American headway 1

The book American Headway is used to teach English in Vietnam as in a number of universities and colleges. Originated in the United States because we communicate with the Americans rather than the British. Consists of four books: American Headway 1, American Headway 2, American Headway 3, American

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Vocabulary and pronunciation

8 Countries and nationalities 3

9 Wheres the stress? 3

12 Spelling of plural nouns 9

Numbers and prices

13 1-100 10

14 How much? 10

Oe) Present Simple

1 What does he/she do? 11

2 Spelling of the third person

singular 12

3 Daily routines 12

Questions and negatives

4 Question words 13

5 Questions about John 13

6 does, is,or has? 13

1 They work ina hotel 17

2 We want to goon vacation 18

3 Short answers 18

4 am/is/are đo/does 19

5 Making negatives 19 Adverbs of frequency

10 Aletter toapen pal 21

2 Questions and answers 23

3 Ahouseat the beach 24

1 What can they do? 28

2 What can you do? 28 was/were

3 Present or past? 29

4 How much was it before? 29

5 Questions and short answers 30

3 Negative short forms 39

4 Affirmatives and negatives 39

5 Past time expressions 39

11 Matching numbers and words 42

12 Writing numbers and words 42

Count and noncount nouns

1 Can you count these? 44

2 aan,or some? 44

Do you like

3 like+-ing 44

4 Likes and dislikes 45

Would you like ?

How much ?and How many .?

8 How much ?0r How many ? 47

9 Ordering ameal ina restaurant 47

Writing

10 Formal letters2 49

Compare tives

1 Forming comparative adjectives 50

2 more ) -er than 50

3 Comparative adjective opposites 50

4 door does 51

5 Short forms 51

6 Comparing Paulo and Mayumi 51

‘Comparatives and superlatives

7 Comparative and superlative adjectives 52

1 Pm working hard because 55

2 Spelling of verb + -ing 55

3 What are you doing? 55

Whose is this? It’s his

9 Whose is the book? 58

10 Once upon a time—afairy tale 71 UNIT 14

8 she’s been/she’s gone 75

1 What's your name?

Complete the conversation

A Hello What's your name?

2 Lisa and Max

"re from tf ited

7 Jim and Sue

Unit 1 + Hello everybody! 1

3 He'sa doctor from Mexico

Write about the people

He's Rafael Ramos —

He's from Mexico,

2 What's your name?

3 She’s from France

4, P'm ten years old

lastname Smith First names Max and Lisa From the United

5 1am from Mexico 1 am not from Spain

6 We are from the United States

7 We're students

2 Unit 1 ~ Hello everybody!

7 He isa teacher He is not a doctor

2 name is James Baker

3 Ihave a brother name

is David

4 Marie is from France

apartment is in Paris

Vocabulary and pronunciation

8 Countries and nationalities

Match the countries and nationalities

9 Where's the stress?

1 Put these two-syllable words into the correct columns, A or B

England Japan Russia

aor an? Check it

Unit 1 + Hello everybody!

10 What's this in English? Oe 12 Right or wrong?

Write a or an or the plural noun, @O keys _ Check (V) the correct

abag

1 ([]_ His from Taiwan

He’s from Taiwan

L]

L]

Bì L]

L]

ta L]

L

LI

O L]

li) im)

O L]

QO

Lì

She’s a teacher

She’s teacher

‘Where she from?

Where's she from?

‘What's her name?

‘What's she name?

He's name's Hiro His name’s Hiro Her name is Linda Her name it’s Linda.

Write the numbers and objects,

Unit 1 + Hello everybody! 5

6 Unit2 - Meeting people

Questions and negatives * Possessive 5

Adjectives and nouns « Plural nouns Numbers 1-100 and prices

Where's the Empire State Building?

How are you?

How old are you?

What's your phone number?

Who's your teacher?

