32 Listen to the three different ways of pronouncing the ending of regular verbs in the past simple.
/d/ called /1/ asked /id/ needed
Ф 33 Listen to the verbs in the box. Is the underlined sound /d/ or Itl or /id/? Put the verbs in the correct column.
asked called finished liked listened
lived loved needed played repeated
shouted started stopped talked used waited wanted watched
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called |
asked |
needed |
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34 Listen and check. Repeat the verbs.
Writing
Using time expressions Telling a
story
Look
at the story on page 30. Match the stages of writing a story
(1-4) with the time expressions (a-d)
below.
Introduce
the time, place and characters c
Start
the story
Continue
the story
End
the story |
Two days later Eventually |
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At first Suddenly After half an hour |
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a |
A few years ago A long time ago In 2006 When he was ten |
time
expressions.
At
first, they did well and enjoyed themselves.
Suddenly,
the wind took Sebastian and his
windsurfing board out to sea.
Sebastian was
terrified
and Eve was very worried.
Five
minutes later, a boat went out to find
Sebastian.
In
2006, Eve and Sebastian Rankin went to Sicily on holiday.
Eventually
the boat returned, with Sebastian.
After
an hour, the weather got cold and windy.
One
day, Eve and Sebastian decided to go windsurfing for the first time.
happened
to you when you were young. Use some of the time expressions in
Exercise 1.
Sea
Put this story in the correct order. Think about the
3 Write a short story about something that
Grammar
I
/ like / spiders. I
liked spiders.
I
/ go / to
school.
с)
I / live / in a different city.
d)
I / work / at the weekend.
Howard
Hughes
(1)
Mas
(be)
bom in 1905 in Texas, USA.
He
(2) (lose) both of his parents before
he
was twenty. They (3) (leave) him a
lot
of money.
In
1925, he (4) (get) married. He and
his
wife (5) (move) to Hollywood and
he
(6) (start) work as a film director.
In
1929, he and his wife got divorced. He
(7) (have)
love affairs with a lot of
Hollywood
actresses.
Later
in life, Hughes (8) (become) more
and
more private. In the 1960s he (9)
(stop)
going out in public. He (10)
(die)
in 1976. At the end of his life he had a lot of money, but no
friends.
I
/ listen / to rock music.
I
/ enjoy / my
life.
Write
questions for the sentences in Exercise 1.
Did
you like spiders?
Write
true answers to the questions in Exercise 2 about your life five
years ago.
Example
(a)
No.
I didn'i. Bui I don't mind ihem пом.
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35 Listen and check.
Complete
the questions for each answer.
What
Mas
Freddie
Mercury's real name? His
real name was Farrokh Bulsara.
When
He
was born in 1946, in Zanzibar.
Where
He
grew up in India.
What
He
was a singer.
any
children?
No,
he didn't have any children.
When
He
died in 1991.
UNIT
8
Alone
1 Write sentences in the past simple.
4 Complete the text with the verbs (in brackets) in the past simple.
