Unit 10 Busy lives

Lesson A.- A night at home

What did you do last night?
1) Getting started
B. Can you complete these sentences about the people above?
1.- Josh listened to music last night.
2.- Mari tried to study for an exam.
3.- Peter and his wife watched a movie.
4.- Melissa cooked some friends over for dinner.
5.-Rachel worked late.
6.- Stephen and Jay chatted online.
2) Grammar
A. What did you do last night? How about your friends and family?
Make true sentences. Then compare with a partner.
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.-

I didnt watch (what) TV last night.

I cleaned (clean) the house.
My friends and I chatted (chat) online.
I studied (study) English.
I played (play) a computer game.
My best friend invited (invite) me over for dinner.
My neighbor called (call) me.
My family stayed (stay) home.

Lesson B.- A busy week

1) Building vocabulary Irregular verbs
B. Write three things you did at each time below. Then compare with a
partner.
Last Sunday
I saw a movie.
I watched a soccer
game
I invited a friend to
dinner

Last Friday
I went to dinner with my mom
I watched a basketball game

Last week
I took my dog to the vet
I went with my brother to the
beach
I was with my best friend in the I wrote a letter to my
afternoon
boyfriend

2) Building language
A. Listen to the questions. Check the answers that are true for you.

Did you have a busy week?

1. Did you have to work late?
2. Did you write a report or
paper?
3. Did you have a lot of
appointments?
4. Did you make a lot of pone
calls?
5. Did you go out a lot in the
evening?

Yes,
did.
X

I No,
didnt

x
x
x
x

3) Grammar. Simple past yes-no questions and short answers.

A. Unscramble the words to make questions. Then ask and answer the
questions with a partner. Try to remember your partners answers.
1. last night/ go to bed/ did/ you/ late ?
Did you go to bed late last night?
2. read/ did/ a lot of/ you/ last year/ take ?
Did you take read a lot of last year?
3. your family/ a trip/ did/ last year/ take ?
Did your family take a trip last year?
4. get together/ did/ you and your friends/ last Friday ?
Did you and your friends get together last Friday?
5. a concert/ go to/ did/ last month/ you ?
Did you go to a concert last month?
6. you/ meet/ last year/ any new people/ did ?
Did you meet any new people last year?
Lesson C.- Im exhausted!
1) Conversation strategy Apropiate responses
A. Complete these conversations. Choose a response from the box.
A.- I have an exam tomorrow.
B.- Good luck!
A.- Its my birthday today.
B.- Happy birthday!

Congratulations! Thank
goodness!
Happy birthday! Good luck!

B. Think of responses to these comments. Use the ideas on the right.

Practice with a partner.

1.2.3.4.5.6.-

Im twenty-one today!
I had an interview last week, and I got the job!
My neighbors sick, so I did her shopping today.
My football team has a big game on Friday.
Todays our wedding anniversary.
I have a really bad cold.

Good luck!
Happy birthday!
Congratulations!
Good for you!
You poor thing!

Im twenty-one todayHappy birthday!

I had an interview last week, and I got the job!
you!

Good

for

My neighbors sick, so I did her shopping today

You poor thing!

My football team has a big game on Friday.

Good luck

Todays our wedding anniversary.

Congratulations!
I have a really bad cold.

You poor thing!

Lesson D.- A journal

1) Reading
C. Read the journal entries again. Do you agree with these statements
about Ashley? Why or why not? Compare with a partner.
Agre
e
1. Ashley enjoyed her first day at her new
x
job.
2. She wanted to go out with Brad on
x
Wednesday.
3. Shes not happy with Brad.
4. She didnt have fun at the party.
x
5. She doesnt want a boyfriend right now.
x
6. She had a busy week.
x

Disagr
ee

Unit 11 Looking back

Lesson A.- My first
1) Getting started.
A. Listen. Why was Jeff scared? Why was Rosa nervous?
Jeff was scared for him teacher.

Rosa was nervous for her job.

B. Can you complete the answers to these questions about Jeff and
Rosa? Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.
1. A Was Jeffs teacher strict?
B Yes, she was very strict.
2. A Were Jeff and his classmates noisy?
B No, they werent noisy.
3. A Was Rosas boss happy about her mistakes?
B No, he wasnt too pleased.
4. A Were Rosas customers nice?
B Yes, they were nice because Rosa was new.
2) Grammar. Simple past of be
A. Complete theses conversations with was, wasnt, were, or werent.
Practice with a partner.
1. A Do you remember your first teacher?
B. Yeah, Mr. Davis. He was a lot of fun.
Her was never strict. Was your teachers fun?
A. No, they werent. They were always very strict.
2. A Do you remember the first CD you bought?
B Yeah, it was The Backstreet Boys.
They were my favorite group.
3. A Tell me about your first best friend.
Were you in school together?
B No, we werent. She wasnt in my class.
She was my neighbor. Our parents were friends.
4. A Did you have a pet when you were a kid?
B Yeah. My first pet was a little pony. It was very big.
Lesson B.- Vacations
1) Building language
C. Can you complete these questions? Then ask a partner.
1. What did you go last summer?
2. What was the weather like?
2) Grammar. Simple past information questions.

A. Write questions about a vacation for these answers. Then ask and
answer the questions with a partner. Give your own answers.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

How was your last vacation? It was great.