How much is a cup of coffee?

thirty-nine, He's at school now

His address is 34 King Street

His wife, Penny, is at work in her office

number at work is 830-971

‘They have two children, Mark and Jane

‘Mark is ten and Jane is seven, They are

3 Questions about you

‘Answer the questions about you

What's your last name?

What's your first name?

Where are you from?

What's your job?

What's your address?

‘What's your phone number?

How old are you?

Brazil isn’t in Europe, It’s in South America,

2 The president of the United States is English

3 Snow is hot

4 Five and six is twelve

5 You're English

6 We're in a Russian class

7 Rolls-Royce cars are cheap

Are you at school?

1, Are you English? No, Tm not, — — =

3 Is your teacher married? — -

2 It is not hot today

3 Tam not married

4, Where is the newspaper?

5 They are not from Washington

They are Italian,

2 You aren't old

3 My apartment's small

4, Her son isn’t an accountant

5 His wife’s a journalist

6 They're at work,

7 We aren't rich

Unit 2 + Meeting people 7

Possessive ’s Vocabulary

8 Possessive ‘sor is? 9 A family tree

Write P if ’s= possession Look at the family tree and complete the sentences

4, Jack’s a police officer —

5 Jack’s wife is thirty-five —_

6 My father’s in Canada right

8 Unit 2 + Meeting people

Tl Adjectives and nouns

Look at the pictures

Describe them using the

words from the box

Numbers and prices

twenty-four

twenty-five twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine thirty

2 Write the numbers Read them aloud

One dollar and fifteen cents, _

2 How much is 20¢ and 70¢?

3 How much is 90¢ and 40¢?

4, How much is $6.80 and 35¢?

5 How much is $9.50 and $4.25?

6 How much is $33 and $48?

7 How much is $50 and $75.50?

Present SimpleT s Jobs

Daily routines e Time

Writing—using pronouns The we

Present Simple

1 What does he/she do?

Write the sentences

in the correct columns

She wears a uniform

She helps sick people

He answers the phone

She speaks three languages

She serves drinks,

He speaks four languages

She works with nurses

He delivers letters

He works with a computer

He starts work at 5:00 A.M

She wears a white coat

2 Spelling of the third person singular

Complete the sentences with a verb from the box

start have go study live fly play speak

1 He speaks _ four languages

2, Bernadette in an apartment in Paris

3 She’sa pilot She all over the world

4, Peter two children

5 In winter Alice skiing and in summer

1 What do you do first in the day? What do you

do next? Number the activities in the correct order

for you

[[) have lunch [LJ have dinner

[_) take a shower [] watch television

[) goto work get up

[[) have breakfast [EJ read a book

[J start work [J goto bed

[J get dressed

2 Complete the sentences about John’s day

7 He works in a bookstore He

work at nine o'clock

8 At one o'clock he lunch

ina small cafe

9 He leaves work at five-thirty and

Questions and negatives

4 Question words

Match the questions and answers

Where does he live?

What does she do in her free time?

Who does he play soccer with?

‘When does she go skiing?

How does he go to work?

How many languages does she speak?

How old are you?

Why does he travel a lot? ex

a Thirty-two

b Because he's a pilot

c Inan apartment in Miami

4 His two sons

e By car

£, Two French and English

4g She goes swimming

h In winter

5 Questions about John

1 Make the questions to the answers about John in Exercise 3

6 does, is, or has?

Complete the conversation with does, is, or has

one son He

7 Yes/No questions

Look at the questionnaire about

Sally and Mike

1 Here are the answers to some Yes/No

questions about Sally Write the questions

1, Does she live ina city? _

No, she doesn't She lives in the country

Yes, she does, She’s a journalist

about Mike

1 Does Mike live in a city?

2, Does he have a cell phone?

3 Does he speak a foreign language?

4, Does he have a dog?

