ay | a fos Sn INTHEIRPAST p58 TIMETWINS p60 WHAT DID YOU DO? SPEAKING 61 Describe your favourite childhood things 6.2 Talk about past events in yourlife 6.3 Talk about how your weekend was 6.4 interview a special person eae eee ee ee eToys talking about their weekends 6.4 Watch an extract froma documentary peters READING 6.2 Read about time twins WRITING — 6.2 Link sentences with becouse and so; Writeyour life storyin 100 words 6.4 Write a profile about a special person NELSON MANDELA p64 1B 1B IC| INTERVIEWS Deets ferIN THEIR PAST EY Taylor Swift ‘Work in pairs and discuss. What do you know about the famous people in photos A-F? ‘Workin pairs and read the information about the people. For each person tick two pieces of true information and put across by the false information 1 Lionel Messi, football payer: a) Hes from Spain. 1) Hee was avery good student. 1) He aluay plays (tbl wits hs halt wel 2 Oprah Winfrey, famous TV presenter and philanthropist 2) She was very poor when she was a chil 1) She wasa millionaire at the age of twenty-three «She hates chewing gum. 3 Benedict Cumberbatch, actor: 48) His hobbies at school were acting, sport and painting b) He rides a motorbike around London ©) He was a French teacher before he was an actor. 4 Taylor Swit, singer and songwriter: 2) Her childhood was on an apple tree farm b) She was a songwriter at five years ald. Her grandmother was an opera singer. 5 Michelle Yeoh, actress: 2) She wasa singer before she was an actress 1) She was ina James Sond film ©) She was the winner ofthe Miss Malaysia beauty contest in 1983, 6 Quentin Tarantino, director: 2a) He hates violence 1) He wants to stop making movies at age eighty «His mother was part Cherokee, part Irish “philanthropist = ch person who gives aot of moneyto help ther people Listen and check your answers. ‘Work in pairs. Choose three of the people. Listen again and write down one extra fact about each one. eee eerie | rv ever WAS/WERE Underline the verbs in the sentence below. Are the verbs in the present or the past? Are they singular or plural? Oprah's parents were very poor, but at the age of thirty-two she was a millionaire Complete the tables below. Present Tylor Swift [is | asinger and songwriter. Hersongs [are | about herlfe Past ] Her grandmother ‘an opera singer Her first hobbies horse riding and singing. Change the sentences below. Make a) negative and b)a question, Then complete the rules. a) Yeoh’ first films were American ) Lionel Messi was a good student. Bote egave wh waves Listen othe eters Are they inthe pustorprese? Wie pst or how Listen and write the four sentences you hear. Listen again and underline the stresses in each sentence. Listen again and notice ‘the weak forms of was /waz/ and were /wa/ in the sentences. Practise saying the sentences,Nn es 4 A Write the questions with prompts 1-8. 1 you /born inthis country? Were you bor in this country? 2 you/bornin the summer? 3 you /a very quiet child? 4 you / afraid ofthe dark when you were a child? 5 your fist teacher /a man ora woman? 6 your parents / childhood fiends? 7 your grandfather / bor in enother country? 8 your grandmother / a good cook? B Work in groups. Ask and answer the questions above. How many answers were the same? ‘A: Were you born inthis country? B: Yes, 1 was. And you? A: Ne too. D> poge 138 LANGUAGEBANK 5 A What were your favourite things when you were 2 child? Think of examples for each of the items in the box. people music activity or sport TVorogramme food B Work in pairs and compare your ideas. ‘A: Who were your favourite people? B: One of my favourite people was my uncle Luciano. He was really funny. € Workin pairs and each write six sentences about your favourite things above, three foreach of you. Exchange sentences with another pai. Guess student each sentence is about. VOCABULARY DATES AND TIME PHRASES 6 A B64 Listen and undertine the years you hear 1999/1990 31987 /1997 51941 /1951 22030/2003 2012/2021 6 1672/1772 B Workin pats and take wns, Student A: say one ofthe years above, Student B: point tothe year © B65. Take tums to say the months of the year. Then listen and check your pronunciation. 