F 6 siniple pastireyular andi V irregular verbs P simple past verbs 1 READING ‘a. Read the back cover ofa murder story. Then ‘cover it and look at the photographs. Can you remember who the people are? Who's mands?) C shes Jeremy's wife. b 4:2) Read and listen to the story. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the F sentences, 1 Somebody killed Jeremy between 12:00 a.m, and 2:00. 2 Thedetective questioned Amanda in the living room, 3 Jeremy went to bed before Amanda, 4 Amanda and Jeremy slepein the same room. 5. Somebody opened and closed Amanda's door. 6 Amanda got up at 7.00, 7 Amanda didn’t love Jeremy. © Look at che Iighitighited irregular verbs in the story, What are the base forms? 1 wai 2 PRONUNCIATION simple past verbs ‘a 4/3) Listen to the pronunciation of these verbs in the simple past. b pai) Now match the verbs ina witha word below that ehymes. Listen and check Practice saying the words. book four__ round dew bid cat good bed__ 495i) Find and underline nine simple past regalar verbs in the story. How do you pronounce them? Listen and check, Did you hear anything during the might? No, | didn't Iwas very tired. Murder June 22,1958 was Jeremy Travers’ sstieth birthday. Hetiod dinner ahs country rouse with is wife Amanda is ‘Saughver Barbara his business partner Gordon, and hic assistant laud. The next morning when Amanda Travers went to her husbands beeroom she foune him in bad dead cectve Granger arrived at about 9:00, eB a tall man wih a ig black tmustache, Amanda, Barbara, Clad, ‘and Gordon en the Living room. ‘The deretve eae in “Mr. Travers died between midnight last night and seven Jelock his morning he “id. “Somebody in this room ile hin.” He looked at them one by one, but nobody Spake “Mrs, Travers, Twant wo alk to you is ‘Come into the library with me, please” ‘Amanda Travers followed the detective into the library and they St down. “What did your husband do afer dinner Jas night?” “When we finthed dinner, Jeremy said he ‘was tired and he "et o bed.” “Did you goto bed then?” "No, Idan. went for a walkin the yar.” “What time did you goto bed?” “About quarter to ewele” “Was your husband asleep?Retin separate rooms. But | "5 that his door was closed.” “Did you hear anything when you ‘opened. 1 *UHGUBH it was a ee ‘in bed for half an hour and then “Tent to seep.” “What se ya ee ie (hoe breakfast and at 6:00 1% 3 LISTENING a 4/6, 7,8)) Listento the detective question Barbara. Write the information in the chart. Listen again and check. Then do the same for Gordon and Claudia ‘She went for awalk 5, Jeremys door opened ‘and closed, ‘She hated ie. 1b Compare your chart with a partner. Who do you think was the murderer: Amanda, Barbara, Gordon, or Claudia? Why? © 49)) Now listen to what happened. Who was the murderer? Why did he jshe kill Mr. Travers? Were you right? 4 GRAMMAR simple past: regular and irregular a Cover the story and look at these verbs. Are they regular or irregular in the simple past? Write the simple past form Eland @ for each verb. come kil close speak sleep sit hate walk came Gldidn't come b 4109) Listen and check. © > p.138 Grammar Bank 8A. Learn more about simple past regular and irregular verbs and practice them. > p.165 irregular verbs. Check (7) the irregular verbs you know. Choose three new ones and learn them. 5 SPEAKING > Communication Police interview A p.104 B p.108. Interview robbery suspects. Are they telling the truth?V the house er) and it sentence stress Isthere 2 garage? 1 VOCABULARY the house a Read the advertisement about a house for rent. Would you ike ro rent it? Why (not)? 1b Coverthe advertisement. What can you remember about the house? © With a partner, think of three things you can usually ina bedroom, a bathroom, and a living eoom, Beautiful country house. Very quiet. Sixbedrooms, four bathrooms, large yard. Five miles from town. Perfect family house LOW PRICE. 