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Pre-intermediate (Lesson 41)

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Warm up!

A) Friction match the pictures and words. Put a-f into the gaps.

a) win a raffle
b) look amazed
c) snore
d) scream
e) get a fine
f) be arrested

B) Answer the questions given below:

i. Do you lot usually snore?
2. Accept y'all ever got a fine? What for?
3. Why can a person be arrested?
4. When does a person wait amazed?
5. Have yous ever won a raffle? If yes, how much coin?

Reading.

Read the stories and friction match them with their endings. Put A-F into the gaps.

A They had seen him using his mobile phone while he was driving.
B He had discovered the day before that his wife was having an thing with the homo in the telephone box.
CWhen they questioned him, the man admitted he had stolen a machine a few months earlier and had robbed five people in Texas.
D The neighbour had seen it earlier that evening in the local pub. Ane of the customers had given information technology a drink of rum. Luckily, it has not become an alcoholic!
E Information technology was the hotel where he had worked as a porter the previous month. He had lost his job there.
F The man had accidentally gone into his neighbour's house. The neighbour had left the dorsum door open as she was waiting for her hubby to come home.

Fact is always stranger than fiction

Here is a selection of true stories from around the globe concluding week.

Prize of the week

James Bolton, who is unemployed was very excited when he won first prize in a raffle last week. The prize was a weekend for two at a hotel in Bournemouth on the s coast of England. Unfortunately, he was less excited when he saw the name of the hotel

Mistake of the week

A 33-year-old Norwegian man came home one nighttime from the pub and got into bed next to his married woman. The woman immediately woke upwards, screamed, and jumped out of bed. «Who are you?»asked the human. «You aren't my married woman,»

Helpful communication of the week

An Italian was driving along the state highway when his cousin phoned him on his mobile. He told him to drive more than slowly, considering the police were waiting a few kilometres alee to grab drivers who were going likewise fast. The commuter slowed downwards, only two kilometres later on the constabulary stopped him and gave him a fine.

Animal story of the week

Nurse Katie Parfitt from Manchester couldn't sympathize why her cat was behaving so strangely. The cat came abode, attacked her bed, and then jumped on her plate while she was having her dinner. So it fell asleep and began snoring. The next day when she spoke to her neighbor the mystery was solved.

Honest citizen of the week

A man in Baltimore was arrested last week when he tried to become a policeman. When he filled in his application grade for the chore, he answered 'yes' to the question, 'Accept you lot ever committed a crime?'

Romantic hero of the week

The passengers on a High german bus were amazed when their commuter all of a sudden stopped the bus, got out, and began hit a man who was making a telephone call in a public phone box. Showtime, the bus driver hit the man twice. Then the other man hitting the omnibus driver very hard with the telephone. The passengers were left sitting in the bus, and the omnibus driver was taken to hospital.

Grammar Study. PAST PERFECT.

Larn the rules.

Grammar Exercise.

A) Lucifer the sentence halves.

1. I couldn't get into my apartment because a) He had made other plans.
two. When our friends arrived b) I realized that I'd seen it earlier.
3. I took the sweater back because c) Information technology was the first time she had flown.
4. Jack didn't come with united states d) I'd forgotten my keys.
5. I turned on the Telly due east) I hadn't turned off the cooker.
six. Jenny was nervous because f) he had bought me the incorrect size.
7. When the picture show started g) we hadn't finished cooking the dinner.
viii. At work I suddenly remembered that h) to come across what had happened.

B) Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in THE Past SIMPLE or Past PERFECT.

1. I  Maria because she  her pilus. (not recognize, cutting)
2. My friend  to tell me I  my jacket in the automobile. (phone, leave)
iii. When I  the Goggle box, the match  .(turn on, terminate)
4.She  me the book because she  it still. (not lend, finished)
5. He  all his exams because he  at all. (fail, not study)
half-dozen. When we  home nosotros saw that somebody  the kitchen window. (get, pause)

C) Wait at the picture and consummate the sentences.

ane. When they  (get) to the station the train  (already leave).
two. She  (be) very cold because she  (not take) her coat.
iii. The printer  (not piece of work) because he  (not plow it on).
four. The fire engine (arrive) after the burn  (get out).
v. They (never fly) before and they  (exist) very nervous.
6. I  (not can) have a photo of the crocodile because information technology  (disappear) into the water.
7. She  (just accept) dinner so she  (not be) hungry.

Phonetics.

Heed to record and echo.

1.He all of a sudden understood why his brother hadn't come up.
ii. I didn't know Linda hadn't written since the spring.
iii. The police had seen me in the street.
iv. Paul thought the train had left at four forty.
5. We hadn't heard a give-and-take about the third murder.
half-dozen. Nosotros'd waited for ages to run across the famous painting.

Vocabulary Study. ADVERBS.

Pay attending to the sentences from the stories you take read in this lesson. What do the words in green mean?

a) The man had accidentally gone into his neighbour's firm.

b) Unfortunately, he was less excited when he saw the name of the hotel.

c) The passengers were amazed when their driver suddenly stopped the passenger vehicle.

d) Luckily, he has not get an alcoholic!

due east) The woman immediately woke upward, screamed, and jumped out of bed.

Vocabulary Exercise.

A) Complete the sentences with one of the adverbs.

one. I  took the office keys dwelling house with me.
2. They were having a relaxed dinner when the infant started to weep.
3. The boss left, and    everyone started talking again.
4. ,the weather condition was terrible when nosotros were on holiday.
v. Last calendar week I had a car crash., nobody was hurt.

B) Invent the completions for these sentences.

1. She got to piece of work very late. Luckily…

2. I was watching a good flick on Goggle box when suddenly…

3. When we got out of the car it was raining. Unfortunately, we…

four. I got dwelling house, had a shower, and immediately…

v. I`g really sorry about the book you lent me. I accidentally…

Listening.

Complete the song with the suggested verbs in Past Elementary.


ask dance say walk (x2) want  can`tdon`t know

say run across enquire feel give knowhave  is

Then he kissed me

Well, he  up to me and
he  me if I  to dance.
He looked kind of nice so I  l might accept a chance.
When he  he held me tight
And when he  me home that night
All the stars were shining bright
And then he kissed me.

Each fourth dimension I  him I  look to see him again.
I wanted to permit him know that he  more than than a friend.
I  only what to practise
Then I whispered 'I honey y'all'
And he  that he loved me too
And so he kissed me.
He kissed me in a way that I've never been kissed before.
He kissed me in a style that I wanna exist kissed forever more.

I  that he was mine and then I  him all the honey that I had
And one mean solar day he  me home to meet his mum and his dad.
So he  me to exist his bride
And ever be right by his side
I  so happy I about cried
And and so he kissed me.

  Watch the video and tell what happened there.Would you like to take your breakfast with that prissy man?

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