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Unit 5 Scary stories 24 A Complete the story with was and were. One day a visitor (1) __________ in a bedroom in the Queen’s House at the Tower. Suddenly, there (2) ______________ strong hands on the vistor’s neck … but she (3) ____________ alone in the room. People say the hands (4) ________________ those of Arbella Stuart’s ghost. Arbella Stuart (5) ________________ a cousin of King James I. From 1610 to 1615, she (6) ________________ a prisoner in this room. B Write another story about the Tower. Use the words below and was / wasn’t, were / weren’t. 1 (In 1241, / there / a bear / at the Tower) _________________________________________________________________________________ 2 (Many years later, / there / a big white bear / at the Tower) _________________________________________________________________________________ 3 (But it / not a real / bear – it / a ghost) _________________________________________________________________________________ 4 (The guards / very scared) _________________________________________________________________________________ 5 (But after that, / there / not / any more stories about the bear) _________________________________________________________________________________ C Complete the conversation. Write the questions and complete the short answers. A (1 where / be / you) ________________________________________________________ yesterday? B I was at my grandparents’ house. A (2 be / good) ___________________________________________? B (3 3) ___________________________________________. There was just one strange thing. A (4 what / be / that) ___________________________________________? B There was a horrible black cat at the door all day. A (5 it / be) ___________________________________________ your grandma’s cat? B (6 7) ___________________________________________. D Complete Melanie’s message to her friend. Use and or and then. Yesterday it was sunny (1) ________________ we were in the garden. Suddenly, I was really cold (2) ________________ there was a cold hand on my face. There was thunder (3) ______________ there was lightning. But two minutes later, it was sunny (4) ____________ warm again. Is that strange or what? 1 GRAMMAR The past simple of be: was and were We use was and were to talk about states in the past. It was cold yesterday. We weren’t at school last week. Positive Negative I / he / she /it was we / you / they were at home. I / he / she /it wasn’t (was not) we / you / they weren’t (were not) at home. Questions Short answers Was I / he / she / it Were you / we / they at home? Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t. Yes, they were. / No they weren’t. We can use these time phrases with was / were: yesterday last (week / month / year) in 2010 in the (twentieth / twenty-first) century and / and then We use and to link two ideas or events. It was dark and I was alone at home. We use and then to show two events happen one after another. There was a big storm and then there weren’t any lights. PAST NOW l Last week Yesterday Today QSE A2_WB_Unit_5_v7_FV.indd 24 23/05/2012 11:01

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Unit 5 Scary stories

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•A Complete the story with was and were.

Onedayavisitor(1)__________inabedroomintheQueen’s

HouseattheTower.Suddenly,there(2)______________strong

handsonthevistor’sneck…butshe(3)____________alone

intheroom.Peoplesaythehands(4)________________those

ofArbellaStuart’sghost.ArbellaStuart(5)________________

acousinofKingJamesI.From1610to1615,she

(6)________________aprisonerinthisroom.

•B Write another story about the Tower. Use the words below and was / wasn’t, were / weren’t.

1 (In1241,/there/abear/attheTower)

_________________________________________________________________________________

2 (Manyyearslater,/there/abigwhitebear/attheTower)

_________________________________________________________________________________

3 (Butit/notareal/bear–it/aghost)

_________________________________________________________________________________

4 (Theguards/veryscared)

_________________________________________________________________________________

5 (Butafterthat,/there/not/anymorestoriesaboutthebear)

_________________________________________________________________________________

•C Complete the conversation. Write the questions and complete the short answers.

A (1where/be/you)

________________________________________________________yesterday? B Iwas atmygrandparents’house.

A (2be/good)___________________________________________?

B (33)___________________________________________.Therewasjust

onestrangething.

A (4what/be/that)___________________________________________? B Therewasahorribleblackcatatthedoorallday.

A (5it/be)___________________________________________your

grandma’scat?

B (67)___________________________________________.

•D Complete Melanie’s message to her friend. Use and or and then.

