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 What's in the news?
Past Simple and Continuous • Adverbs • Saying when

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1 What is the Past Simple of these verbs?

Which are regular? Which are irregular?

"".
go
take
do
I>«om.
think
begin
mffi
walk .- explain end
want do<KIo

1 Practise saying them around the class.

1Nw. ktt tab, took

HE WALKED 6,000 MILES!

Past Simple and Past Continuous

1 Look at Ed Stafford"s web page.

\vhal was he Ihe flISllO do?
Amazing journey ends after 6,000 miles
Ed Stafford ' bWlm. the first man in history to walk the length of the
2 Read and complete the text with verbs Amazon River from the source to the sea. He 2_ __ _ for 860 days.
from the Starter in the Past Simple.
The joumey 3_ _ _ _ in April 2008 when Ed 4 ____ the town of
l1li Listen and check. Camana on the Pacific coast of Peru. It 5_ _ _ _ in Aug ust, 2010 when
3 Work \\ith a partner. Write the questions. he • _ __ _ in Maruda, on the Atlantic coast of Brazil.
1 How far/ Ed walk? He ' _ _ _ _ through three countries, Peru, Colombia, and Brazil. The
Uow far did Ed walk? joumey 8_ _ _ _ nearly two and a half years. 'I 9._ _ __ it for the
2 When,/joumey begin?
I Whore/ _ _
4 Which countries/go through?
S How longfJOlK1leY take?
6 Why/ do "1
Now look at the map and read the text
again. Answer the questions.

4 1m Listen and check. Practise

the questions and answers with
rour partner.

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S Read Cho 's story. Who is Cho? 8 Read Ed 's blDg . Put the verb in brackets in the
Past Simple or the Past Continuous.
, Which tense are the verbs in bold in Cho's story?
Complete these sentences.
I Coo was working in the forest when he ... Popular I Latest I Comments I Tags

2 They were walking in a dangerous part of the forest when they ...
} The tribe didn't understand what Ed ... Ed's blog
7 Write the questions. Ask and answer them with your partner. 12 July
I What/eho dOing/when/ met Ed?
2 Where/ walking when/saw/tribe?
The day I nearly died
) Why/tribe think/Ed/crazy? Today I ' _ _ _ _ (walk)
next to the river when t nearty
2 (stand) on a snake.

II~~~iiii~§~~;:=iiiiiiiiiiii\ fangs·
I ' - - - - (stop) immediately. The snake's
(go) in and out. I was terrified.
I~ (not move). One bite and you're dead
in 3 hours.

10 September
Knives and guns!
Early this morning we
e (cross) the
fiver by boat when we
, _ _ _ _ (see) five canoes. The tri~

.,_ _ _ _ (carry) knives and guns. They 'N'efe angry

because we ',_ _ _ _ (not have) penrission to
Ed didn't do the trip alone. His companion was Gadiel 'Cha' Sanchez be on their land. We 10 (leave) as fast as
Rivera, a forestry worker from Peru. we could.
Cho said, 'When I first met Ed, I was working in the forest. I thought
he was crazy, but I wanted to help him and be his guide.' 24 November

'One day we were walking in a very dangerous part of the forest The jungle at night
when we saw a hostile tribe. They didn't understand what Ed was 111 _ _ _ _ (lie) in my
doing there. I explained he was an adventurer and he was walking hammock last night hying to
the Amazon. They decided he was crazy, 100.'
!IJI.. ----""rJ sleep, but it was impossible
because the noise of the jung6e was so loud.
Monkeys 12 (saeam) in the trees, and
millions of mosquitos 13 (buzz) round my
The Past Simple expresses a completed action in the past.
head. I " (take) a sleeping piI and finaIy
Ed walked the Amazon. He beean his journey in 2008. " _ _ _ _ (fall) asleep at 3.00 a.m.
1 Complete the question and negative.
When _ _ the journey begin?
They _ _ finish the journey until 2010.
lID Listen and check.
1 The Past Continuous expresses an activity in progress in the past. 9 Think of more questions to ask about Ed and Cho.
Cho was working in the forest when he met Ed. • What did they eat7 • How did they ~grte?
Compare these sentences. Go online and fmd out more about Ed. Were your
I had a shower last night. (= simple, completed action) questions answered? What else did you learn?
I was having a shower when the phone rang. (= interrupted activity) Tell the class.
..... Grammar Reftrtn(t 3.1 - 3.3 pUS .... Irregular verbs pISS

