Unit 8 a grammar

Unit 8: EntertainmentGrammar The past simple tense: Was/ were... They weren’t at home yesterday... Ask and answer about the people Example: A: Where was Peter.. Example Peter wasn’t at

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Homework Choose the best option a, b, c or d

1 You sit………….a chair

a in b at c under d on

2 There……….a book on the table.

a is b are c be d to be

3 How many people…….in your family?

a there are b there is c are there d is

Unit 8: Entertainment

Grammar

The past simple tense: Was/ were

I Grammar in use

1 Read the text

a Answer these questions.

1 Where is it from?

2 Who is Stuart Stone?

3 What are the Weekly Star and the Northern Mail/

Answers

1 It’s from a teenage thriller/ horror book.

2 Stuart Stone is a writer/ an author.

3 They’re newspapers.

b Are these sentences True (√ ) or False (X)?

1 It was midnight.

2 Mitch's parents weren’t in the house

4 Mitch was eighteen years old.

3 His sister was asleep in the next bedroom.

5 He was often alone in the house.

6 There wasn’t a telephone upstairs.

7 There was only one noise.

8 The noises were outside.

2 What do you think the noises were?

II Rules

1 Look at the text

a Complete these sentences.

Mitch ……… in bed He……….asleep His parents……… at home.

They……… away for the weekend.

There……….a telephone downstairs There……… definitely downstairs.

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2 Look at these sentences.

She wasn’t on holiday last week.

They weren’t at home yesterday.

3 Find examples of questions in the text

What was there to be afraid of?

What was that?

Were they noises?

Was it just his imagination?

We put them at the beginning of the sentence, or after a Wh- question word, in the same way as is, are

b Put the words in the correct order to make a

statement and a question.

Mitch/ afraid/ was.

Away/ were/ his parents.

Downstairs/ a/ there/ noise/ was.

b answers:

Mitch was afraid.

Was Mitch afraid?

His parents were away.

Were his parents away?

There was a noise downstairs Was there a noise downstairs?

4 Change these conversations into the past simple tense

A.Is the film good?

B.Yes, it is.

A.Are there a lot of people at the party?

B.No, there aren’t.

Answers:

A Was the film good?

B Yes, it was

A Were there a lot of people at the party?

B No, there weren’t

The past simple tense: to be Positive

I/ she/ he/ it was

at

We/ you/ they were

I/ she/ he/ it wasn’t

A ………Tim and Sara there?

B Sara………., but Tim……….He………at a conference.

• Oh? Where…………the conference?

• It……….in Berlin, I think.

2 A …………there a phone call from Canada yesterday?

B No, there………… There ………two from the States, but there

……….any from Canada There……….a fax for you, too.

• Oh, where………it from?

• It…… from Japan.

3 A ……….you out on Monday night?

B Yes, I……… Steve and I……… at the Wild Hearts concert.

• ……….it good?

• Yes, it………

• ………… there any other bands on?

B Yes, there………… , but they…… ……… very good.

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Exercise 2 Look at the picture.

a What places can you see?

Exercise 2 Look at the picture.

a What places can you see?

Exercise 2 Look at the picture.

b 8.1 Listen Where were the people yesterday?

Exercise 2 Look at the picture.

c Ask and answer about the people

Example:

A: Where was Peter?

B: He was at the supermarket.

….

Exercise 2 Look at the picture.

d Correct these statements.

Example

Peter wasn’t at the theatre He was at the supermarket

1 Peter was at the theatre.

2 Mr and Mrs Williams were at home.

3 Maria was at the cinema.

4 Ben and Conny were at a concert.

5 Zack and Hanna were at the supermarket.

6 Ian was at a football match.

7 Mrs Vinney was at the doctor’s.

8 Mr Ferreira was at the dentist’s.

Answers

2 Mr and Mrs William weren’t at home They were at a

concert.

3 Maria wasn’t at the cinema She was at the doctor’s.

4 Ben and Conny weren’t at a concert They were at a

football match.

5 Zack and Hanna weren’t at the supermarket They

were at the theatre.

6 Ian wasn’t at a football match He was at the dentist’s.

7 Mrs Vinney wasn’t at the doctor’s She was at the

Exercise 3 Work with a partner Ask and answer questions

Example:

A: Where were you last Saturday afternoon?

B: I was at the shops.

 Give the correct form of the words in brackets

1 Where (be)………you yesterday morning?

2 I (be)……… at the airport yesterday

morning.

3 She (not/be)……….at home last night.

4 (Be)…………your brother a student last year? Yes, he…………

5 They (not/ be)………on your last bithday.

The past simple tense: to be Positive

HOMEWORK

• Learn by heart new words

• Do exercises 1, 2 - unit 8 (Work book)

• Check the grammar rules for was/ were in grammar reference 8.1