SCANDAL IN THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Count Alexei Ivanov from Russia was

travelling to england in a beautiful train
from the Orient Express Line, his plans
were to find a new wife in foreign land
since he spent all his family fortune in
gambling and women.

Known for his generosity with his various

mistresses, the count received the
nickname of “Sultan” Ivanov because he
was always giving amazing jewelry to all
his former lovers, and of course many of
them belonged to different aristocratic or
royal backgrounds.

Due to jealousy many of his mistresses

joined the trip.
Marchesa Francesca hopped in on the first
stop in Venice, Baronesses Dashenka and
Pavlov entered the train in Prague,
Princess Fatima of Iran started her journey
in Istambul and finally Countess von Taxis
smoothly joined the party in Berlin.

A nite in the dining room the playboy

decided to ask all his former flames for
some Vodka and caviar in the main dining
room, all of them gladly agreed to accept
the invitation.

Marchesa Francesca was wearing a

beautiful emerald set, Baronesses
Dashenka and Pavlov matched their
beauty with some earrings, bracelets and
necklaces of delicate opal and diamonds,
Princess Fatima wore an extravagant set
made of gold and sapphires, rubies and
zirconia while Countess von Taxis was
wearing an amazing rubi set that matched
with her red hair and fiery moods.

The train passed below a tunnel in the

road to Hungary and the lights were out for
around 20 minutes.
As you may imagine many things
happened to the women and their ex flame
during this time….
When the lights were back on, a train
marshall was entering the dining room just
to let guests know that lights were back on,
but our characters were in a let’s call it
“inconvenient” position.
 A few moments later all the women
noticed their missing jewellery, all valued
in around 15 million sterling pounds.

All women valued their jewellery but their

privacy as well and many of them find it
completely “unnecessary” to research
further.

Since Marchesa Francesca is “happily”

married and a mother of 4, the russian
Baronesses are both married to old and
very conservative husbands that were not
aware of their wives indiscretion, Princess
Fatima is promised to marry an old
arabian prince and become wife number
17, and Countess von Taxis is a newly
widow whose inheritance was being
evaluated by her former mother in law.

All of them agreed to remain silent to avoid

the scandal, but they were all receiving
letters to their personal chambers in the
train asking for money in an envelope or all
the train and the world would know of their
indiscretions.

You are the private detective of this story

find the thief and briber of these poor
scandalous women:

1. Identify the characters of the story according to their description:

The suspects

2. Make your questions to each character (remember to be extremely delicate) because they are ladies
and if one of them feels disrespected she will simply ask for your head on a silver plate (yes, you may
lose your job), remember using simple past (Did) or past continuous (was/were+ verb (ing))
● What jewellery were you wearing that night?
● Did you see the thief?

Send your questions to the link you will find on whatsapp

3. Draw your conclusions of this case, what are your opinions? Who is the thief?

4. Be creative and continue the story according to your ideas, write down the ending of this affair:

5. Work in the following:

 didn't drink

got on

did he get up

did you get offf

didn't change

woke up

did he give

received

didn't use

did she make

lived

read

didn't watch

didn't study
 Past Simple (regular verbs)
 Write the Past Simple form of the verbs below in the correct column.
 repeat  worry  finish  start  phone  call  miss  enjoy  visit  marry  listen  cry 

 play  hate  wash  climb  live  arrive  talk  look  stay  ask  clean 

 travel  open  like  walk  carry  stop  mix  plan  decide  tidy 

cons + y double cons

-d - ed - ied + - ed

phoned repeated enjoied missed

hated finished worried called
lived started carried
arrived visitedl tidied
decided listened
liked washed
climbed
talked
looked
asked
cleaned
traveled
opened
walked

 Write sentences in Past Simple:

1- Affirmative
2- Negative
3- Interrogative (Yes / No)

A) My sister / tidy / her room / yesterday morning. E) John / stay / at Mary’s house / last summer.
1- my sister tidied her room yesterday morning 1- john staied at mary's house last summer
2- john didn't stay at mary's last summer
2- my sisted didn't tidy her room yesterday morn
did john saty at mary's house last summer
3- did she tidy her room yesterday morning ? 3-

B) We / live / in New York / in 1997. F) You / start / school / ten years ago.
1- we lived in NY in 1997
1- you started school ten years ago
2- we didn't live in NY in 1997
did he live in NY in 1997 2- you didn't start the school ten years ago
3- did you start the school ten years ago
3-

C) Tom / travel / to Dublin / last night.
1- tom traveled to dublin last night
2- tom didn't travel to dublin last
night did tom travel to dublin last
night
3-
G) The film / end / very late / last weekend.
1- the film ended very late last weekend
2- the film didn't end very late last weekend
did the film end very late last weekend
3-

D) I / clean / my teeth / twice / yesterday.