4: Jonuory B: February D page 158 PHOTOBANK 7 A Match the dates A-F with these special occasions, OB Oo GB 8 Ba 31|/ 1 || 8 |) 25|| 4 || 14 Christmas Day New Year's Day Valentine's Day Halloween International Women's Day Independence Day (USA)___ B [V6.6 Liston and check your answers. C Write the numbers. Ist _fist_ 4th Dist 2nd 5th 22nd 3rd 2th 30th D Write three important dates from last year. Work with other students and tell each other about the dates. Do any students have similar dates? 8 A complete the time phrases below with the words, inthe box yesterday on in ago last 1 yesterday morning, afternoon, evening night, Friday, weekend, week, month, ar Saturday, Sunday, 12th June 4 July, 1999, 2015 5. a week, ten days, ten minutes B choose five ofthe time phrases and write past sentences. Make them true for you. {was at home lastnight. C Workin pairs and take turns. Student A: say ‘one of your past events, but don't say when it was Student B: guess the time phrase ‘Iwas with some fiends B: On Saturday? 4: Yes, That's right!Cy a a NS) LA Look at the pictures and discuss. Why are the women time twins? What else can you say about their lives? B Read about their lives and put the sentences in the correct order. C BYE Listen and check your answers. 1D Find three things that Samiya and Lidia have incommon. GRAMMAR PAST SIMPLE 2 A Read the life stories again and circle the past form ofthese regular verbs study nish live work, tart wall ‘move, hat, love, pay, want. Then complete the rule Make the past simple of regular verbs by adding. or tothe verb, |B with a verb ending consonant + y, change the yto and add sain 1B D)68 past SIMPLE VERBS: -ed endings Listen to the pronunciation of the regular verbs and write them in the correct place in the table, We. ial ied finished € Wirit the past form of the irregular verbs below. Use the life stories to help. 1 go_went_ 5 buy 2 have 6 take 3 make 7 become 4 know 8 think 1D Read the sentences and complete the rules. 1 Samiya’s parents didn't have alot of money. 2_ Did she go to university? B| Make the negative by adding before 2 | the infinitive | Make the question form by adding, + subject (you/he/she, etc) + verb, speakout TIP A dictionary shows the past tense ofa verb eg give (Gave) In your notebook always write (REG) fora regular verb or the past form for an irregular verb Do thisnow with ask join, meet, give and stop. ‘Samiya was born in Nigeria on 18th August 1993, in a village near Lagos. 1 B When she was fifteen she went to university and studied information technology. In her fourth year at “university she met her future husband, Obi, and after they finished university they goe married, Her parents didn't have alot of money, and the family lived ina small house. Samiya’s father worked as taxi driver and her mother was a teacher. D_ Their apps made alot of money and with the money, Samiya bought her parents @ new house. E Inher childhood, Samiya was shy, but her parents ‘knew she was very intelligent; she was really good at ‘maths and computer games. F —Samiya and Obi had some great ideas for apps and together they started a company. The company made apps for teaching children maths and English, 3A complete the sentences with the past form of the verbs in brackets. 1 She started university at the age of fifteen (start) 5 2 She her life in the village (love) 3 She to be the best player. try) 4 Her apps: children learn English. (help) 5 Her mother Ina school. (work) 6 Her parents, [Link] home. (move) 7 She sport but not studying, (enjoy) 8 She ‘the man about the pictures. (ask) B Which sentences are about Samiya (S) and which are about Lidia (U?‘One day she went toa park in Rome to play basketball, and a man walked up to her and took pictures of her Ie was her big moment, but she didn’ become ‘a baskeeball star; the man was a fashion ‘Photographer, and Lidia became a professional model. With the money from her first year’s work, she boughther parents a new house. ‘When she was fifteen, her family moved to Italy. Lidia thought This ist, t's my big moment!” She was al for her age and very beautiful, but she was shy. She hated school, bt she loved sport and played basketball every day after sciol with ‘a group of boys. She wanted tobe an international basketball tar, 4 A Complete the sentences with the past form of the verbs in brackets Look atthe irregular verbs on page 127 to help. aI [Link] (not have) \ lat of sport. 