4. > p.i61 Vocabulary Bank The house 2 LISTENING 4 13)) Kimand Leo area young couple. They want torent the house in 1. Cover the dialogue and listen to their conversation with Barbara. Which three rooms inthe house do they go into? Listen again and complete the dialogue K_ Theyardie wonderful ave L Isthere a tgarage? BOhyes, there's a big garage over there. Lets go inside the house This is the? There are five rooms on tis floor:the kitchen, the the living room, thet te leary, L_ Wow There's alibrary, Kim! 8 Thisisthelving room Hove the furiture—the ola sofa, the armchairs the®. B Andthisisthe® tts very big, as yau can see. K Isthere a dishwasher? B No, thereisit. t's an old house, you sea, [L_ Never mind. think t's nice. is theve a” downstairs? B Yes, theres one® and there are three upstairs. K Arethereany® with children? No, therearert eny neighbors near here, But there are ‘some families with children in town, Thats great. Youlivedin this house, s that right. Mis? 'B Calle Barbara, dear Yes, livedhere. Along time ago. Now lvein town. Let's go ¢ 414i) Listen. What does Kim say about one of the bedrooms? Whose bedroom was it?4 4/28)) Kimand Leo goto a local restaurant. Listen and answer the questions 1. What do they have to drink? Why? 2 What does the waite tell them..? 4 about wha happened in che house b about Barbara ¢ about what happened tothe house later 3 What do Kim and Leo decide ro do? 3 GRAMMAR there is / there are a In groups of three, practice the dialogue in 2b. Then complete the chart. singular plural | | Theres yard There some families in town, | ee a 1b What's the difference hetween...? 1 Thereare three families in town, 2 There are some families in town, © > p.138 Grammar Bank 88. Learn more about there is there are, etc.,and practice it 4 PRONUNCIATION ev and Ar, sentence stress 417%) Listen and repeat the words and sounds b Putche words inthe right place. careful dear weer hove thi fear stars there weve hear wh © 4169) Listen and repeat the words. ‘any neighbors? 4. 4/193) Listen and repeat. Copy the rhythm. Are there any stairs? Yes, theyre aver there. Is there a bank near here Yes. Where? ‘There's ONE in the Square. a> o> © Practice the dialogues with a partner, £ Askyour partner questions with Is therea..inyour...? Are there any...in your...? Give more information in your answers if you can TV books plants pictures mircor fireplace lamps kitchen bedroom bathroom dining room living room IsthereaTv (_No:there isn, but inyour kitchen) _ there's ane in the bing room. 5S SPEAKING a Look at the questionnaire Your home. Interview a partner, Ask for and give more information if you can Your home geet 7 Do youve in ahouse or an apartment? ‘How olaisit? ® How bigis it? 1 How many — bedrooms are there? bathrooms? fr isthere —astudy? fyerdor abelony? garage? ‘heat or central air conditioning? Do you tke it? Why (not)? b_ Drawa simple plan of your living room. Show the plan to your partner and describe the room. (This isthe tving room. t's big andit's very light, There are two sofas and an armchair. 6 WRITING >> p.114 Writing Describing your home Write a description of your house or apartment. 7 420) SONG House of the Rising Sun 2 Gin |prepositions: place and movement any pictines on P Silent letters y Pictures on "Yes, there wes apicture of a lady. READING 4 Doyou believein ghosts? Are there buildings in your town {ity that people think are haunted? b_ Read the text once and find out: 1 Who are the ghosts in the rwo hotels? 