H) Sue and Pat / talk / on the phone / yesterday.
1- I cleaned my teeth twice yesterday
2- I didn't clean my teeth twice 1- sue and pat talked on the phone yesterday
yesterday did I clean my teeth 2- sue and pat didn't talk on the phone yesterday
yesterday did they talk on the phone yesterday
3- 3-
 Write the verbs in brackets in Past Simple.
tid ie d..
- My sister ........... . . .. . .. (tidy) her s t a i e d ....
- John .......... .. . .. . ..
(stay) at his
bedroom yesterday morning. granny’s house last summer.
- We ............p...h..o..n..e...d (phone) - The film ......e..n..d...e..d . (end) very late
our yesterday.
cousins last week.
- My family ........l.i.v..e..d ....(live) in New York
- The girls ..........p..l.a..y..e..d (play) on the in 1995.
computer last night.
- You ...........c..l.e..a..n..e...d (clean) your
- I .................t.r.a..v..e..l.e...d (travel) to teeth
Paris three times yesterday.
three months ago.

 Complete the sentences with the verbs below in Past Simple.

liked
1- Lucy...................................her birthday presents.
w a lk e d
2- Last weekend I ........... ... ... .. ... in the mountains for 2 hours.

e n jo ie d
3- We .......... .. .. . .. . ... the party very much.

4- Ken .........l.i.s..t.e...n..e..d to his favourite CD yesterday.

5- My sister ...........s..t.u..d..i.e..d Maths for an exam.

6- They ...........t.r.a...v..e..l.e..d to the USA in 2003.

7- Dad .............w...a..s..h..e...d his car last weekend.

8- The film ........f.i.n..i.s..h..e...d at 11:30.

 Write the sentences in negative.

1- Lucy ............d..i.d..n...t..l.i.k..e .............her birthday presents.

2- ....
l.a..s..t..w...e..e...k..e..n..d...i..d...i.d..n..t..w...a..l.k..e..d....i.n...t.h..e....m...o..u...n..t.a..i.n..s.................................
.......................................

3- ....
w...e...d..i.d...n..t..e..n..j.o...y...t.h..e...p...a..r.t.y........................................................................................................
.....

4- ....
k..e..n....d..i.d..n..t..l.i.s..t.e..n....t.o...h..i.s...f..a..v..o..u..r..it..e...C...D......................................................................
.....................

5- ....
m...y...s..i.s..t.e...d...d..i.d..n...t..s..t.u..d..y...m....a..t.h....f.o..r..t.h...e...e..x..a..m....................................................
..............................

6- ....
t.h..e..y....d..i.d..n..t..t..r.a..v..e..l..t.o....t.h..e...u...s..a................................................................................................
........
7- ....
d a d d id n t w a s h h is c a r la s t w e e k e n d
.. .. .... .. . .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. . ... .. .. ... . .. .. .. ... .. ... .. .. .. ..............................................................
.........................
8- ....
t.h..e....f.i.lm.....d..i.d..n...t..f.i.n..i.s..h...a..t...1..1..:.3..0.............................................................................................
..........
 What did you do yesterday? Put a ( ) or a ( ).

 Write questions about the previous activities and answer them.

yes i did
brush ypur teeth
1- Did you ............................................................. yesterday? ......................................................
2- ....d...i.d...y..o..u...h...e..l.p...a..t...h..o..m...e.........................................................?
....n..o....i..d..i.d..n..t...................................
did you watch a film on tv
yes i did
3- ................................................................................................? .......................................................
d id y o u s t u d y e n g lis h
4- .... ... . ... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .. . . .. ........................................................?
n o i d id n t
.......... .. ... .. ... ... .. ..............................
5- ....d...i.d...y..o..u...l.i.s..t.e...n...t.o...m....u..s..i.c......................................................?
y e s i d id
.......... .. .. ... .. .. . .................................

6- ....d...i.d...y..o..u...p...h..o..n..e....y..o..u..r...f.r.i.e..n..d...s..............................................?
..........n..o...i..d...id...n..t..............................
7- ....d...i.d...y..o..u...u...s..e...t.h..e....c..o..m...p...u..t.e..r................................................?
..........y..e..s...i..d..i.d.................................

8- ........d..i.d...y..o...u...p..l.a..y...t.e...n..n..i.s.........................................................?
..........n..o...i..d...id...n..t..............................