Where were you exactly? I went to England.
What was the weather like? Awful. It rained every day.
Who did you travel with? My best friend.
How long were you there? Two weeks.
What did you do? We saw Buckingham Palace.

3) Building vocabulary.
A. Listen to these memories of trips. Match the memories with the
pictures.
B. Make word webs for get and go with expressions from the
sentences above. Add ideas.
go hiking
go snorkeling
go to see
go (went)

get (got)

get lost
get sick
get along

Lesson D.- A funny thing happened

1) Reading
B. Read the letter to a magazine. What is it about? What happened to
Alexa?
C. Read the letter again. Then match the two parts of each sentence.
1. Alexa got to the mall early before her friend Sammy, so __c__ a. he
left
the
caf
2. The caf was expensive, so __d__
b. she only
bought
a
drink
3. The caf was very crowded, so __e__
c.
she
decided to

4.
5.
6.
7.

go
to
a
caf.
The guy ate half of his sandwich, and then __b__
d. she got
embarrasse
d and left
Alexa ate the rest of the guys sandwich because __a__ e. she was
hungry
When the guy came back to the table, ____f___
f. it was the
guy
from
the caf
Latter Alexa met Sammys cousin, and __g__
g. a guy sat
down
at
her table

Unit 12 Fabulous food

Lesson A.- Eating habits.
2) Grammar. Countable and uncountable nouns.
A. Circle the correct words in these questions and answers.
1. A How much/ many fruit do you eat a week?
B Well, I have orange/ an orange every day for breakfast, and I eat
a lot of/ much fruit after dinner for dessert.
2. A How often do you eat vegetable/ vegetables?
B I usually eat many/ a lot of French fries. Is that a vegetable?
3. A How much/ many times a week do you eat rice/ rices?
B About twice a week. But I eat potato/ potatoes every day.
4. A Do you eat many/ a lot of seafood?
B Well, I eat much/ a lot of fish, but I cant eat shellfish/ a
shellfish.
5. A Do you eat meat/ meats?
B Well, I dont eat beef/ beefs, but I eat many/ a lot of chicken.
6. A How much/ many eggs do you eat a week?
B I dont eat much/many. I dont really like egg/ eggs.
Lesson B.- Whats for dinner?
B. What foods do you regularly buy? Complete the chart. Compare
with a partner.

We buy a lot of
Melon

lettuce

coffee
pineapple

butter
Hamburger
mear

We dont buy
much
Ice
oil
cream
sugar
peanuts
cookies

We dont buy many

apples

melon

We never
buy
salmon

cereal
strawberries

tomatoes
potato

lamb
shrimp

Units 10-12.- Touchstone checkpoint.

1) Whats the question?
Complete the conversation with information questions. Then practice
with a partner.
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B

So, what did you do last night?

Last night? Oh, I went to see a band.
You did? What band went you to see?
The Travelers. Theyre a new band.
Yeah? How were they?
They were great. We were there really late.
What time you left?
About 2:00 a.m. So anyway, what did you do?
I just went home and made dinner. The usual.
Well, lets go out tonight or something.
Oh, OK. What are we going to do?
Well, Id like to see The Travelers again.
OK. But lets leave before midnight.
Sure. Then we can go see the midnight movie!

2) Do you have a balanced diet?

A. How many words do you know for these categories of food?
Complete the chart.
Meat

Seafood

Fruit

Dairy

Snacks

Salmon
Sardine

Vegetable
s
Carrot
Lettuce

Chicken
Beef

Apple
Pineapple

Bread
Toast

Tuna

Onion

Pear

Jam

Chocolate
Potatoes
chips
Ice cream

Lamb

3) Ask a question in two ways; answer and ask a similar question.

A. Think of a yes-no question to add to each question below. End the
question with or
1. What did you do last summer? I mean, did you go away or ?

2. What would you like to do this summer? I mean, do something this

summer or?
3. What did you do on your last birthday? I mean, did you something
for your birthday or?
4. How many times a week do you exercise? I mean, did you do
exercise or?
4) Whats the right expression?
Complete the conversation with these expressions. (Use anyway
Or something
good luck anyway
Good for you
You did
Or anything
thank goodness I know
Congratulations You poor thing
twice.)
Bryan How was your weekend? Did you go anyway or anything?
Julia No, but I went to a karaoke club.
Bryan You did? So, how was it?
Julia Great! I sang in a contest and won fifty dollars.
Bryan Good for you! I didnt know you were a singer.
Julia Well, I practiced every day for a month.
Bryan Congratulations!
Julia And thank goodness I practiced! Ten of my friends were there.
So, anyway, did you do anything special?
Bryan Not, really. I had to study for an exam on Saturday and Sunday.
Julia _You poor thing_! You need to go out more.
Bryan Yeah. I know... Well, anyway, I have to go. I want to study my
notes. But after the exam, lets meet for coffee or something?
Julia OK. So, good luck with your exam.
5) Show some interest!
A. Complete each sentence with a simple past verb. Then add time
expressions to five sentences to make them true for you.
1. I
2. I
3. I
4. I
5. I
6. I
7. I
8. I
9. I
10.

went on a nice trip.

bought some new clothes.
met someone famous.
did an international phone call.
went to a great party.
ate Italian food.
watched in the ocean.
spoke English with a tourist.
had some money.
I was lost in the city.