5 Does he like his job?

1 Complete the sentences about Sally and Mike

1, Sally doesn’t live _ ina city

2 She —_ a cell phone

3 Mike —— — —_ listeningtomusic

4, He _ a foreign language

2 Correct the sentences

1 A journalist sells things

A journalist doesn’t sell things A journalist writes — _

2 The president of the United States lives in New York

3 Our teacher arrives late every day

4, An architect translates things

5 School starts at six o’clock in the morning

6 American Headway teaches German

Vocabulary review TI What time is it?

9 Verbs and nouns that go together Write the times, Practice saying them

Match a verb in A with a noun in B

Writing

12 Using pronouns in a text

1 Complete the table

Subject | Object | Possessive

pronouns | pronouns | adjectives

1 Subject pronouns come before the verb

He likes them love him She wants it Object pronouns come after the verb

He likes them Ilovehim She wants it

2 We use pronouns and possessive adjectives to replace nouns

‘Anna drinks orange juice because she likes it

My sister has a new car, but

he doesn’t like it

B Natural writing

1 Read the text about Keiko Wilson It is not very natural Which nouns can you replace with pronouns or possessive adjectives? Underline them

Harry has two sons plays

soccer with in his free

Jane and J are good students

like our teacher Estella

and she likes

Our teacher gives

of homework

Kate likes Joanna, but Maria

alot

Anna buys a newspaper every day

reads on the train

Look! This is a photo of

with my family

Sally lives near Paul and Sue

goes to work with ——

every day in their car

16 Unit3 + The world of work

KEIKO AND HER FAMILY

Keiko Wilson is Japanese, but Keiko lives in New York because Keiko is married to an American Keiko is an interpreter Keiko likes New York

because New York is interesting, but Keiko’s husband, Walter, doesn’t like

New York Walter wants to leave and live in the country

Keiko and Walter have two children Walter takes the two children and the

‘two children’s dog out of the city in Walter's free time, Walter and the children go walking in summer and skiing in winter, but Keiko doesn’t go with Walter and the children because Keiko doesn't have any free time

2 Rewrite the text to make it more natural Begin like this

Keiko Wilson is Japanese, but she lives in New York

Present Simple 2 » Adverbs of frequency

Prepositions of time © Opposite verbs Writing—a letter to a pen pal

Present Simple

1 They work ina hotel

1 Read about Jack and Carla Jones Complete the sentences with

the correct verb

come go ii love — visit speak

don’t speak have has work works speaks

THE MANSFIELD HOTEL, NEW YORK

Jack Jones and his wife, Carla, who is Brazilian, both work at the Mansfield Hotel in midtown Manhattan Jack is a receptionist and Carla works in the hotel bar

Jack says: “Millions of people (1) visit New York every year Our hotel (2) 124 rooms, and visitors (3) from all over the world, especially from South America and Europe (4) _— _

English, German, and Spanish, I (5) Japanese, but I want

to learn it Carla (6) English and French and Portuguese,

of course, Our visitors (7) doing many things They often (8) breakfast in the hotel, a continental breakfast of croissants

or bread, and espresso Then perhaps after breakfast they visit the Empire State Building and the Museum of Modern Art and (9) shopping at Macy's They come back to the hotel at four o'clock and have tea or cappuccino and relax Then in the evening they go to a Broadway show Carla and I work long hours

Carla says: “Jack and 1(1) liye _ (live) ina room in the hotel Jack

@) (start) work at six in the morning, butÏ (3) _ — _ (not start) until six in the evening He (4) (get up) at five o'clock 1 (5) (stay) in bed 1 (6) (not get up) until ten o'clock We always (7) (meet) at three o'clock in the afternoon when Jack (8) (finish) work, We (9) (go) back to our room and we (10) (have) lunch before 1 (yp (go) to work at a quarter to six.”

