eI PAST SIMPLE: WAS/WERE 1 A Match emails 1-3 with replies a) ioc 8 3 1 Hi Larissa, Sorry you weren't at my birthday lunch yesterday. ‘The weather was beautiful so lunch was in the garden, Where were you? ‘Mark 2 Hi George, Where were you and Maria yesterday? t was my birthday lunch, ‘at Mum and Dad's house. Remember? Mark 3 Hi Diana, | was really happy that you and Alan were at my birthday lunch yesterday. It was great to see you and the children. ‘Mark a) Mark, ‘So sory, We were in Span on holiday, but we're home now. Happy Sat birthday! b) HiMark, ‘Thank you forthe party. itwas really nice. Your parents are lovely people, and ther garden is lovely tool @ C Write short answers to the questions in Exercise 2A, No, he wasn't 1 2 3 4 5 1D Look at the answers and write the ‘questions. Use the underlined words tohelp. 1 Where was the lunch? The lunch was at Mark's parent: house. 2 Mark's birthday was yesterday 3 ‘Mark was thirty 4 George and Maria were in Spain, The lunch was in the garden because it was good weather. 2 Write the sentences about Mark's party last year. Use the information in brackets, 1 Its my thirtieth birthday. (29th) Last year it was my 29th birthday 2 We're here. (not here) Last year 3. My wife's in London on business (Tokyo on business) a Hoppy birthday one day lato! Sorry, was in London on business 4 Larissa’s parents aren't here. (not Lets meet soon! here) Lastyear 5 George and Maria are in Spai B Put the words in the correct order to make questions. (Greece) 1 Mark / Was / twenty? Last year Wos Mark twenty? 6 It’s asmall party. (big) 2. house? / Marks / the /lunch / Was / at Last year . 7 The weather's beautiful. (terrible) 3. lunch? / the / Was / Diana / at Last year : 8 Lunch isin the garden. (in the 4 the / and / children / Alar’s /at / Were / lunch / Diana? house) Last year 5 France? / George / Maria /in/ Were / and 6 weather/ the / Was / good?3 A Read the text and match headings 1-5 with paragraphs A-E. 1 Technology___E 2 Family 3 Women 4 Transport 5 Population A hundred years of change A Life in the year 2000 = John ana the top ‘i's name was Mary. In® the top names ‘was very different from lfe in 1900. in ‘were Jacob and Emily and there was only one child in ‘each family. 11900 the USA, there ‘were three and a half children in an ‘average family. The top boy's name was B Int _ there were 64 milion new ears on the roads. In there were only 4,000 rhew cars. In cities transport was by horse and a small number of buses. c The number of people in cities was very different. London was the top city in? with 6 milion people. The top city in® was Tokyo with 27 milion people. D ‘Women’s lives were very 2 terrible/fantastic 3. great/not bad 4 not very good/all right 5 delicious/awful B [DI 77 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.VII PAST SIMPLE: IRREGULAR VERBS ‘A Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in the box. ‘meet go break knows sit say see take 1 They__met 2 They ina 5 He herhand. 6 She. ‘Goodbye. & She his hear. 2 write negative sentences. Use the words in brackets. 1 She said Thirty’ X Thirteen’) She didn't say ‘Thirteen’ 2. He went to the swimming pool. gym) 3. We met in Japan. (x China) 4 | knew her sister. (X brother) 5 The taxi took James to the airport. (station) 3 complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Why did you leave SOL ey LCL 1 He drove _a Porsche. | didn’t drive. (drive) 2 She arich and famous actor. | was an actor, but | famous. Or rich. (become) 31 home every day at six and cooked dinner. ‘Sometimes he home. (come) 4t allot of friends. He any friends. (have) 5 He hip-hop was ‘good music. | it ‘was music. (think) 61___hernice things on her birthday. She ‘me any presents ‘on my birthday. (give) eeLISTENING 4 4 ©)8.1 Listen to Jocetyn and Andreas. What is the same about them? 5 Complete the table. Then listen again and check Who... Jocelyn Clare Andreas Raji 1 studied together? v 2 wasn't very good at Italian? 3 didn't have any friends in Canberra? 4 loved Indian food? 5 met on the internet? 6 talked on the bus? 7 moved from Sydney? 8 wrote an email to the other person? VOCABULARY PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE 5 A Complete the text with in, on or at. - Where to meet new friends Bored with your friends? Or maybe you don't have any friends? Do you want to meet a new friend? These are the top places to go. Go to a party. A lot of people ' want to meet you! Travel to a new place for a week or two. People are happy 7 holiday, Go to a gym. It’s easy to talk to people * agym, Use a ftiend-finder website 4 the internet. Take a class - language, yoga, anything, It’s easy to meet new people * ‘aclass because you all ike the sare thing. Go to big supermarkets, Talk to people * ‘the supermarket when you wai When you travel, talk to people” the plane or train, Go out! It’s very difficult to meet new people . home! at___apary B Read the text again, Tick (V) the ideas you think are good. complete the conversations using the prompts. 