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D MEDIATION You read an article asking for opinions about why time seems to fly as we get older. Choose one theory and write a short text. Give examples from your own life. GRAMMAR Past simple – regular and irregular verbs A WORK IT OUT Match the verb forms in bold in the sentences with the forms in the box. irregular verb (x2) negative question regular verb (x2) When 1 did the years get shorter? As children, we 2 didn’t have much to worry about – we 3 went to school, 4 studied , 5 came home and 6 played with our friends. 1 4 5 6 B Choose the correct options to complete the rules. Past simple – regular and irregular verbs Past simple positive 1 We use this to talk about finished / unfinished actions in the past. 2 3 2 For regular past simple verbs, we add -ed / -ing . 3 Irregular verbs all have the same form / have different forms . Past simple negative 4 We make the past simple negative with subject + didn’t / not + infinitive without to . Past simple questions 5 We make past simple questions with did + subject + past form / infinitive without to . 6 Question words ( What, Where, When, Why, How , etc.) come before / after did . 7 We use Yes, I did / do and No, I don’t / didn’t , etc. as short answers to past simple yes/no questions. C Go to Grammar Hub 1.2 at the back of the book. D Complete the conversation with the past simple form of the verbs. Will: 1 ( you / enjoy ) your childhood? Becca: Yes, I did. I 2 ( have ) some great friends. We 3 ( play ) together a lot and when we 4 ( be ) a bit older, we 5
E SPEAK Make questions about your childhood using the prompts. Ask and answer them with a partner. 1 you / enjoy / school? 2 you / have / best friend? 3 what / you / do in your free time? 4 you / help around the house? VOCABULARY Life events A Look at the pictures of important life events. Match the events in the images with four events in the words box. fall in love get a job get married get your own place go on your first date go to university have children learn to drive learn to swim leave home leave school retire start school take exams
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B SPEAK At what age do people usually experience the life events in the box in Exercise A? SPEAKING TASK
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A PREPARE Work in pairs or small groups. You are going to tell each other about a first-time experience. Use the ideas in the box or your own ideas. Decide what experience you want to talk about.
first holiday without your parents first job leaving home and getting your own place starting school, university or college
B SPEAK Think about the following and plan what you want to say. Then, tell each other about your first- time experiences. Ask questions to find out more. • Where, when and why did you have the experience? • Who else was part of the experience? Did they play an important part? • What happened? What went well? Were there any problems? • Did you learn anything from the experience?
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( you / do )? ( not / have )
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a good time. I 8 ( not / like ) school. I 9 ( enjoy ) some classes like music and art, but I 10 ( take ) my exams several times before I passed.
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( not / have ) much free time, I imagine.
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Will: Exactly!
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