40) \ 2 lot of unk food. eat) ' English alot. (speak) \ tony concerts. (not go) ' ‘anew mobile phone. (buy) ' ‘a lotof apps. (use) \ a new job (tart) B Make the sentences above true for you last year. C Work in pairs and compare your sentences. Find three things in common. 5 A Think about a friend you don't see now. ‘Complete the questions below. 1 Where and when___? (you meet) 2 Why ‘each other? (you / like) 3 ‘alot of things together? (you / do) 4 How often to each other? (you / speak) 5 When him/her? (you / last / see) 6 What then? (you / do) B Workin pais. Ask and answer the questions D> poge 138 LANGUAGEBANK VOCABULARY LIFE STORY COLLOCATIONS 6 A complete the phrases with a verb from the box. go meet work get become start 1 _g0 _toschool/to university 2 a chel/a model 3 married job 4 your husband/your wife 5 a new job/a company 6 for Samsung/as a tax driver B Workin pairs and take turns. Student A: say the ‘end ofthe phrase. Student B: say the verb ‘i 05a ton ceiver B work SPEAKING ? A Think of three important events in your life. Write the event and the year Met Nina ~2014 B Workin pairs and talk about the important events in your lives. 4: 2014 was a great year B: Why? ‘A: Imet my gifriend, Nina WRITING BECAUSE AND SO 8 A complete the sentences with because or so. 1 Lidia loved basketball, __she went to the park every day to play. 2. She became a model she was beautiful, B Complete the sentences about your life. 1 Atschool! liked ___, sol 2 started English lessons because C Write your life story in 100 words, Remember to use and, but, because and so.6.3 )) WHAT DID YOU DO? - VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES 4. Work in pars and dizcuss. What's your favourite day of the week? Why? What do you do on that day? ‘A: Why is Thursday your favourite day? B: Because I dont workin the morning, so have a yoga class and then | ften meeto friend for iunch 2 A Workin pairs. How many activities can you remember with these verbs: read, listen to, have, play, watch, do, go? Check on page 18 read newspapers B Lookat the word webs and cross out the phrase which does not go withthe verb. — =» € Look at the word webs again. Tick which activities you sometimes do at the weekend. Put a cross for activities which you never do. D Add another activity you often do to three of the word webs above, E Workin pairs. Student A: use the verbs above and ask questions about last weekend. Student 8: answer the questions. Find three things that you both did, ‘A: id you see you fiends? B: Yes I did A: Me too, Did you go forawalk? eet Tae ASKING FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS 3 A B69 Listen to the conversations. Which weekend i similar to your last weekend, Isabel’, Ahmed’s or Janes? B Listen again and complete the table. Saturday ‘Sunday Isabel ahmed Jane € Look at the phrases. Write question (Q), answer (0), or show interest () next to each phrase. 1 Did you have a good weekend? @ 2 Not bad/It was OK/So-so, 13 Where did you go? 4 That sounds good/interesting/awfull 55 Why was that? 6 Nothing speciaV/much 7 That’ great/a shame/trrible 8 What did you do? 9 Who did you go with? 20 twas great/amazing/terible! 111 How was your weekend? 32 Why? What happened? D Listen again, Tick the phrases above you hear. E Which questions above start a conversation? Which ones are follow-up questions? D160) unnwnc: aid you Look at the pronunciation of did you. Listen and repeat. did you /drdsu/ 1 /dxd3v/ have a good weekend? 2 What /didgu/ do? 3. Where /drd3u/ go? 4 Who /drdg0/ go with?ms EARN TO EXTEND CONVERSATIONS 6 A Work in pairs. Look at the extract and discuss the questions. 