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12A 3 VOCABULARY

a 1 She hasn't read the book. irregular past participles
2 You haven't washed the dishes.
3 We've done the housework. a Tell Sts to focus o n the last colu mn of the chart. Explain
4 He's been sick. t hat th ese are irreg ular past pa rticiples and that they need
5 They haven't eaten Japanese food before. to write the infinitive and the simple past in the relevant
colum ns. Yo u may want to point out that a ll except o ne of
b 1 I've forgot ten your name. th em (left) are d ifferent from the simple past.
2 My boyfriend hasn't worn his new shi rt.
3 Have you spoken t o your boss? Get Sts to compare their answers with a partner.
4 They haven't done their homework.
5 Has your brother worked in New York? b 5 47 >)) Play the audio fo r Sts ro Iisten and check .
6 The train has left the train station.
7 We haven't t aken any photos. C heck an swers.
8 Have the children eaten all the cookies?
9 My girlfriend hasn't called me today. 5 47 >)) _j

10 Janet has lef t her book at home. 1 be, was I were, been
2 break, broke, broken
c 1 He's broken his leg. 3 do, did, done
2 They've gone to the beach. 4 eat,ate,eaten
3 He's fallen off his motorcycle. 5 fall, fell, fallen
4 She's read the newspaper. 6 forget, forgot, forgotten
5 They've bought a new car. 7 go, went, gone
8 leave, left, left
Tell Sts to go back to the ma in lesson 1 2A . 9 sing, sang, sung
10 speak, spoke, spoken
Extra support 11 take, took, taken
12 wear, wore, worn
• If you t hi n k Sts need mo re prac tice. you may ''a n t
to give t he m th e Gramma r pho tocopiablc acti\·it) at Pia) the audio agai n, pausing after each past participle
thi s poi nt. for Sts to repeat the th ree form s. Help w ith pro nunciation
where necessa ry. Point o ut that [JOI! e has two
e ln pairs, Sts look at the images of the movies and d iscuss pro nunc iations: /g-:Jn/ and /go n/. T he difFerence is very
which ones they've seen a nd which books they've read. sub tle, but Sts m ight like to focus o n the first o ne by
Focus o n th e examples in t he s peech bu bbles a nd compa ring it to t he sound in saw.
de mo nstrate the ac tivity by ta lk ing abo ut rhe mo vies/
books yourself. c 5 48 >)) Focus o n the instruction s and the exa m ple, a nd
tel l Sts they arc going to hea r the infini tive and t hey
Get some feedback from the class. m ust say the si mple past a nd t he past pa rticiple. Tell Sts
that the verbs are from a , but they will hear them in a
2 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress different o rder. P lay the audio fo r Sts to sec what they
h ave to do. Get Sts to eithe r cover a o r to clo se t heir
a 5 46 >)) Foc us o n t heimageofTheHobbitandelic ir/ bo o ks. If S rs close thei r books, w r ite S ll\l PL E PAST a nd
1'.\ST P,\RTJC I PL E 0 11 t he boa rd.
ex plain that it is a fa ntasy novel by J. R. R . Tolk ien, the

auth o r of Th e Lord oftlte n i ll[JS, a nd has been mad e into

a mo vie. Focus on the d ialogue. Play the audi o once for
Sts jusr to Iisten .

5 46 >)) T hen play the aud io, pausing after each infinitive, a nd
See dialogue in Student's Book on page 93 elicit t he simple past and past participle from t he whole
class. Then repea t the act ivity, elicitin g responses from
individual Sts.

Now play it aga in, pausin g a fter each line for Sts to 5 48 >)) l
repeat. Remind S ts that t he larger word s a rc th e o nes
th ey should st ress more strongly. 1 be (pause) was I were, been
2 speak (pause) spoke, spoken
Ger Srs to practice the dial ogue in pairs. cha nging roles. 3 leave (pause) left, left
4 write (pause) wrote, written
b Tel l Sts to think ofrhrcc more m ovies from books. S take (pause) took, taken
Monitor a nd help Sts wrirc their rlnee movie rirl es. 6 break (pause) broke, broken
7 eat (pause) ate, eaten
! In a mo nolingual class, if you do n't know how to 8 wear (pause) wore, worn
tran slate so m e movie ti tles into English, yo u ca n use 9 do (pause) did, done
th e version in yo ur Sts' la nguage. 10 fall (pause) fell, fallen
11 go (pause) went, gone
Extra support 12 sing (pause) sang, sung

• Some St s mig ln h a' et rouble rh inking of mm ies. so d Tell St s to look at I-8 and to complete the Verb
pu t Sts in pair<; ro brain storm som e mo' ic title-, a nd col umn in each one with a past participle fro m a.
then write the m o n th e bo a rd .
Get Sts to com pa re with a partner, and then check
Sts ask a nd answer w ith a partner. M o nitor, he lping Sts a nswe rs.
get t he right r hy thm in t he ir questions.
1 done 5 spoken
Get feedback from the class. 2 forgotten 6 worn
3 taken 7 fallen
Extra ch allenge 4 gone 8 broken I forgotten

- • lf St'> ha\T see n a 1110\ ie and rea d th e book. a'>k w hic h e Tell Sts to cover t he Verb colum n , and to say the
on e t he~· preferre d a nd why. sentences. compl etin g them fro m memo r y.





































































BC GRAMMAR there was I there were

0 Complete the sentences with there \Vas I there IVasn 't, there ll'ere I there IVeren 't, o r Was there I

Were there ...?