 Ask your classmate the questions and compare the answers.

Use and or but to join the actions.

1- Yesterday I
b u s h m y te e t h b u t i d id n t h e p l a t h o m e
......... .. .. .. ... .... ... . .. .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ... .................................................
.....
2- ..
i w a t c h e d th e film b u t i d id n t s tu d y e n g lis h
.. ... .. .. .. .. .. ... . ... ... . . . .... ... .. .. .. .. . .. ... .. .. . .. .. .... .. .. .. . . .. .............................................
..................................
3- ..
i..l.i.s..t.e..n...e..d...t.o....m...u..s..i.c...b...u..t..i..d..i.d..n...t...p..h..o..n...e...m...y...f..r.i.e..n..d..s............................
..........................................
4- ..
i..u...s..e..d...m...y....c..o..m...p..u...t.e..r..b...u..t..i..d..i.d..n...t..p..l.a..y...t.e...n..n..i.s.............................................
..................................

5- .........................................................................................................................................................

6- .........................................................................................................................................................

7- .........................................................................................................................................................

8- .........................................................................................................................................................
 Past Simple (irregular verbs)

 Complete the table.

Then complete the sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

hacer olvidar
forget escuchar
manejar hacer buscar
heard
romper tener
drove
comer nadar
do tomar
found correr cortar
break obtener
had
ate
swim
drank
run
cut
get

w e n t
- She ....... ... .. .. (go) to school on foot
yesterday. - My dad .....g..a..v..e (give) me a CD for my
birthday.
- Paul ......a..t..e .....(eat) 2 sandwiches and an apple.
- Ana ...........h..a..d (have) a bath last Sunday.
- I ............g..o...t (get) up very early last night. s w a m
- We ...... .. ... .. (swim) in the
fo u n d Mediterranean sea.
- They ........ . .. .. .. (find) 50 euros in the
street. w r o te
- Joe ..... ... .. .. . (write) a letter to Mary 2
days ago.

 Complete the sentences. Use the negative form of the underlined verbs.
Yesterday ...

- I drank coffee but I ........d..i.d..n..t...d..r.i.n..k tea.

d i d n t f in d
- She found her purse but she ....... .. . .. .. .. .. ... her keys.

d id n t b re a k
- The children broke the window but they ......... .. . .. .. ... .. . .. .. the door.

- He had a shower but he ........d..i.d..n..t...h..a..v..e breakfast.

d i d n t m a k e any pastries.
- My father made a cake but he ......... .. . .. .. .. ... ... ..
- We spoke English and French but we .....d..i.d..n..t..s..p..e...a..k German.
 Match the pictures with the actions and write the Past Simple of the verbs.

ate a sandwich

did the homework made a cake

rode bike
had a shower

read a newspaper
did the washing up

 Write questions about Alex and answer them.

did he drink a coffee ? no he didnt, he ate a sandwich

did he watch tv? no he didnt, he did the homework

did he clean the bedroom? no he didnt, he did the washing up

did he drive a car ? no he didnt, he rode a bike

did he swim? no he didnt, he had a shower

did he read a book? , no he didnt, he read a newspaper

did he walk the dog? no he didnt he made a cake

 went

was

was

traveled

stayed was

went

Mary likes and the children love .

So Mary and Mum ...........s..u..n...b..a..t.h..e...d.... (sunbathe) and the children .........p..l.a..y..e..d

....................................................................................................................................................(play) with

m a d e s w a m
the ball and .......... .... .. .. ........ (make) sandcastles. Dad ..... .. ... .. (swim) in the sea and

re a d h a d
....... . ... .. ........... (read) the under the umbrella. We usually ....... .. .. (have) lunch in

a near the beach. In the afternoon they ...........v..i.s..i.t.e..d . (visit) very interesting

places. One day They .....w...e..n..t............. (go) out in a . It ...w...a..s (be) amazing!

lik e d e s a w
They ........ . . .. .. ............ (like) th best. They ...... .. ... ........... (see) different

, some and even a ...........j.u...m...p..e..d (jump) in front of the

boat. They also
to o k
..........w..a...t.c..h..e..d... (watch) some people feed the fish. Mary ...... . .. .. ........... (take) a lot

of . The family ........e..n..j.o..y..e..d (enjoy) a lot.

ra in e d
The last day it ......... . .. . ... .. ...... (rain). The whole family .....w...e..n...t (go) to a shopping
centre.
 b o u g h t re tu rn e d
They ........... .. ... .. .. .. ......... (buy) some souvenirs. In the afternoon they ......... . ... . .. . ... ..
...........................................................................................................................................................
(return)

home. Mary and her family .........h...a..d . (have) a great time there !!!!
 WRITE sentences in PAST SIMPLE:
1- Affirmative
2- Negative
3- Interrogative (Yes / No)