1 How many pieces of information does isabel give inher answers? Why? 2 How does Ahmed show interest? Ahmed: What did you do? Isabel: On Saturday | went fora walk. Itwas really good. Nice weather ‘Ahmed: Yes, it was lovely. Where did you go? Isabel: Down by the sea. It was really beautiful Ahmed:That sounds nice speakout TIP “To have a good conversation, ask follow-up questions after your frst «question. Show interest inthe answers. When you answer, dnt say only 5 A Work in pairs and use the prompts cone thing. Give extra information. to role-play the conversation. B Complete the conversation with questions, extra information and phrases to show interest sata Eos may Student A B:Yes Idi. Itwas = ‘A: Howmany—_? a B: Oh, alot of people. They were all very ———_ ‘That sounds! Whattime___? SAA B: After midnight. eft at. When I got home, 1: Are you tied? We /g0 / Dublin B: Not really. so'm not very tired € Workin pairs and practise the conversation. found god./ Work in groups and take turns to role-play your conversation. wel appen? N Listen tothe other pairs. Did everyone like Atsuko's party? | That/ shame \ 7 A. mogine that you had a perfecr/ertble weekend. Write answers to questions 1-4, 1 Where did you go? We / go / museum 7then we /listen 2 Who did you go with? t0/ Irish music/ 3. What did you do? café ‘4 Why was it perfect/terible? ‘Sound / good./ B Work in groups. Tell each Who’ ge with? other about your weekend. \ Remembers ello ap ; ‘questions, show interest and [Two friends / mine give extra information. Who had the best or worst weekend? A: How was your weekend? 8: Teble. had an awful weekend. G: Really? Why? B Work in pairs and take turns. Ask and answer questions about your weekend. Use your own ideas and the photos to help. D> page 13¢ LANGUAGEBANK« NELSON MANDELA DVD PREVIEW L.A Work in pairs and read the information below about Nelson Mandela, What information isthe most interesting/surprising? __— the President of Taleader in the fight against South Attica [ wmemagegeenne | [sexta [aetna tins] [Later] loved jazz and dancing “spent twenty-seven | yearsin prison | Tived in Johannesburg * apartheid paral =the separation or segregation of whites and blake B Read the programme description and answer the questions 1 Does the programme look at Mandelas public or private life? 2 How old was he when he died? Nelson Mandela: The Fight For Freedom ‘This programme looks back atthe life of Nelson Manciela: hs birth in South Africa in 1918, hi life as a young lawyer in Johannesburg, his fight against the apartheid system, his release after twenty-seven years in prison, his time as President of South Africa, and the years after he retired, when he travelled around the world ‘meeting people and giving talks. Mandela died in2013, the freedom fighter who became a man of peace. 1999- PP Aas 2 A Look at the timeline of Mandela's life. What do you think was the best and worst time for him? 1918 $ He ves boning 1990 4 Hetero event tourer 1958 | re extrait sec ie Yvert tnprion 4 ie was released fam prison coogi aeolian tarts Pe erect ares | severed _ 1 bbe rsveted eran the wad Seed aioe Creo ome B Close your book and watch the DVD. Then open your book and tick the events on the timeline that the video talks about. C Watch again, Complete 1-8 on the timeline with the correct dates, D Work in pairs and underline the correct. alternative. What do the people say? Then watch the DVD again and check your answers. “wish to put it plainly, that the government has taken a firm decision to release/free Mr Mandela unconditionally’ President de Klerk “Take your guns, your knives and your pangas* and *throw/put them into the sea’ Mandela ‘IF am your leader, you have to listen to me, And if you don't want to listen to me, then ’drop/don't have me asa leader’ Mandela “People can't believe it when you say, “Hey, 'm free! 'm free!” and you're walkng/feeting tall’ Desmond Tutu I, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, do hereby swear to be *aithful/true to the Republic of South Africa” Mandela *panga=avery large fe E Work with other students. What was the best ‘thing that Nelson Mandela did? Do you know any ‘ther great ‘men or women of peace’?es |S | out an interview Work in pairs. Think of a hero or someone you ‘admire, e.g. a famous person, a friend or someone inyour family. Tell each other about the person. ‘Why is he/she important to you? Listen to an interview with Femanda Espinosa. What is one special thing about her? Listen again and tick the key phrases you hear. (PHRASES: Interviewer Thank you for joining us today and welcome to the programme, Can ask you about [your childhood/mother/first wife/...1? ‘Where/When did you [decide toffirst meet/...}? hat’s very interesting ‘ ‘What's your favourite [film/book/band/...]