3 Ask Jack questions 2 We want to go on vacation

Mr and Mrs, Adams are with a travel agent Put the conversation

in the correct order

3 Whe 4 a [_] Yes, of course Where f [_] Yes, please My husband and

ma hai do you want to go? I want to go on a winter vacation

4 How many languages you children do you all sports—skiing, swimming,

‘Three, English, German, and e [T] Good morning sixteen She doesn’t like sports

; i drinking coffee And she wants

5 you Japanese? 4L] seats Ah, yes! sử to practice her French

Nop] don't But Tanto learn i ideal IthinkThave bh [_] Two two children, a son and

6 _ your wife _ English? the perfect winter adaughter

‘Yes, she does, She speaks it fluently vacation for the i [J Well This is the problem Ilike

work? e [ ] And how old are my husband doesn’t He wants

At six o'clock in th SEO CUCENHUNGSHOEH In, like doing? the children

nei people ofall 1 Write short answers to the questions about the Adams family

matonalnss Use do, does, don’t, and doesn’t

2 Do they want a winter vacation? Yes, they 5

3 Do Mr Adams and his daughter like skiing? No, they 3

4, Do Mrs Adams and her son like skiing? Yes,they

5 Does their daughter like sports? No, she z

6 Does their daughter speak French? Yes, she

18 Unit 4 + Take it easy!

2 Answer the questions about you

1, Are you American?

NoDm nop

2 Do you speak French?

3 Are you French?

4, Do you work in a hotel?

5, Are you.a teacher?

6 Do you like learning English?

7 Do your parents speak English?

Complete the sentences with a negative

1, Tlike swimming, but I

don't like tennis

2 like coffee, but I

3 We like playing tennis, but we

4, Sue likes cats, but she

5 [speak French, but

6 Tom speaks Spanish, but he

7 Mr and Mrs Green have a son,

but they

Adverbs of frequency

6 Position of adverbs

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences

L always/ the /Canada /to/go/we/spring/in

7 Questions about you

1 ‘Answer the questions about you Use an adver

of frequency in your answer

Is How do you come to school?

2 Answer the questions about you Prepositions of time

Use the phrases in the box to help you

ceeey (Pridey) 1 summer I play tennis 5 pa on Sundays

once a week 2, The train leaves Tokyo 4B

three pefourtimesa year 3, He likes playing soccer weekends

They often eat in a restaurant Fridays,

1, How often do you go swimming? 5

About once a week, _ 6 Vancouver is very cold winter

2 How often do you eat in restaurants?

Vocabulary

9 Opposite verbs

1 Match a verb in A with its opposite in B

3 How often do you take a shower?

4, How often do you go shopping?

2 Complete the sentences with the opposite verb in the correct form

1 Sally hates George, but she loves Thomas

in the afternoon

3 The movie starts at 7:15 and at 10:00,

4 get up at 6:30 and at 10:30 on weekdays

5 She to work at 8:30 in the morning and comes

home at 6:00

6 John is often late for school, but I

7 The plane leaves Boston at 1 P.M and in New York

at 1:55 BM

8 work eight hours a day, so I always in the evening

Writing

10 A letter to a pen pal

1 Read Max's letter to his pen pal ‘We put the number

and study the organization of the letter of the street first Your address, but

1525 Rhades Street The zip code

Arlington, Virginia 22209 | atheend

We use Love if lke ee = os acc” ee

ee know the tL What abot gal? Pisce nee :

person very wel Bot eee e write to me

2 Write a similar letter

to a pen pal about you

Unit 4 + Take it easy! 21

there is⁄are; some/⁄any s Prepositions this/that/these/those » Rooms and activities

z Writing—describing where you live

22 Unit 5 » Where do you live?

1 Describing a room

Look at the picture of an office Are the

sentences true (v’) or false (x)?

2 [] There are some people in the office

‘There’s a mirror on the wall next

to the sofa

‘There aren’t any plants

‘There are some magazines under the coffee table

‘There's a plant next to the door

There’s a photograph on the desk,

in front of the telephone

‘There’s a bag on the chair

10 ‘There’s a woman on the sofa next to

There’s a computer next to the cell phone

2 Questions and answers

1 Look at the picture of the office again Complete

2.A _ there any cups?