A) He / phone / a friend / an hour ago. I) The children / play / tennis and basketball /
1- he phoned a friend an hour at the sports centre.
ago he didnt phone a frien 1- the children played tennis at the SC
2- did he phone a friend?
3- 2- the children didnt play tennis
3- did the children play tennis ?
B) My father / buy / a jeep / last week.
1- my father bought a jeep J) You / do / your homework / last weekend.
2- my father didnt buy a
jeep did my father buy a 1- you did you hw last weekend
jeep ?
3- 2- you didnt do your homework
3- did you do you hm ?
C) The girls / wear / skirts / to the party
1- the girls wore skirts K) My friend / study / German / last year.
2- the girls didnt wear skirts 1- my friend studied german
3- did the girls wear skirts ? 2- my friend didnt study german
3- did my friend study german ?
) I / wash / my hair / last night
1- i washed my hair L) I / get up / at seven / last Sunday morning
i didnt wash my hair
2- 1- i got up at seven
did i wash my hair?
3-
2- i didnt get up at seven
3- did i get up at seven?
E) Jane / send / four e-mails / to Lisa
1- jane sent four emails M) We / visit / our friends / yesterday evening
2- jane didnt send four emails
1- we visited our friends yesterday
3- did jane send 4 emails? 2- we didnt visit our visit yesterday
did we visit our friends yesterday
3-
F) The old lady / carry / heavy bags /
yesterday morning N) She / have lunch / in an Italian restaurant
1-the old lady carried heavy bags 1- she had lunch in an italian reataurant
2-the old lady didnt carry heave bags 2- she didnt have lunch in an italian ...
3-did the old lady carry heavy bags? 3- did she have lunch in an italian...?
G) The film / end / very late / last weekend O) They / watch / TV / in the living room
1- the film ended very late 1- they watched Tv in the living room
2- the film didnt end very late
did the film end very late
? 2- they didnt watch tv in the living room
3- 3- did they watch tv in the living room?

H) They / go / to bed / at midnight P) He / drink / orange juice / for breakfast

1- they went to bed 3-
they didnt go to bed
2- did they go to bed ?
1- he drank orange
juice
he didnt drink
orange juice
2- did he drink orange
juice?
3-
 Write Wh- questions for the underlined words in the
previous sentences.
Use these wh- words:

WHERE WHAT TIME WHEN WHAT HOW MANY WHO

A) -
w h o is y o u r f r i e n d ?
....... ... .. ... ... .. .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. .....................................................................................................
....

who is at the sport center?

B) - ............................................................................................................................................

where is the jeep ?

C) - ............................................................................................................................................

D) -
h o w m a n y h o u r s d i d y o u w o r k o u t la s t w e e k e n d ?
....... .. .. .... ... .. .. .. .. .. ... . ... . . ... .. .. ... ... .. . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .........
...............................................

where do we have to go to party ?

E) - ............................................................................................................................................

F) -
w h e n is t h e n e x t g e r m a n c l a s s ?
....... ... .. .. ... ... . .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... .. ... .. . .. .. .. ..............................................................
......................

what happened the last night ?

G) - ............................................................................................................................................

H) -
w h e r e a r e w e g o in g t o m e e t a t s e v e n ?
....... ... .. .. . ... .. . ... ... ... .. .. .. ... . ... ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... ..........................................
...............................

I) - .......
w...h..o...h..a..v..e..s..e..n..t..t.o...y..o..u...4...e..m...a..i.l.s..?......................................................................
..............

where we have to go at evening ?

J) - ............................................................................................................................................

K) -
.......w...h..e..r.e...i.s..t.h..e...i.t.a..l.i.a..n...r.e..s..t.a..u..r.a..n..t..?...............................................................
......................

L) -
w h a t is i n s i d e o f t h e s e h e a v y b a g s ?
....... ... .. .. .. ... . .. .. . .. ... .. .. . .. .. . ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ..................................................
............................

what is very late ?

M) - ............................................................................................................................................

N) -
w h a t is o n tv?
......... ... .. .. .. . ... .. ... . . ...............................................................................................................

O) -
w h e n d o w e h a v e to g o to b e d ?
....... ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. .. ... . ... .. ... . ... .. .. ... ................................................................
....................

P) -
.......w...h..e..r.e...i.s..t.h..e...o..r..a..n..g..e...ju..i.c..e...?.............................................................................
...............