Yesterdayitwassunny(1)________________wewereinthe

garden.Suddenly,Iwasreallycold(2)________________

therewasacoldhandonmyface.Therewasthunder

(3)______________therewaslightning.Buttwominutes

later,itwassunny(4)____________warmagain.Isthat

strangeorwhat?

1 GRAMMAR

Thepastsimpleofbe:wasandwereWeusewas and were totalkaboutstatesinthepast.It was cold yesterday. We weren’t at school last week.

Positive Negative

I/he/she/it waswe/you/they were

athome.I/he/she/itwasn’t (wasnot)we/you/theyweren’t (werenot)

athome.

Questions Short answers

WasI/he/she/itWereyou/we/they

athome?

Yes,Iwas./No,Iwasn’t.Yes,theywere./Notheyweren’t.

Wecanusethesetimephraseswithwas / were:yesterdaylast(week/month/year)in2010inthe(twentieth/twenty-first)century

and / and thenWeuse and tolinktwoideasorevents.It was dark and I was alone at home.Weuseand thentoshowtwoeventshappenoneafteranother.There was a big storm and then there weren’t any lights.

PASTNOW

l

LastweekYesterday Today

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Unit 5

•D How do you say the dates? Write them as words.

Example: 2/2 It’s the second of February.

1 5/12 _______________________________________________________________________

2 20/7 _______________________________________________________________________

3 18/9_______________________________________________________________________

4 1/4 _______________________________________________________________________

5 3/11_______________________________________________________________________

6 31/3_______________________________________________________________________

•E Write the correct feelings for the situations.

1 Mysister’sbirthdaypresentwasadog.Shewassoh______________________________!

2 Thematchwas3–2tothe

otherteam.Wewerevery

d______________________________.

3 Mybrother’snewgirlfriendwasatourhouse

yesterday.Hewasabite______________________________.

4 TherewasnothingonTV.Iwasb____________________.

5 Ican’twaitfortheconcertnextweek.I’mso

e________________________!

6 Onmygrandad’slastdayatwork,therewasabig

partyforhim.Hewasverys________________.

7 Oneofourfriendswasinabadaccidentlastweek.

Wewereallverys__________________.

1 ______________________________________________________________________

2 ______________________________________________________________________

3 ______________________________________________________________________

4 ______________________________________________________________________

5 ______________________________________________________________________

AfterUnit6:Iknowthesewords. Idon’tknowthesewords. (Learnthemagain!)

MY WORDS FROM UNIT 5

2 VOCABULARY

•A Read the facts. Circle the correct words.

1 TheSouthPolehassixmonthsofnight(nosun / snowfor24hours).

2 TheAtacamaDesert,Chileisverydry.Thereisonly0.1mmofrain / cloudeveryyear.

3 Snowandice / raincoverabout10%oftheearth. 4 Onthe21stofJuly1983inAntarctica,the

temperature / wind was–89.6°C 5 Acloud / stormcanweighmorethat500,000kilos. 6 In1994,therewasaterriblestorm / suninthe

Pacific,for31days. 7 Lightning / Rain travelsat22,500kmperhour. 8 Thereisabout0.5grammesofwaterinacubic

metre(m3)offog / sun.

•B Describe the pictures. Use cold, warm, hot and the correct weather words.

Example:

It’s very cold and snowy. 1It’s____________and____________

Its minus thirteen degrees. It’s__________________________________

2 It’s______________________________ 3 It’s________________________________

____________________________________ _____________________________________

4 It’s______________________________ 5It’s_________________________________

___________________________________ _________________________________________

•C Write the four British seasons and the months.

s _____________ s _____________ a _____________ w _____________

March ________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

SMART TIPLearngroupsofwordslikeseasons,monthsandnumberstogetherasalist.

–13°C 20°C

5°C 30°C

–5°C 40°C

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3 COMMUNICATION

•A Circle the correct answer. Then listen and check.

