a good day yesterday?
go (x2) w atch (x 2) play (x2) go for stay (X2)
B: No, we went for a walk and it rained!
watched A: a) Really? That sounds interesting.
'I Iwent shopping and 2 TV
then 3_played
_ _ _ some golf and went
4_ __ for_ tea.' b) So what did you do?
'We 5 stayed with friend s in Amsterd am 3 A: Did you have a good weekend?
and all 6 went clubbing till 3a.m.' B: I wasn 't very well so I stayed in bed.
'17 watched a DVD at home A: a) That sounds awful. b) It was terrible.
and 8 played the piano all alone.' 4 A: How was you r weekend?
'W ell my weekend was really great. B: Fantastic , thanks!
I 9 stayed at home an d cooked, and ate.'
A: a) Wh y, what did you do?
B Read the poem aloud . b) Really? That sounds fantastic.
5 A: Did you do anything special at the weekend?
B: N o, we just stayed at home and relaxed.
FUNCTION making conversation
A: a) That sounds terrible. b) That sounds lovely.
2A Put the word s in the correct order.
weekend / how / your / was? B 6.6 Listen to the conversations and rea d aloud at
the same time.
How was your weekend?
2 did / do / what / you?
what did you do LEARN TO keep a conversation going
3 did / what / see / film / you? 4 Complete the conversation with phrases a)-i) below.
What film did you see W rite the correct letter.
4 good / it / w as? A: Hi, Jamala. How was your weekend?
Was it good B: OK, thanks.
5 with / go / you / who / did ? A: Did you go to Gerhardt's jazz concert?
WHo did you go with B: Yes, I did. I...!.h' --_ _
6 on / you / did / what / do / Sund ay? A: Really? 2_ g _ __
What did you do on Sunday e _ __
B: W ell, no, there weren't ... 3_
7 you / did / go / where? A: That sounds bad! 4_ c _ __
Where did you go B: Gerhardt's mother and father, but 5_a_ __
8 music / w as / how / the? A: That's good. 6_
b _ __
How was the music B: N o, I didn 't. f _ __
7_

9 did / get / you / time / what / back? A: That's quite early. 8_d _ __
What time did you get back B: He was happy. 9_i _ __

o now / tired / you / are?

Are you tired now a) they enjoyed it.
b) Did you get home late?
B Match answers a)-j) with questions 1- 10 above.
c) W ho were the other people?
a) With my cousi n, Ian. 5
d) How did Gerhardt feel about it?
n) Great! The bands were fantastic! 8
e) only me and two other people.
) Well, on Saturday we w ent to the cinema. 2
f) The concert ended at about ten o'clock.
Perfect! 1
g) Were there many people there?
e) The new Batman film. 3
h) It was vel y good .
, To Hyde Park, in London. 7
i) He loves playing, so it wasn't a problem for him.
:; On Sunday I went to a rock festival with Fran. 6
~ Yes, very good. 4
No, I feel fin e. 10
After midnight. 9