2 Check () the things that happen in the hotels: 2] peoplehear strange noises d [_] lights oon and off > L] peoplescesomebody _¢ |_ things fll onthe floor © Cl doors openand close (] people fee that somebody is watching them ¢ Lookat the highlighted words in the text related to hotels and guess their meaning. 4d. Would you like o stay in one of these hotels? Why (not)? WOULD YOu THERE ARE MANY HOTELS IN BRITAIN LIKE TO STAY IN A taunt. 1F You are FEELING BRAVE, i NIGHT IN ONE OF THESE HOTELS. FE =D ENGLAND GOSFORTH HALL INN HOTEL? . in 1658. People say the hotel has the gh He usually appears in Room 1. There is from behind the Fireplace inthe hotel England, Catholic priests used the tunnel Koh 1 Owner of the hotel, Rod Davies, says, “L | came here, but strange things happen in in the middle of the night and saw a tall man si checked out the next morning.” Rod's wife says, "One t fell off a sheif in the lounge. And sometimes when {sm wor someone is watching me, but when I turn around, (GHOST HUNTERS: Ask for Room Ii . SCOTLAND COMLONGON CASTLE © ex is 2 L5th-century castle in 2 Small G cosforth Hall is 2 small hotel in Cumbria i southwest Scotland, The castle is haunted ghost of Lady avon Carat sheuatauried os oe edge theca was ond ie het aa pote doors ope and be 6d ea nameren cape once opens dag omar sting othe bed Thay et aca the wrong room. n fact it was their room, but when pee a GGHOST HUNTERS Aa or The Carruth , sete2 VOCABULARY a Look atthe pictures of the ghosts from the hotel. Where is the woman sitting? Wh epositions: place and movement —_b 4.251) Do you chink Stephen saw the ghost? Listen to part 2and find out. Listen again and answer the questions. is the man standing? 1 Did he wake up during the ni tyes, what time? 2 Did anything strange happen? Ifyes, what? 3 Did he “feel” the ghost? 4 Was he frightened? [very (_] alietle [7] notatall 5 Would he like to go ba Why (nor)? 5 GRAMMAR spositions: place and movement. there was / there were 8 4261) Complete the sentences from the 3 PRONUNCIATION silent letters listening with was, wasn’t, were, or weren't, ie Then listen and check a 1 Th the sts, Senegal vrs hav aster ete here many other gus a 4:23) Listen and cross out the silent letter in these words. 3 There anold TV on atabley building castle could friend ghost guest half hour know listen talk what write b> p.138 Grammar Bank BC. Learn more ~ about there was} 1e were and practice it. b Practice saying the words. 6 SPEAKING > Communication The Ghost Room 4 LISTENING Anewspaper, the Sunday Times, sent one ofits journalists, ‘Ap104B p.109, Look at the picture of Stephen Bleach, to Gosforth Hall Inn. They asked him another haunted hocel room for one minute. tospend the night in Room 11 “Try to remember what there wasn the room. a. 424i) Listento part 1 of Stephen's night. Correct the information in these sentences. 1 He arrived at Gosforth Hall early inthe evening 2 There were four other uestsin the hotel 3 He talked to one ofthe guests 4 Themanager wasaman 5 Hewent tohis room at 11:00 6 Room 11 was onthe firs floor 7 The room was very smal 8 There was TV and a remote contro 9. There was ahorror movie on TV 10. He went co sleep atthe end of the movie. (iinetGRAMMAR (Circle), b, ore. 1 Marilyn Monroe a was bwere e are 2 Where ___ Shakespeare born? a was bwere cis che ickets expensive? a Was -b Were ¢ Did 4 1___agood movie on TV lastnight 2 watched b watch © watches 5 They at Stamford Bridge stadium. 2 didnt arcived b dontarrived € didnt arrive 6 —__youseethe soccer match lastnight? a Did b Do ¢ Was 7 We to Cuzco three years ago. 2 gob were ¢ went 8 When ____in Los Angeles? 