? ‘Are there any questions from the audience/for..? Interviewee: That's a good question Let me think about that ‘Work in pairs. Choose one of the special people from Exercise 3A and write five questions to ask them. ‘Work in groups and take turns. One pair: role-play ~ Your interview. Other students: make notes about the answers and ask follow-up questions. back a profile Read the profile about Fernanda Espinosa and number the paragraph topics in order. a) Alife-changing experience «) Why admire her b) Her early life 1 4) Her work ‘A special person: Fernanda Fernanda Espinosa was born in San Pedro in Honduras in 1973. Se was the fourth of eleven children, Her father was a teacher and her mother worked as a cleaning woman for rich people. ‘When Fernanda was at school, one of her friends lost his parents and moved to an orphanage because he hhad no other family members to live with. Fernanda Visited her friend atthe orphanage and felt very sorry for the childten there. So she decided to work with orphans, to try to give them a good life. Fernanda nie her husband Einilio iv 1997, and dey got married in 2000. They opened an orphanage in 2006 near Quito, and they still work together. They Ssarted with ten children and now they have sixty three childten living in the orphanage Femanda is a hero for me because she gives her life to helping children. She is an amazing woman and | admire her work very much. Write a profile ofa special person from Exercise 3A. Write about the events in his/her life and say ‘why you admire him/her6.5 (( LOOKBACK ayia L.A put the words in the correct order. 1 was / work/1/ afternoon /at / yesterday 2 six/ Where /otlock/at/you/ were? 3 evening / my / was /at/ at / 1 Wednesday / friend's /on 4 at/were /shops /you/ the / When? 5 half /you/Were/ home / at / twelve /at/ past? 6 morning / Where /you/ Monday / were / on? B Lookat the table below. Where were you yesterday? Fill, inthe table seers EEE) Achome = co Work in pairs and take turns. ‘Ask and answer questions about yesterday. Fill in the table when your partner says yes. A: Where were you at 845 yesterday? B: [was at home. ‘A: Were you in bed? B: Yes, was./No, wasn't. ml a > NIST Pai 4 corpus tetera fesse othe) eT rare deere Today is Monday sth june 2018. Vicky is twenty-three. 1 When she was twenty = three years _ago 2 On Sunday afternoon 5 afternoon 3 Last month= May 4 5th June Friday 5 Aweek ago week 6 Yesterday = Tth june 7 In January = five ‘months 8 Lastyear=____2014 3A Write two things you can: eat _ beet read visit watch buy play B Work in pairs and take turns. Use the lists above to ask and answer questions. ‘A: When did you last et beef? B: Lost month/A week ago. Eas 4 A Make the sentences true for you Use the positive and negative form of the verbs. at lunch yesterday. (miss) 2 some friends at the weekend, (meet) 31 English yesterday evening, (study) at very wel last night. (sleep) 51 breakfast for myself this morning, (make) et to this lesson by car. (come) B Work n pairs and compare your answers. Add an extra piece of information. {did't miss lunch yesterday. had ‘sandwich inthe park. 5 A Look at the sentences and write questions to ask your partner. 1 He/She was born ina hospital 2 He/She grew up ina city 3 He/She usually walked to school when he/she was ten 4 He/She went abroad every summer when he/she was a child 5 He/She played alot of sports at school B Workin pairs and take turns toaskand answer the questions. Cee E Ree ited EF 6 A Add the missing letters to complete the sentences 1 The best place tome__a husband or wife is at work. 2 Ws best to g__ married before twenty-five, 3 Youcanttst_ after age thirty 4 Its not good to wo__as a doctor in my country 5 When | was young, | wanted tobe____ateacher. B Tick the sentences you agree with, For the sentences that you disagree with, change the words in bold to make them true for you. € Workin pairs and compare your answers. en Re 7 A Put the question words in the correct place. One question is correct. 1 What was your weekend? 2 Where dd you do atthe weekend? 3. Who happened? 4 Why was that? 5 What did you gor 6 How did you go with B Workin pairs. Choose four of the questions and write a conversation. € Role-play your conversation.