B Yes, == They're the coffee table

It’s in front of the desk

Is there a cell phone?

3 A house at the beach

1 Paul, Jenny, and their six children want a beach house

for their summer vacation Read the advertisement, then complete

the conversation

Captain’s Corners, Nantucket Enjoy the peace and quiet of

Nantucket in elegant comfort This

beautiful 1890s Captain's home

has large windows, fireplaces, and

hardwood floors Enjoy an afternoon

reading in the large yard with

flowers and trees, or a refreshment

jn our garden We are a short walk

to cobblestoned Main Street and its

wonderful stores and galleries

It’s just a quick bus ride to many

of Nantucket’s beautiful beaches

Nearby there are some very good

Jenny Paul, look at this house!

Paul That's nice (1) Where is it?

Jenny It’s on the island of Nantucket Isn’t it beautiful?

Paul Yes, it is But is it big enough? How many bedrooms

Jenny (3) four That's just right for the eight of us

Paul The living room is nice, with antique furniture in it But where

do we eat? (4) a dining room?

Jenny It doesn't say But (5)

and also there are (6) good restaurants nearby,

And (7) a big yard for the children

Paul OK Why don’t we rent it?

Jenny Good idea!

Paul (12)

Jenny Yes It’s 1-508-228-1692

Paul Great!

an electric stove

the center of town?

the center of town It’s just

stores nearby?

wonderful stores and galleries

a phone number in the advertisement?

2 Complete the sentences about Captain's Corners with some, any, a, or an,

1 Isthere a _ yard?

2 There are good restaurants nearby

3 Downtown Nantucket has

stores and galleries

4, Arethere _ good beaches

near the house?

5 Does the house have _ dining

Answer the questions about

your school and your town

1 Is there a coffee bar in your school?

Yes, there is _

2 Is there a language laboratory?

3 Is there a library?

4, Are there any computers?

5 Are there any bookshelves

this/that/these/those

5 this or that?

Match the conversations and pictures

1 [] A Do you like this photograph?

B Yes, I do, It’s nice

2 [] A Doyou like that picture?

B No,I don't Its ugly

3 [] A How much is this camera?

Match the conversations and pictures

1 [] A How much are these plates?

B They're $6.00 each

2 [] A Look at those cups

B They're nice

3 [] A Lookat those boys!

B They're Anne’s children

4 [ ] A These are my children,

Complete the sentences with

this, these, it, or they

B They're very cheap

A exercise is very easy BNo, _isn’t._’s hard!

a)

Vocabulary

1 Look at the picture | bedroom refrigerator sofa bed bookshelves

and write the words in the stove bathtub closet bathroom kitchen

| like coffee | like tea

| like coffee and | like tea

| like Tom | don't like his wife

like Tom, but | don’t like his wife

I like Judy 1 often visit her,

{like Judy, so | often visit her

| like my job It’s interesting

| like my job because it’s interesting

2 We live in an apartment on the top

floor, we don’t have a yard

3 Our apartment's small, it’s

comfortable

4, Tlike living here it’s near my

friend’s house

5 I like Chinese food, my

husband doesn’t like it at all

6 We beth like sailing, _ we live

near the ocean

7 Y'm always tired on Friday evenings

Ilike to stay at home and relax

8 New York is expensive, Llike it

9 Ilike New York ’s very

exciting,

Tl Describing where you live

1 Read the text

there's a living oor urhere there's a beatiful old

fiteplace There's a yard in front of the house

The yard goes dawn to the beach and in the Spring and summer there are flowers everywhere

J live alone with my dog, Boxer, but: we have a lot of

Visitors, Many of my friends werk in the city, so they often stay with me because they want to relax

T love my house formany reasons: the yard, the

flowers in the Summer, but the best thing is the

ocean view from my bedroom window

2 Write a similar description of your house or apartment in about

© Do you like it? Why? What is the best thing?

