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LESSON 7A At the National Portrait Gallery

1 GRAMMAR
a
1 It’s near the National Mall in Washington D.C.
2 A collection of portraits (paintings and photographs)
3 It is open daily / every day.
4 Nothing, it’s free.

b 3.43
President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan.

c
He was the president.
She was an actress.
They were happy.

d p.136 Grammar Bank 7 A

Exercises for 7A on page 137
a 1 was 3 was 5 wasn’t 7 were
2 were 4 Was 6 weren’t 8 were

b 1 were 4 was 7 was 10 weren’t

2 Was 5 Were 8 was 11 was
3 wasn’t 6 were 9 Were 12 was
2 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING
a 3.45
Listen and repeat
b 3.46
1 I’m at home. I was at home.
2 He’s American. He was American.
3 They aren’t famous. They weren’t famous.
4 It’s very cheap. It was very cheap.
5 Where are they? Where were they?
6 Is she an actress? Was she an actress?
7 You’re right. You were right.
8 What’s his name? What was his name?
9 She isn’t happy. She wasn’t happy.
10 Are they expensive? Were they expensive?
3 READING
a personal answer

b 3.47
1 Marylyn Monroe
2 The Supremes (Mary Wilson, Diane Ross, Florence Ballard)
3 Thomas Edison

c
1 Her mother was sick, and her father wasn’t there much.
2 They were Marylyn Monroe’s second and third husbands.
3 No, there weren’t.
4 They were very talented singers.
5 He was a good salesperson.
6 His second wife was Mina Miller.

d personal answer

4 VOCABULARY

a
1 actress
2 sailor
3 player
4 writer
5 singer
6 businessman
7 designer
8 inventor
b

c 3.48
1 dancer 6 novelist
2 composer 7 sportsman / sportswoman
3 politician 8 painter
4 scientist 9 artist
5 movie director 10 musician

d personal answer

5 LISTENING & WRITING

a 3.49

1 William Shakespeare
2 Elizabeth Taylor
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LESSON 7 B – Chelsea girls

1 READING & LISTENING

a 3.50

b 3.51
1 The girls wanted to go to a match.
2 They called a taxi.
3 The taxi arrived at the girls’ house.
4 The taxi driver typed their destination into his GPS.
5 They chatted and listened to music.
6 The taxi stopped in a street with pretty houses.
7 They looked out of the window.

c 3.52

1 They were in a village in the north of England called Stamford Bridge.

d go to page 103

e personal answer

2 GRAMMAR
a
+ called, arrived, typed, relaxed, chatted, listened, texted, stopped, looked, asked
- didn’t talk
? Where did you want to go?

They wanted to go to the match.

They didn’t talk to the taxi driver.
Where did you want to go?

1 You add –ed.

2 You only add –d.
3 You double the consonant and add –ed, e.g. chatted, stopped.
c p.136 Grammar Bank 7 B
Exercises for 7B on page 137
a 1 We studied English yesterday.
2 Did you listen to the news yesterday?
3 He didn’t cook dinner yesterday.
4 Did she play sports yesterday?
5 They worked late yesterday.
6 I used the Internet to work yesterday.
7 She talked to her friends yesterday.
8 My brother didn’t dance yesterday.

b 1 didn’t call 3 played 5 Did, dance

2 Did, cry 4 didn’t listen

3 PRONUNCIATION

a 3.54
Listen and repeat

b 3.55
started, needed

c 3.56

1 play tennis 5 play the guitar

2 travel by train 6 study English
3 cook dinner 7 watch TV
4 wait for a bus 8 listen to music

4 VOCABULARY & SPEAKING

a personal answer

b 3.57
1 five minutes ago 6 last week
2 last night 7 last month
3 yesterday morning 8 last summer
4 the day before yesterday 9 a year ago
5 three days ago 10 in 2009

c personal answer
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LESSON 7 C – A night to remember

1 READING
a personal answer
b
Maggie (Photo B) Mehmet (Photo A)

c
1 When was it? Where were you?
2 Who were you with?
3 What did you wear?
4 What was the weather like?
5 What did you do?
6 What time did you get back?
7 Why was it a memorable night?

