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Questions and answers

Match the questions with the answers.
1 What was the restaurant like? 2 What were you doing? 3 Was there a telephone in the flat?

Past continuous
Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous form of the verbs.
1 At 5.30 yesterday afternoon Paul

was studying
in the caf

for his science exam. (study )

2 Julie and Sam 4 Were you visiting your grandparents? 5 Was the town hall open? 6 Were there any people in the room?

when we came in. (sit )

3 I was cold because I

jacket. (not wear )

4 The sun

when we left home

a No, there wasnt. b No, it was closed. c Yes, there were about twenty. d I was reading in my room. e It was OK but it was a bit noisy. f No, I was shopping in town.

this morning. (not shine )

5 My parents

ready when the

taxi arrived. (get )

Places
Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 You use a bridge to go across a river. 2 Lots of people go shopping in factories. 3 Towers are usually quite tall. 4 People buy and sell things at a market. 5 You often find skyscrapers in a village. 6 People didnt live in castles. 7 There are hundreds of trees in a forest. 8 You buy fruit and vegetables at the bakers.
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There was/there were

Complete the sentences. Use there was/were/wasnt/werent.
1 Inside the castle

there were
an interesting

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about thirty rooms.

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programme on the radio yesterday.

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any boats on the lake yesterday. It was very cold and windy.

Translation
How do you say these sentences in your language? 1 What was your house like?
2 I saw a ghost. Did you really? 3 I met him a couple of years ago. 4 Im sure of that. 5 Quick! Get up! 6 Its getting light.

4 We couldnt dance because

any music at the party.

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There was/were
Make sentences. Use There was/were/wasnt/ werent with some, any or a/an.
1 milk in the bottle

Past continuous
Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous form of the verbs.
1 I

was watching

a video when Melanie

There wasnt any milk in the bottle.

2 hotel opposite the park 3 boats on the lake 4 old factories near the river 5 guards in the castle 6 accident outside the town hall

phoned. (watch)
2 At 7.30 last night we

dinner. (have)
3 I could see Dave. He

a baseball cap and sunglasses. (wear )

4 When I got up, Dad

breakfast downstairs. (make)

5 I looked out the window. It was cloudy but it

. (not rain)
6 The girls were upstairs, but they

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their homework. (not do)

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you Internet five minutes ago? (use) Greg

the

There was / It was

Complete the sentences. Use there was, there were, it was or they were.
1 There was a big dog in our garden this morning.

8 What

when you saw him? (do)

It was

black with curly hair.

2 The cottage was empty but

could/couldnt
Match the words in A with the words in B and make sentences.
A 1 I couldnt carry 2 B a but I couldnt see b c d e f g h 5

a light in the window.

3 The village was very small.

25 houses, a little shop and a church.

4 There was a campsite near the river.

a beautiful place.
5 There was a market here this morning, so

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a lot of people in the streets.

6 We had our history and maths exams yesterday.

quite easy.
7 There was an interesting programme on TV last

night. Age.
8 The factory was on fire.

about life in the Stone a cloud

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the bags My grandmother could dance well Mozart could play the piano Mrs Smith couldnt sleep I could hear Lisas voice You couldnt see me We couldnt open the door Clare couldnt buy the CD

her. because the hotel was very noisy. because they were too heavy. but she couldnt sing. because we didnt have a key. when he was three years old. because she didnt have any money. because I was behind a tree.
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of black smoke in the sky.

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INTRODUCTION

Student A
1 There was an accident in Vere Street yesterday.

Tell your partner what Helen, Jenny and Paul were doing when the accident happened. 2 Listen to your partner. Find out what Bill, Tim and Sandra were doing and write notes in the table. 3 Work with your partner. Mark the position of each person on the map. Then complete the sentences with the right names.
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was going to a concert. was sitting inside. was working in the square. Helen was going to a music lesson. and were talking to someone. and Tim were reading. and saw the accident. didnt see or hear the accident.

Bill

Jenny

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Paul

Sandra

TEACHING NOTES

Student B
1 There was an accident in Vere Street yesterday. Listen

to your partner. Find out what Helen, Jenny and Paul were doing and write notes in the table. 2 Tell your partner what Bill, Tim and Sandra were doing when the accident happened. 3 Work with your partner. Mark the position of each person on the map. Then complete the sentences with the right names.
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was going to a concert. was sitting inside. was working in the square. Helen was going to a music lesson. and were talking to someone. and Tim were reading. and saw the accident. didnt see or hear the accident.

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Jenny

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Life a cultu nd re

The first Americans

What do you know about the history of the USA? Do you know who Crazy Horse was?
Thirty thousand years ago the first Americans travelled across the ice from Asia to Alaska. Some of them stayed in Alaska and became the Inuit people. Others went to different parts of Canada and North and South America. Some were fishermen, some were farmers and some were hunters. When Columbus arrived in the Caribbean in 1492, he thought he was in India, so he called the Native Americans Indians. When the first Europeans went to live in North America, there were already a million people there. There were about 300 Indian tribes. Each tribe had a different language and way of life, but they also had a sign language that everyone could understand. When the first white settlers* arrived, the Native Americans were living in their traditional homes across North America. At first, they were friendly to their new neighbours, but the European settlers wanted their land. The Indians fought many wars and their leaders Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Sitting Bull became famous. Thousands of them died, and they also died from illnesses that the Europeans brought with them. Finally, the US government forced the Native Americans to live in special reservations. Today, about 1.5 million Native Americans live on reservations. Many of them try to keep their ancient traditions and now Native American culture is growing again. * European immigrants

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ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

Did you know that hot chocolate, popcorn and chewing gum come from the Native Americans?

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The first Americans arrived there in 1300. The first Native Americans came from Asia. When the Europeans arrived, there were 300 Native Americans. The settlers called them Indians because they lived in India. The Native Americans and the Europeans didnt fight at first. The Native Americans didnt want to lose their traditional homes. Crazy Horse was one of their leaders. The members of the US government lived in reservations. Today no one is interested in Native American culture.

T T T T T T T T T

F F F F F F F F F

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