Unit 5 + Where do you live? 27

can/can't

1 What can they do?

‘What can the

people do? What can’t they

do? Complete the sentences

2 What can you do?

Complete the questions

with can and a verb from

the box, Then match the

questions and answers

a car, but she

and Flora can’t either, but Carla and Adam can

3 Can_ y ou the piano? he pit a ¥ Yes, I can French and Spanish h and Spanish,

7 the guitar? c No, I can’t I think they're

was/were 4 How much was it before?

li ncorto rau 1 Label the pictures in Exercise 2 below using the words in the box

Complete the sentences with camera purse wineglasses pens briefcase television

am, is, are, was, or were

1, The homework was _ very difficult yesterday 2 Look at the prices, Write a conversation for each picture

2 Hello, everybody! I sorry

3 “Where you born?”

% Bán leEclrrlke 1 A How much is the purse?

4 “Where your sister A How much was it before?

6 The children very tired B

today They ata party A

B

A

B

W es 6A

5 Questions and short answers

1 Read about David and Rosa

large hospital David gets up at 730 Aw, and takes

a shower He leaves home at 8:30 and goes to

work by train He arrives at the office at 9:00

Rosa gets up at 9:30 because she doesn't start

work until 1:00 in the afternoon She goes by bus

to the hospital at 12:15

David finishes work at 5:30 pa and goes

shopping in a supermarket near the office Then

he goes home and cooks dinner He eats alone in

the kitchen at 7:00 and then he usually watches

TV in the living room until Rosa gets home at

10,00 She often has her dinner in front of the TV

David goes to bed at 11:00, but Rosa usually

ee tobed alittle later

2 Write short answers to the questions 2,

Some of the questions are about yesterday could/couldn't

6 When | was three | could

1 Is Davida doctor? No, he isn’t — — — 1 Write three things you could do when you were three

2 Does Rosa work in a hospital?

3 Where were David and Rosa at seven 2

o'clock yesterday morning? 3

4

a Was David be te bathrsonn at twenty-five 2 Write three things you can do now that you couldn’t do when

~ 1 Leouldn’t swim when L was three, but Ican now

5 Was David at work yesterday? 2

Beg

8 Can David cook 1 Leouldn’t ski when Ï was three and LsHll can, ———

10 Where were they at ten-thirty last night?

30 Unit 6 + Can you speak English?

Yocabulary

7 Words that go together

1 Match a verb in A with a word or phrase in B

2 Complete the conversations with a word or words from Exercise 1

in the correct form

Maria! Do you the answer?

P'm sorry I can’t remember the question!

Your son is a very good artist

Thank you very much He could when he was

just three,

Can you play tennis at nine o'clock on Sunday?

Tm sorry I never _

until eleven on Sundays I stay in bed

‘What time do you _ every day?

T'm always in the office and at my desk at 9:00

Is your friend English?

No, she isn’t, but she

Does your sister 2

‘No, she doesn’t She lives with two friends

Do you want to go to the movies after work?

No, thanks I’m really tired I just want to

Tm work until 5:30 BM

every day

5, She was _her boyfriend — — Friday night

6 Rod was born Auckland

Writing

9 Formal letters ]

1 Read the advertisement for a job

Carol is interested in the job Read the

information about her and complete her letter

Name Carol Barnes

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

Present job Tourist guide

Last job Hotel receptionist

Languages French, Spanish

2 Study the organization

of Carol’s letter

‘The name and address of the

person you are writing to go here

The date goes here

mg

‘We begin all letters, both formal

and informal, with Dear

print your name

Carol Barnes

—T

3 Look at the advertisement for another

job and write a similar letter

32 Unit 6 » Can you speak English?

Anne Watson, The Santa Fe

16 Canyon (2)

rel Barney

a receptionist

© Do you like working with people?

© Can you speak two foreign languages?

¢ Can you use a computer?

© Do you know Santa Fe well?