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 PRACTICE
Pron unciation Game - Truth or lies
Write the past tense in the chart. 6 Write one true and two fal se sentences about

-
where you were, and what you were doing at
Id! It! I,d! these times. Tell a partner.
stop stayed stopped decided • at 7.15 this morning • at 10.00 p.m. last night
stay work • at 1.00 p.m. yesterday • at 10.00 a.m. last Sunday
study play
~ugh phone Can your partner guess which sentence is true?
want mend
look an,....
lID Listen and check.
2 lID Listen and repeat the sentences you hear.
We stayedjn a hotel They stopped.....at lunch time.
3 . . . Listen and practise the sentences. Notice the
pronunciation of was and were.
Iwozl /wazJ
I was having dimei'. What was she wearing?
Iw>i Iw>i
They ..... playing foo!boll Where were you going?
iwDmIi IW3: ntl
He wasn't listerWlg. They weren't enjoying the party.

Discussinx grammar Talking about the news

... \-'-'hat's u. .. diff..,r<ence bet-een these pairs of sentences?
1 Look at these newspaper headings. What do
When we arrived, me WI5 making some coffee. you think the stories are about?
When we arrived, she made some coffee.
I read a good book in bed last night.
Texting Woman
I was reading a good book in bed last night. falls into fountain
S Choose the correct verb form.
I saw / was seeing a good film yesterday. Chinese vase sells
2 While 1 shopped I was shopping this morning. I lost / was losing for £53 million
my wallet,
3 The police stopped / were stopping me on the motorway
because I drove / was driving at 90 miles an hour.
4 'What did you do I were you doing when you saw the accident?'
I The app th: t saved an iPad
•
J
'I walked I was walking down the street.'
5 'What did you do I were you doing when you saw the accident?'
( Granny stops robberyj
'r called I was calling the police:
6 'How did you break I were you breaking your leg?' C hoose one of the stories. Read the article on
'I was skiing I skied and I hit I was hitting a tree.' page 155.

7 I was cutting I cut my fmge r while I was cooking I cooked. 8 Work in small groups. Tell your story to the
8 Did you have I Were you haVing a good holiday? others. DON'T read it! The other students
can ask questions.

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LI STENING AND SPEAKING
The news

I How do you keep up to date with what's happening

in the world?
Which of these news topics interests you most?

Do you listen to the radio? Which station?

1 lID Listen to five radio news headlines.

What is the first story about? The second?
Write a number 1-5.
o a strike D a crime 0 a death
D an explosion 0 a football match
3 Which words do you think are from each story?
terrorists thieves guard ex·wife
Picasso cancer goals theft
half-time higher pay beat protesting
injured dosed
4 Write the question words.
_ _ planted the bomb?
_ _ paintings did they steal?
_ _ are they on strike?
_ _ times was he married?
_ _ was the score?
Work in groups. Choose one of the news stories.
What else do you want to know? Think of more questions.
Write the questions on the board.

S l1li Listen to the news stories. Which questions were answered?

Di ctation
6 IIIIiI You will hear the story about the art theft at dictation speed.
One student should write the exact words on the board. The other
students help.

You Micsed out a word.

That icn't how you spell ttI. .c.

c;:iid."..., thaU h... id.. , )

Project
7 Find a news story that interests you. Do some research. In the next
lesson, bring in pictures and articles. Tell the class about the story.
Be prepared to answer questions.