1. A: [phoned you last night. Where were you? B: I/ be / not / home. 1/ be / work wasn't at home. Iwas at work 2 A: Where's your daughter now? B: She / be / university / Shanghai 3 A: Hi, Conrad. Where are you? B: I/be/ a taxi/ the city centre 4 R: How do you know about it? Bi We /see /it/ television / last night 5 A: Where are my keys? B: They /be/ the table 6 A: Were you on your motorbike? B: No,/1/be/my car| Tell us about: VOCABULARY HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES 1 complete the puzzle. Look at the clues ‘and fill in the missing verbs about holiday activities. Look at the grey boxes. What do people ‘always have in their bags on holiday? elalt at a restaurant 2 good time il the local water English the local people camping old buildings 2 A Match problems a)-d) with forum entries 41-3. There is one extra problem. a) Bad weather b) No rooms ©) Too expensive 4) Health problems eyaunsuene A bad holiday is always terrible ... or is it? Tell us about your best bad holiday. 4 In 2009 we went to Portugal. When we arrived, ‘our beach hotel was full, so they gave us a room in the town, two kilometres from the beach. We weren't happy. Then we met some local people. They asked us to their house and we had some real local food, and we danced. It was a real holiday, not a tourist holiday. Mark and Sandy T 2 My wife and I went to Mexico last year and on the last day we were very ill. We went to hospital, and we were there for two weeks. The doctors were lovely, and we met some really nice people. That was a very interesting time, because we weren't tourists. We ‘lived’ in Mexico. Sven 3 My brothers and sisters live all around the world, and in 2007 we had a big family party at a hotel on a beach in Malaysia. It was in June, and June is usually hot, but that year it rained every day. So we sat in the hotel and books, played games and talked. We ily good time, and it was fantastic for B Read the text again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (FY? 1 Mark and Sandy stayed on the beach. £ 2 They went to a Portuguese home. 3 They ate Portuguese food. 4 Sven was in hospital all of his holiday. 5 He was bored in hospital 6 7 8 9 His wife was il, too. Lucia’ family lve in different countries. The weather was good. They stayed ina flat on the beach. 10 They saw a lot of places in Malaysia,eI WRITING PAST SIMPLE: QUESTIONS SO AND BECAUSE 3 A Write the questions. Use the verbs in bole. 4 Join the sentences using the linkers in brackets. 1AW 1 you go on holiday last summer? ‘We went to Japan. 2 ‘We went in August. 3k with? Ttravelled with my friend Ramon ak a B: We saw Mount Fuji and Kyoto, the old capital ‘We ate a lot of interesting food. B: We drank tea, A lot of teal © Write past simple questions using the prompts. 1 it/be/ your frst time / Japan? Was it your first time in Japan? you / go/ Hiroshima? 3 you/ meet / local people? s you / speak / Japanese? you/ have / good time? 6 be/ weather / good? © Match answers a)-f) with questions 1-6 in Exercise 3B. a) Yes,_Idid_ The best time of my life. 5 b) No, Its very difficult, and I didn’t study Yes, twas hot and sunny, No, | was there in 2004. @) Yes,__. They were very friendly. fY No, There wasn't time. 1 Complete the short answers above. 1 We drank the local water. We were ill. (because) We were ill because we drank the local water. 2 The restaurants were expensive. | cooked every evening. (50) 3. I spoke English with the local people. | don’t speak French. (because) 4 We went to bed very late, There was a party in the hotel. (0) 5 It snowed at night. The train was late. (because) 6 We went camping, The hotels were all full. (50) 7 We tooka taxi People said the underground was dangerous. because) 8 I don't like hot weather. We went there in April. (50) 5 Add so or because to the sentences. because 1 We stayed at home J it rained all day. 2 Iwas hungry | ate dinner early 3 Jason didn’t go to the concert he didn't have a ticket. 4 They sat down they were tired. 5 The shops were two kilometres from the house we drove there. 6 The film was awful Yvette and I eft after ten minutes,VOCABULARY PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE A Look at the picture and the clues. Complete the crossword FUNCTION GIVING DIRECTIONS © A Cross out six extra words in the conversation. ‘A: Excuse for me, where's the ticket office? B Its between ofthe trains and the buses. ‘A: OK. Thanks. And where are at the payphones? B: Do you see the café over on there? A: Yes, Ido see. B: They're behind ofthe café 1B Read the conversation again, Where are the ticket office and payphones in the picture? eg lahia F eRe D C [2)82 Listen to the conversations. Match places 1-4 with A-F in the picture. F 1 underground 3 women’s toilets 2 men’ toilets 4 taxis LEARN TO pues ee USE EXAMPLES 3 A Complete the conversations with the words in the box. [job adjective know fruit example L Conversation 1 ‘A: Oh, you're a teacher. And what's your husband's pb? B: What's that? [" As You”, = doctor, teacher, secretary. B: Oh, he’ a pilot. . Conversation 2 What? do they have inthe supermarket today? Bs I don't understand, ‘Across A; Like, do they have apples, bananas, oranges? 2 The mouse is__ the cheese. B: Oh, OK. They have apples and oranges. 5 The bagis of the carrots. Conversation 3 6 Thecatis the mouse. A: Do you know another * for good’? 7 The apples are the fish. B: Another what? ce A: For? good, bad, hot, cold, happy ee 3: Oh, understand. |k ther word for'v 1 The cheese is___of the cat. Be eee oN 2 The mouse is the tomatoes bins 3 The grapes are, ‘of the cheese. 8 [D) 8.3 Listen and check. Then listen again and say 4 Thefish is the apples and the cheese Ns part with the speaker.