1 What’stheweatherlike? A Yes,Ilikeit.BIt’srainyandcold. C Thereisn’tanyweathertoday. 2 What’sthetemperaturetoday? A It’sabouttwentydegrees. B About200. CIt’sfoggy. 3 Itiswarmtoday? A Yes,it’sminustendegrees. B Yes,there’sastrongwind. C Yes,it’sareallyniceday. 4 Whatwastheweatherlikeinyourareayesterday? A It’ssunny. BItwassunny. C It’sanicearea. 5 DoIneedajacket? A Yes,it’sabitcold. BYes,it’sverydry. C Ihaveajacket,thanks.

•B Complete the story. Write the correct letters (A–H) for 1–5. There are three extra sentences.

Itwasintheautumn.(1)_____________________

Itwasverylate.Itwasnearlymidnight.Iwasn’tinbed.(2)_______________________

AndIwasbored.TherewasnothingonTV.Outsideitwasstormy.(3)_______________________

Suddenly,therewasaloudnoise.Whatwasit?Wasitthefrontdoor?(4)_______________________

Iwasveryquiet.AndIwasveryscared.Andthentherewasanothernoise.(5)_______________________

WasIalone?Orwassomebodythere…

A Itwasverynearnow. B Wassomebodyinthehouse? C Itwaswarmandsunny. D Itwasthe31stofOctober. E Ihaveasister. F Andinsideitwascold. G Iwasatthesportscentre. H Iwasn’ttired.

4 PRONUNCIATION

•A Listen to the sounds and words. Say the words.

/O:/and/aU/ stormy cloudy

•B Look at the mouths. Look in a mirror and say the sounds again. Does your mouth look like this?

/O:/ /aU/

•C Listen to the sounds and words in the box.Put them in the correct list.

towerwallinformationoutsidebored storydownsoundlawnnow sportbrownflowerdaughter

/O:/ /aU/

___________________________________ ___________________________________

___________________________________ ___________________________________

___________________________________ ___________________________________

___________________________________ ___________________________________

___________________________________ ___________________________________

___________________________________ ___________________________________

___________________________________ ___________________________________

•D Listen and check your answers to exercise C. Then listen again and say the words.

SMART TIP

Lookatyourmouthinamirrorwhenyoupractisepronunciation.

SMART TIPWhenyoutellastory,describethetime,theplace,theweatherandyourfeelings.

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Unit 55 CLIL

•A Complete the dialogue between two parents with the correct words.

moodscrytireddepressedenergy

A Thomasjustwantstosleepallthetime. B Maybehe’sjust(1)__________________fromfootball. A Buthedoesn’tdosportnow.Hesayshedoesn’t

havethe(2)________________

B Maybeheneedstoeatmore? A Idon’tknow.He’sreallysad,too.Almostlikehe

wantsto(3)__________________. B Well,allkidshave(4)________________________.

Theycan’tbehappyallthetime. A ButThomasisneverhappynow,andhe

doesn’tseehisfriends. B Hmmm.Doyouthinkhe’s(5)______________________? A Maybe.It’smorethanabadmood.

•B Write sentences about you.

Whatputsyouinagoodmood?

I feel in a good mood when________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

Whatputsyouinabadmood?

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

6PORTFOLIOWRITING

•A Read Leo’s instant message to a friend. Answer the questions with yes (Y) or no (N).

1 Wasitgoodweatherattheweekend? 2 WasLeoatthebeach? 3 WasLeoattheskatepark? 4 Washewithhisfriendsattheweekend? 5 Washewithhisgirlfriend?

Hi Ronnie! How’s life? It was fantastic weather here at the weekend. On Saturday I was in the park with my friends. But it was too hot for basketball. On Sunday I was at the beach with my best friend. How was your weekend? Were you at home? Was it good weather?

•B In the message, find:

1 aquestiontoaskhowsomebodyis

_________________________________________________________________________________

2 aquestiontoaskaboutsomebody’sweekend

_________________________________________________________________________________

•C You are Ronnie. Write an answer to Leo’s message (40–60 words). Say:

– lifeisgood/badrightnow – whereyouwereattheweekend – whattheweatherwaslike

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