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 READING AND SPEAKING
The flight attendant who lost his cool

Talk as a class. What makes you lose your cool?

Bad drivu~.

2 Look at the picture stor y about the fl ight attenda nt,

Emergency exit for flight
Steven Sl ater. What made him lose hi s cool? In groups,
write some sentences about the story. Compare ideas.
attendant who lost his cool
Flight attendant Steven Slater made an emergency
exit from an Airbus after he had an argument widt
a passenger.
The incident happened at New York's JFK Airport
soon after the JetBlue flight from Pittsburgh landed.
As the Airbus A320 was taxiing slowly on the runway,
a passenger stood up to get her luggage. Mr Slater told
her to sit down, but she refused The businesswoman
was taking her case out of the overhead locker when
it hit Mr Slater on the head.
He started bleeding, and it was then that the flight
attendant lost his temper. He marched to the front
of the cabin and spoke furiously over the plane's
PA system, saying, 'That's enough! After 28 years in
this business, I quit!'
He then took two beers from a fridge, opened the door
and activated the plane's emergency chute and jumped
onto it. Mr Slater then ran to his car and drove home.
Police arrested Mr Slater at his home a short time later.

where did the incident happen?

What did the femal e passenger do?
3 W hat did the flight attendant say to her?
4 What did she do to him? How did he react?
How did Steven Slater leave the plane?

Was this a very important story?

1 Read each article. After each one, answe r the questions Why do you think it was in the newspapers?
and have a class discussion .

4 Look at the pictures in 2 again. Retell the story in

more detail.

What do you think?

1 After August 16, this story 'died'. Why was it such big news for a week?
2 Steven Slater appeared in court two months later.
Do you think he paid a fine or went to prison?
Look at the article on piSS for the answer.
Do you think this was fair?
l The artist Andy Warhol once said, 'In the future everyone will be
famous for fifteen minutes'. How does the Steven Slater story
illustrate this?

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 Steven Slater
Angry attendant thanks public
becomes Facebook hero Flight attendant Steven Slater. 39. who left his
job after an attack by a passenger, said he was
The ftIght allandant Steven _ . who left his plane via amazed by the public sympathy be received.
... _ exit. is becoming. foil< hero in the US.
Slater has messages from millions of people
Us! night a ·F.... Steven Slat.... ~ on Facebook all over the world.
had 170.000 fans. Peopfe wrote how much they
admired him. 'I would dearly love to quit my job like He said, 'I really appreciate this enormous
,au did!' is the message from many. support.'
..... of thousands of peopfe. Including other cabin As he was leaving a Bronx police station,
aaw. left messages of support. people were shouting 'You 're a hero!' T-shirts
"Ibu only did what everyone elsa _like 00ng.' that read FREE STEVEN SLATER are on sale.
wrote one. J etSlue confirmed that Slater was still an
_ - ' " " in court in New YorI< yestOlday end employee, but suspended from duty.
pleacjed not guilty to charges of criminal damage
end endangering life. He could face up to ...., years
~ prtson.

people think of Steven the next day?

How did they show their suppo rt?
Why d id the public admire him? is it possible that this story went round
the world in two days?
W hat did other cabin c rew say?

Ex-flight attendant
Folk hero Slater relaxes on the beach to get TV Show
Ex-flight attendant Steven Slater baseball cap 35 he talked to
spent the weekend relaxing on Steven Slater is in talks to get his own
excited fans on the beach near
1M beach . He was having a his home in New York.
reality show. TV production company
Stone Entertainment wants to give the
couple of beers and enjoying Yesterday supporters shouted.
his new worldwide fame as the
flight attendant the chance to star in a
'Good fo r you, Steve!' and program that shows unhappy workers
b lest American folk hem. 'We love you r as he sat down how to leave their job.
The 39-year-old was wearing a on a chair, took off his shirt,
~ T-shirt, white shorts, and a and put on his sunglasses.

in the headline?
What actually happened on the beach?

was this day's story in the papers?