2 youlive did you lived « did youlive 9 1___youatthe party last night. a didntsaw b didntsee ¢ dontsaw 10 Whattime home? a didyouger_b youdidget c you got 11 __abigablein the living room. a Thereare b Theis leis 12. How many bedrooms —__? a thereare b arethere ¢ arethey 13 There aren't ____ pictures onthe walls a any bsome ca 14 __ only three guestsin the dining room. a Therewas b Therewere There 15 How many people inthe hotel? a there were 1 wasthere © werethere an actress, 3 VOCABULARY 8 Complete the professions with -er, 1 ac 3 pain scient__ 2a 4 music__ 'b Complete the phrases with have, go, or get. 1 good time 4 atx 2 __anemail 5 ___asandwich 3 away for the weekend ‘© Complete the sentences with back, by in, out, orto, 1 Iwent___ with my friends on Saturday night. 2. They went home a. 3 What time did you get _ the restaurant? 4 Iwasborn____ 1982. 5 After lunch, Iwent _ to work. 4. Label the pictures. SUaat @ Write the prepositions. «rae PRONUNCIATION Circle) the word with adifferene sound. wanted waited lived ended 2D sev walked thoughe could 3G koa meld ay new qhere wear eaing 5 hat heat Hour bebind A 1b Underline the stressed syllable 1 mujsilcian 2 algo 3 yes{eerday 4 belrween 5 fireplaceCAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT? a Read the text and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). 1 Arthur Conan Doyle was Scottish, buthe worked in England, 2. He started writing stories about Sherlock Holmes whileat university 3 Conan Doyle lived at 221 Baker Street in London. 4 In 1893, he didn't want ro write more Sherlock Holmes 5 Sherlock Holmes didn’t die in Austria, 6 Sherlock Holmes s very popular today. } Look at the Iightighted words or phrases in the text and guess their meaning. The man who wrote Pia cern pepe es bro Snegh cn A irerinitoritstaeeesne terug holvesat 22 loBstr Suet inLonden sfomouster Schng atic Mand stores she ie great Japon ates serpent. datstva addeseéto-Tar hin Tne Prat Pclen Sheteck Holes ahs Pofesar Morar, de wher yal ater Fas Saat od Butpeopamete ey unappy to Loe Seto Hes SSESMIMELFrty.n 901 ConunDoyte Gledon op 7,150 but sretoce Per peu tical ness Recut anes @¢ CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE PEOPLE? 4, 28}) Onthe street Watch or listen to five people and answer the questions, AAR Polly Jeanna Phoebe Ben Heba 1 Heba. a has family in New York b livesin Egypr € was born in Cairo 2 Polly went out for dinner on a Friday b Saturday ¢ Sunday 3 Jeannallikes her kitchen because a ichas refrigerator b it’s nor big ithas two stoves 4 Phoebe's bedroom __ a hasabigbed ’b has nice windows isbig 5 Yesterday evening, Ben 4 went out toa restaurant b worked at home © went to bed early CAN YOU SAY THIS IN ENGLISH? Do the tasks with a partner. Check (/) the box if you cando them. Canyou..? 1 [1 say three things about a famous (dead) person from your country 2 [_| say five things you did last week, using past time expressions, eg lastnight, yesterday, (three) days ago, ere. 3 |_| say where and when you were born 4 |_| ask your partner five questions about yesterday (Bq Short movies mBES_Watch and enjoy the move. dinburgh Cast© countable r V food What did you P theletters ea have for lunch? PA Ta lee (Scie NY) Apizza and some salad 1 VOCABULARY food a What food words do you know in English? With a partner, try to think of five words. b> p.163 Vocabulary Bank Food. 2 READING @ Lookat the photos that show meals that three people — a polo player, a model, and an actress ~ate last week, What Late last week ; ‘Guess which person ate which meal b Read chree articles from a series Nacho Figueras polo player New York Diet in New York Magazine Wednesday Check your answers toa, ‘eeakast Inthe morning, I drank an Argentinian dink called . ‘mate. put iti pt, and rik twit asa ike green ¢ Read the articles again. Answer the tea. I start every day with mate. | also had Wt and CteaneHEese. {questions with P (the polo player). M (che model), or A (the actress). Who...? 1 never eats one kind of food? Lunch