1

A '\Vas the re a supermarket in your town when you were a child?

B No, ~ a bakery and a
small store.

A •_ __ _ _ _ _ any Italian restaurants? I love pizza!

B No, 5_ _ _ _ _ __ _ ,but 6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ a cafe.

And - two restaurants!

2
A We stayed in a great hotel in Spain. s_ _ _ _ _ __

a huge TV in our room!

B Wow! " - - - - - - - a swimming pool?
A Yes, 111_ __ __ _ _ two, and ' ' - - - - - - -

a fantastic gym.
B ' ~_ _ _ _ _ _ _ a good restaurant in the hotel?

A Yes, the food was delicious!

J

3

A u a very old castle in t he town I lived in as

a child. People said ,. secret rooms in it.

B Really? ,;_ _ __ _ _ _ ghosts in the castle, too?

A Yes, 1(,_ . My aunt saw one once. She said that

suddenly ,- a strange light and then she

saw a face looking in through the window - but she was on the

second floor!

4

A Did you get anything nice at the sale?

B Yes, I did. '' _ __ __ some cool sweaters. I got two.

A Great! ' '~_ _ _ _ __ _ any jeans?

B Yes, 20 , but ~~ any in
my SIZe.

activation
G) \York w ith a partner. Say t hree things that there were on the street or in the area w here you live

but are not there now.

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9A GRAMMAR countable I uncountable nouns;
a I an, some I any

f) Look at w hat 's in the refrigerator. W rite the questio ns a nd short an swers .

1 butter? is there an)' butter? No. Lhere isn't.
2 sushi ?
3 carrots?
4 cheese?
5 fish?
6 chicken?
7 eggs?
8 orange juice?

Q Write[±] or G sentences with a/ an, so m e, o r any .

1 omons T here aren't any onions.

2 tomato juice

,., pineap p le

.)

4 strawberries

5 pe ppers

6 milk

7 mushrooms

8 ice cream

G Test your memory. Work with a partner. A (pic rure face up) ask B (picture face down) fi ve

qu estion s about what's in the fridge. T hen cha nge roles.

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98 GRAMMAR how much I how many, a lot of, etc.

O ~th e right word in bold. Then answer the question with a complete sentence. Use a lot of,

not .. . 1111/Ch, not ... many, or not ... any.

Fast Food Fred

1 How8f many orange juice does he drink?
He doesn I drink ally orallgejuice.

2 How much I many hamburgers does he ear?
3 How much I many French fries does he cat?

Valerie the Vegetarian
4 How much f many meat does she cat?

5 How much I many vegetables does she cat?
6 How much I many water does she drink?

---------------- ---- ---- ----- ----- - . ,

Baby Belinda

7 How much I many mi lk does she drink?
8 How much I many bread does she eat?
9 How much I many apples does she eat?

Fabio the Food Fan

10 How much I many cereal does be cat?
11 How much I many pasta does he cat?
12 How much I many cups of espresso does he drink?

activation -

C!) \Vork w it h a partner. Answe r questions 1- 12 about yourself. T hen ask your partner some

questions and di scuss.
I don't drink much orange juice. How much orange juice do you drin~

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9C GRAMMAR comparative adjectives

0 Use the information to make compa rative sentences.

1 1 Th e Golden Gate [Jridge is Speed
shorter than the Akashi-Kaikvo
Length bridge. human 27.79 mph
horse 47.50 mph
the Akashi-Kaikyo bridge (Japan} 2
12,831 ft slow

the Golden Gate bridge (US} Size
8,980 ft

[ S hort ]

Inventions 3

Blu-ray technology 1998 4 Russia 6,592,800 sq mi
MP3 technology 1989 Canada 3,854,085 sq m i

new j 5 5PeopIe per sq m1.

Price

Cartier watch $5, 170 6 Shangha i 9,400
Swatch watch $115 Istanbul 6,530

r Lexpensive I I crowded 1 J
A~er·age summer
temperature 7 8

Risl<

London 75.2°F 8 deaths per year worldwide traveling
New York City 83°F by car approx. 1.2 million

hot deaths per year worldwide traveling
_ _ , __ _ _ _ _ j by plane approx. 600

dangerous

' - - -- - '--

Vitamin C 9

oranges: approx. 70 mg per orange 10 Burj Khalifa tower (Dubai): J
apples: approx. 9 mg per app le 2.717 ft

_ j_ _[healthy Empire State Building (New York}

1.454ft

- -- tall

11 12 -l

Annual rainfall Weather
11

Buenos Aires 38.7 inches 12 Paris (France} average hours
Rome 23 inches sun light per day 4.9

dry Stockholm (Sweden} average hours
sunl ight per day 5.4

L sunny

activation
G) Test your memory. Cover the sentences and look at the boxes. Compare the things.

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