Please write t0

‘Anne Watson, Director The Santa Fe international School

16 Canyon Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

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woman We use Mr for a man, tú Introduction

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of the letter

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with Sincerely yours Ward to hearing from you, Ending

BEST VACATIONS —_

+ Do you like talking to people?

+ Do you know your town well?

+ Can you speak English? |

+ Are you free from July to September?

Past Simple1 s Present Simple review Parts of speech © Prepositions

Writing—describing a vacation

Write questions and answers about the people

A Did you work eight hours yesterday?

B No, Ldidn’t Lworked twelve hours _

2 A Does Ann usually drive to work?

B Yes,

A Did she yesterday?

the Present Simple and the verb in B into the Past Simple B No,

1 7 asually work (work) eight hours a day, but on weekends?

4, Ann and Max usually _ (go) sailing on weekends, but B

5 Itusually (rain) a lot in winter, but 5 A Does it usually rain a lot in winter?

5 A 2

b, last weekend they _(play) tennis 6 A Doyou and Max usually go camping

c, yesterday I started (start) work at 9:00 a.M.and in August?

f last nighthe (listen) to music

Unit 7 + Then andnow 33

3 had/did, was/were

Complete the conversation 5 Negatives and affirmatives Complete the sentences with the affirmative

with had, did, was, ot were form of the verb

AI — mybirthday 1 Ididn't go to New York, I went _ to Chicago yesterday I'm twenty-five! 2 We didn’t meet jim, we _ Max

B Really? What you 3 He didn’t leave last Tuesday, he —_ last do? "Thursday

A Well dinner 4, We didn't see Jim, we David,

with friends in an Italian 5, They didn’t buy a Volvo, they a Saab

B What _ you eat? theanewer:

A Weall _ pizza + 7 Ididn’t lose my passport,I my ticket

Ít —— verygood 8 We didn’t have white wine, we _ red wine

B _ you enjoy your birthday? 9 He didn’t write aletter,he _a posteard

A Mmm, It _ excellent! When’s your birthday? 1ù: XteuEfeduitbesiust680BB,E.— 1

4 Irregular verbs Put the words in the correct order to make

Complete the table with the verbs in the box questions Then write true answers

‘Write the Past Simple forms 1 school/điả/when/start/you/?

[ begin start” viết write leae Tose buy When did you start school?

jo see enjoy go take paint have When Lwas six, In 1985

drive speak travel come stay meet 2 morning/you/time/get/up/what/this/did/?

a eESe_wa—a— eo ;

Infivitive | Past Simple Past Simple 3, dinner/night/have/what/ you /last/ for/did/?

start | started — began

a ] _ ¬ 4 did /train/last/ you/by/when/travel /?

Present Simple and Past Simple

7 Abiography

1 Complete the text using the correct tense and form

of the verbs on the right

My Aunt Nancy

‘My Aunt Nancy was born in the United States, but

fo Australia in 1995 when her husband, my Uncle Jack,

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ie is 80 years old now, but she stfl (4)

She's an artist, She (6) pletures of cats for

birthday cards She (6) _cats—she (7)_

twenty-fivel

She (8) _ painting in 1996 At first she

“(2) _ just for a hobby, but then in 1999 she began

making and selling birthday cards A lot of people

(10) them and (14) them

She usually (12) _ work at 7:00 in the morning

and (13) at 5:00 in the evening Then she

Last year | (15) Australia and1(16)

with her for two weeks 1(17) a very good

live

finish

go start

Write short answers to the questions

1, Was Aunt Nancy born in Australia?

2 Did she go to Australia in 1995?

3, Did Uncle Jack die in 1995?

4, Is Aunt Nancy 90 years old?

5 Does she still work?

6 Does she have 50 cats?

7, Did she start painting in 1996?

8 Did she start selling birthday cards in 1997?

9 Does she usually work ten hours a day?

10, Does she usually go shopping after work?

3 Write questions for these answers

1 Where was Aunt Nancy born?

In the United States