Thad a salad, just a regular salad ata hotel. was inthe area fora meeting 0 just had i there [Dinner Weput the kids to sleep first. kissed them good night. Then, went tothe Metropolitan Museum of Art restaurant with 2 didn't have salad for lunch? my wile had Soup and igh of rushroom rscto 3 hastea every morning? eae ae nee al 4 didn't have soup for dinner? Selita Ebanks model 5 had dinner ata restaurant? Sunday 6 didn'tdrink tea or coffee? re 1 was in Dallas, Texas for business. I had a nice 7 didn't eat any fruit? ‘ial with my manager at the hotel. had an omelet, toast, and 8 had breakfast, lunch, and dinner in pancakes. [also had coffee and orange juice ‘one place? Lunch 1 had some meotings after breakfast, soI worked from 9 had home-cooked food? the hotel. had fruit, potato chips, and French fries sent to my 00m 80 I didn't have to leave the hotel. 4 With a partner, look atthe highlighted words related to food and guess their meaning. Use the photos to help you. wer We ae in my managers room. {had chicken and ‘mashed potatoes. Then I few from Dallas to New York Cy The plane landed atound I am. {drank alt of water because | was so thirsty. When I got home, [had to walk my dogs! ‘€ Whose food do you prefer? Why? Jennifer Esposito aciress “Tuesday ‘Breakfast 1am very careful about what eat | don't eat food ‘with wat, or I get sick. Talso don’t eat at restaurants often. So had aout of cereal with rut for breakfast. [ Psotte as talian dish made with riceand | "Segeateor meat bo male ssh wath egg often with smal Pieces mest, egerabes or cheese | plncakes thin swser,eound cakes cooked Lunch Lunch was. big salad. I was at work on anew movi, so they got mea salad with olives lettuce, carrots, and tomatoes. Dinner For dinner! made soup with pasta and vegetables. 1 like to cook. About ten years ago wien was in Los Angeles, | as bored, so I started cooking Wo be creative.3 GRAMMAR countable /uncountable nouns; a/an, some /any a Look atthe photos. Fillin the blanks with a, an, or some. 1 strawberry 3 rice 4 cookies b> p.140 Grammar Bank 9A. Learn more about countable / uncountable nouns, etc.,and practice them. © Make sentences with there's aan /some....and there are some... Choose food and drink from p.163 Vocabulary Bank Food 4 PRONUNCIATION the letters ea a How isea pronounced in these words? Put them in the correct column. bread breakfast eat healthy ice cream meat pees steak tea 9 uel tre ag train b 4311) Listenand check. Practice saying the words. Which isthe most common pronunciation of ea? 5 SPEAKING a Makea food diary for yesterday. Write down what food and drink you had. Use Vocabulary Bank Food p.153t0 help you. Breakfast a cup of coffee, some cereat b_ Workin pairs. Tell each other what you had yesterday. Was itvery similar or very different? For breakfast, had a cup of coffee and some cereal 6 LISTENING ‘a What cooking shows do you have on TV in your country? What do you think of them? Do you sometimes use their recipes? b 4.32)) Listen to part 1 of a TV cooking competition called Get ready! Cook! where contestants have to cook an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert. Answer the questions. 1 How many ingredients are there in the bag? 2. How long do the contestants have to make theirdishes? 3 Name three of the basic ingredients they can use € 4.331) Listento part 2. Complete the dishes that Jack and Liz make. eee 2 renews | 3 pancakes with 1 carrotand__salad with dressing 2 ‘with creamy d_ > Communication Get ready! Cook! p.109 Look at the photos of their dishes. Whose dishes do you prefer? € 4.34) Listen to part 3. What does the judge say about Jackand Liz's dishes? Who wins? £ Inpairs, think of one of your favorite dishes. Write the ingredients you need. Tell your partner.