What did Steven Slater do to deserve being ca1led a folk hero?
 VOCAB ULARY
Adverbs

Look at these sentences from the articles

on pages 16 and 27. Underline the adverbs.
... he spoke furiously ... J
... theAil1Jus A320 was taxiing slowly ooltle runway ... }

'I would dearly love to quit my job .. .' t

1 Many regular adverbs end in -ly. Match a verb
in A ....ith an adverb in B.

A
1 drive
•
fluently
2 love ruefully
1 speak p'tiently
4 rain bm-ely
5 wait heavily
6I'ight passiooate~

DIll Listen and check. Try to remember the sentences.

3 What d o you notice about the adjectives and adverbs Word order
in these sentences?
S Correct the word order in these sentences.
Is this a fast train to london? I worlc hord and play hord. She speaks very weU English.
Slow down! You drive too bst! She's a very hard worker.
~h~ gpuks E"9lish vuy well.
I sot up .... this morning.
2 He started last week a new job.
W. had a 1m breakfast.
3 Please read carefully the instructions.
4 Do you work stiU for the same company?
4 What is the adverb from these adjectives? Complete 5 Never r can remember her name.
the lines with the adverbs.
6 We had last year in Spain a holiday.

I cleM
complete
quiet
good
slow
bad
honest
my
periect 6 Put the adverbs in the correct place in the sentences.
I My grandma is 75, and she goes swimming.
(nearly still regularly)
playa game well and win 6 get out of bed .. .
2 ' Do you love md ' '1 do. 1 will love yo u ~
2 playa game ... and lose 7 play the piano ... (really of course always)
3 explain the rules ... 8 pass an exam ... 3 1 was relaxing with a good book when someone
knocked on the door. (just really loudly)
4 shut the door ... 9 answer the questions ...
4 My sister is three, but she can read, and she can write.
S forget something ...
(only already too)

~
5 Break the eggs into a bowl with some milk and butter.
Heat it gently. When it is ready, serve the scrambled
eggs with toast. (first then immediately)
6 All my friends have a mobile phone. They're on Facebook.
My dad's on Facebook. (almost as weU even)

II1II Listen and check

..... WRITING IIIiI Narrative writing p106

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EV ERYDAY ENGLISH
Saying when

Answer the questions. Tell a partner. 3 IIIII Listen to how Americans say the dates. What's
What's the date today/tomorrow/the day after tomorrow? the d ifference between British and American English?
When's your birthday? 4 Practise saying the years.
What's your date of birth?
What year were you born?
DEI Listen and compare. 2012 2002 2015
1 Look at the two ways of saying the date. 2010 1980 1969
_ the date today? Whirs the date today?
• It's the~_ond of June. • It's~ the twenty-se<ond.
1994 1848
Practise saying these dates in two ways. 5 IIIiI Write the dates you hear.
t 3 _ _ __ 5 _ _ __
2 4 _ _ __

6 What days are national holidays in your country?

7 Write down three dates that are important to you.

Tell a partner.
July 25 - ft's MY wtddi"9 81111ivusary.

Ti me expressions
8 Complete the time expressions with iniat/ on,
or no preposition.
six o'clock _ Saturday
2004 _ Monday morning
last night _ April
the weekend yesterday evening
__ the evening __ summer
_ January 18 _ two weeks ago
the 1960s __ this morning
__ the other day _ midnight
..... Grammar Reference 1.4 pUS

9 Work in smaU groups. When did you last .. . ?

• go to the cinema
I WUlt to 1M eillt.Ma Ia$f FridaY/ 1»I Motsday' svUliftg/
two wu/cs ago.
• playa sport • get a present
• go to a party • buy some dothes
• do an exam • goonline
have a holiday • cook a meal

l1l1I Listen and check.

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