LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

1 |  |  |  |  | 4.06 Complete the tables using past simple irregular verbs and with the sentences from the interview. Use the words below. Then listen and check. • believe • read • saw • think

Irregular Verbs
Infinitive | Past Simple
go | went
have | had
read | 1...
say | said
see | 2...
take | took
Past Simple: Negative
I 3... the story.
You 4... the story was true.
He didn’t write the story.
We didn’t read the book.
They didn’t post the photos.

2 | Complete the sentences with the correct past simple affirmative form of the verbs. 1 I went (go) to Barcelona on my last holiday. 2 My friends and I ... (have) lunch at school yesterday. 3 Everybody in my class ... (read) the post about Mystery Man. 4 Camilla ... (take) a lot of photos on her trip to Cancún. 5 I wanted a different book, so I ... (say), ‘Let’s go to the library!’

3 | Put the words in brackets in the correct order and complete the sentences. 1 I didn’t post stories (stories / post / didn’t) about Mystery Man. I only posted true stories. 2 I ... (cinema / go / the / to / didn’t) yesterday. I went on Saturday. 3 My friends and I ... (this / story / didn’t / read) last year. We read it last month. 4 My dad ... (a / take / didn’t / bus) to hospital. He took a taxi. 5 You ... (the / didn’t / author / see) of the book, right? But I saw her.

4 | Write sentences that are true for you about last weekend in your notebook. Use the affirmative (+) or negative (-) form of the verbs in the tables in Exercise 1.
I went horse riding. 1 (+) ... 2 (+) ... | I didn’t see my friends. 3 (-) ... 4 (-) ...

5 | Work in pairs. Take turns to read your sentences in Exercise 4. Then copy the table in your notebook and complete your partner’s sentences. Start the sentences with your partner’s name.

| WORKBOOK p.20, p.22 and p.25