2 GRAMMAR
a

b 3.58
can could
come came
feel felt
get got
go went
have had
hear heard
leave left
lose lost
meet met
see saw
speak spoke
swim swam
take took
wear wore
c p 136 Grammar Bank 7 C
Exercises for 7C on page 137

a 1 met 3 bought 5 saw 7 felt

2 left 4 had 6 got

b 1 What did you wear?

2 Where did you meet your friends?
3 What time did you get home?
4 How did you go home?
5 Did you have a good time?

c 1 She didn’t wear a red dress. She wore a blue dress.

2 I didn’t leave work early. I left work late.
3 We didn’t go by train. We went by bus.
4 He didn’t lose his cell phone. He lost his wallet.
5 You didn’t have a sandwich. You had a salad.

3 LISTENING

a David watched Spain win the World Cup on TV in a restaurant in Mexico.

b 3.60
Listen only
c
2 He was in Acapulco, Mexico.
3 He watched the match in a hotel restaurant.
4 He wore a Spanish soccer shirt and a red and yellow scarf.
5 The match was in the afternoon.
6 There were a lot of Spanish tourists there.
7 They went to a restaurant near the beach.
8 It was a warm night.
9 He can’t remember when he got back to the hotel, maybe around 3:00.

4 VOCABULARY
a
1 went 2 had, had 3 went 4 got

b p. 160 Vocabulary Bank

3.61

2 go by bus / go by car / go by plane

1 go for a walk
4 go home from school
9 go out on Friday night
6 go shopping
7 go to a restaurant
8 go to bed late
3 go to church / go to mosque / go to temple
5 go to the beach
11 go back to work
10 go on vacation
17 have a car / have a bike
14 have long hair
18 have breakfast / have lunch / have dinner
15 have a drink
16 have a good time
13 have a sandwich
12 have a sister / have a brother
25 get a newspaper
21 get a taxi / get a bus / get a train
24 get an email / get a letter
22 get dresses
23 get home
20 get to the airport
19 get up early

5 PRONUNCIATION
a

b 3.62

When was it?

Where were you?
Who were you with?
What did you wear?
Where did you go?
What did you do?
What was the weather like?
What time did you get home?
Why was it a memorable night?

6 SPEAKING & WRITING

a personal answer
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PRACTICAL ENGLISH – Getting lost

1 A FREE MORNING - video

a 3.64
Rob and Jenny want to go sightseeing, but Daniel calls Rob and asks him to do an
interview with an artist that morning.

b
1 Rob suggests that they go cycling.
2 He says that they can rent bikes.
3 Daniel calls Rob.
4 Rob needs to interview an artist.
5 Rob asks if he can do the interview on Monday.
6 Rob and Jenny arrange to meet at 12 o’clock outside the Tate Modern.

2 VOCABULARY - directions
a
b 3.65
3 on the corner 2 turn left
1 at the traffic lights 4 turn right
5 a bridge 8 go straight ahead
7 across from 6 go past the church

3 ASKING THE WAY – video

a 3.66
The Tate Modern is building B.

b J= Jenny P= passerby
P1 Sorry, I don’t live here
P2 … but I don’t know exactly where. Sorry
P3 Go past the church. Then turn left at the traffic lights. … You can’t miss it!

c 3.67
4 JENNY AND ROB GO SIGHTSEEING - video

a 3.68
1F 3F 5F 7F
2T 4T 6F 8T

b
1The bridge is for people only.
3 Rob interviewed the architect.
5 Daniel invites Jenny to lunch.
6 Jenny refuses the invitation.
7 There’s a great restaurant on the top floor.

d 3.69
What a view! Jenny
What would you like to visit? Rob
What is there to see? Jenny
We could go to the Globe Theatre. Rob
Would you like to meet for lunch? Daniel
That’s really nice of you. Jenny
Maybe another time? Daniel
Yes, of course. Rob

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