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1. Look at the photo. Do you know this sport? How do you think it feels to do it?
2. Complete the dialogue with the correct affirmative or negative past simple form of the verbs below.
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Kirstie: Hi, Laurie. How are you? Tell me about your summer holiday!
Laurie: Well, for the first three weeks, I was at a summer camp in Cornwall.
Kirstie: Really? That sounds like fun!
Laurie: Yes, it was. I (1) _____ a new sport - bodyboarding.
Kirstie: Wow! That sounds great!
Laurie: Yes. I (2) _____ it. It was really exciting - and a bit frightening too!
Kirstie: I bet! What else did you get up to over the summer?
Laurie: Well, the second half of the holiday (3) _____ so good. I (4) _____ a stomach bug and (5) _____ nearly a week on the sofa.
3. ☊ 1.14 Listen and check your answers to exercise 2. Does the photo go with the first or second half of the dialogue? How do you know?
4. ☊ 1.15 Listen to three girls talking about events over the summer. Match each speaker (1–3) with an event (a–c) and then circle the correct adjective to describe how she felt about it.
a. Speaker _____ got sunburned.
She felt depressed/ embarrassed/ worried.
b. Speaker _____ ran a half marathon.
She felt exhausted/ proud/ surprised.
c. Speaker _____ visited her friend's new house
She felt envious/ interested/ shocked.
| Speaking Strategy Follow a simple structure for narrating events, for example: 1. set the scene (where? when? who?) 2. say what happened 3. say how you (and/or others) felt about it |
5. KEY PHRASES Read the phrases for reacting and showing interest. Then find three more in the dialogue in exercise 2.
Reacting and showing interest!
You're joking/ kidding!
How boring/ funny/ frustrating/ exciting/ upsetting!
That's amazing/ exciting/ worrying/ shocking!
That sounds great /terrible/ annoying/ terrifying!
What a cool thing to do!
Really? I'm so envious!
Really/ What a relief!
That sounds like a nightmare!
Oh no! What a disaster/ shame!
6. PRONUNCIATON ☊ 1.14 Listen to the dialogue in exercise 2 again, then practise saying the phrases above. Try to sound interested!
7. Work in pairs. Take turns to say a sentence from the list below using the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Your partner reacts with a suitable phrase from exercise 5.
1. I finally (finish) my science project.
2. I (learn) to play a new song on the guitar.
3. I (break) a bone in my foot.
4. I (drop) my dad's laptop.
I finally finished my science project.
Really? What a relief!
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