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Содержание Lesson 9 then and now GRAMMAR The Past Simple Tense Subject question Special questions 1 Gloria Spitz, who is English, describes how she met her American husband, Hank, in the 1940s. Complete the text using the word

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LESSON 9

THEN AND NOW

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

1 You are going to listen to four people describing how they learn vocabulary. Find out what they do to remember new words better.

Speaker 1 ________________________

Speaker 2 ________________________

Speaker 3 ________________________

Speaker 4 ________________________


2 Now discuss with your partner the way you learn new vocabulary.

GRAMMAR The Past Simple Tense

Positive			I He She It We You They		played saw	football a car		in the yard.
				did not	play see	football a car		in the yard.
Negative
Subject question			Who		played saw		football a car		in the yard.
Special questions	Where	did	I He She It We You They		play see		football? a car?

1 Underline the right form of the verb.

1. Last Tuesday I get up / got up at half past 6.
   
2. My mother always takes / took a bus to get to work, but yesterday she takes / took a trolleybus.
   
3. I have / had dinner with my family yesterday.
   
4. One of my brothers makes / made a European tour last summer.
   
5. Queen Elizabeth II is / was born in 1926.
   
6. Yesterday my father doesn't read / didn't read newspapers because he is / was very busy.
   
7. He spends / spent last summer in the county. (to spend)
   
8. My mother cooks / cooked well. She cooks / cooked a very tasty dinner yesterday.
   
9. Maria and Pierre Curie discover / discovered radium.
   
10. He lives / lived in London from 1970 to 1973. Then he moves / moved to Manchester.
    

2 Use one of the verbs to fill each gap. Put the verbs in the Past Simple.

fall find spend lose need hurt laugh take leave save celebrate can't


Gary Smith yesterday celebrated his 18^th birthday, but he's lucky to be alive. In March this year, he was climbing Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, when he (a) _________ his way and (b) __________ three days in sub-zero temperatures.

'My friends (c) __________ at me for having so much survival equipment, but it (d) ___________ my life on the first night'. The weather was so bad that it tore his new mountain tent to pieces, so he moved into a Youth Hostel for the night. He (e) ___________ the hostel at 10.00 the next morning, but he was soon in trouble. 'I (f) __________ off a rock and (g) ___________my knees. I (h) ______________ move.'

Mountain rescue teams went out to look for Gary, and (i) ___________ him at 1.00 in the morning. A helicopter (j) ____________ him to hospital, where he (k0 ___________ several operations.

'Next time I'll go with my friends, not on my own!' he joked.

READING

1 Gloria Spitz, who is English, describes how she met her American husband, Hank, in the 1940s. Complete the text using the words in the box.

time we danced didn't talk was very worried our lives changed

I couldn't look at him gave us chocolates came back for me


'Well, I was sixteen. It was 1942 and my mother and I lived in a small village in the country. My father wasn't there. He was away in the war. 'Suddenly, on 26th January, (a)___________________ Hundreds of American soldiers, GIs*, came to the village. Ooh! We girls in the village loved them! They were so different from English boys. They talked to us. They (b)________________________ about cars and football. They (c) ___________________ and nylon stockings. Every day was like Christmas Day! 'And the way they danced! Oh, they danced like in the films. I met Hank at the Saturday dance. I think I fell in love the first (d)______________. I was so shy that (e)_________________________, but he took me to the dance every Saturday after that. He told me he loved shy English girls. My mother (f)__________________. We didn't know American people then.

"In 1943 Hank went to France, but we wrote to each other. We wrote for two years and at the end of the war he (g)_________________________. He took me to the States, to his home in Arizona. Well, now we have four children and twelve grandchildren!'

*GI – stands for Government Issue Am. Soldier

2 Bring some photos of your parents or grandparents. Get ready to tell how they met.