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Life stories 3

Rules 2 After the trial, a reporter asked Mrs Schearer
some questions.
1 find examples of the past tense of the verti Write the questions, uslng this information.
to be (positive and negative) in the text.
I When/ Marie/ meet/ Marcus
2 IJow do we form the past simple tense of 2 When/ shei leave/ home
regular vertrs? f Where/ the wedding
4 Why/ you/ not there
O UnderLine examples of regular verbs in the text.
5 How/ you/ flnd out/ about it
b what do you notice about the spelling of these
6 How/ you/ feel
verbs in the past simple tense?
7 Wlnall you/ do
smile stop try 8 Anyone/ try/ to stop you
ts See p29 for the pronunciation of -al endings. b What do you think Mrs Schearer's answers were?
3 Many common verbs are irregular and don't c ffi ;.1 Listen and check.
follow the -ed rule. 3 Here is another strange romance story from a
d List all the irregular verbs in the text. newspaper.
b write the inflnitive for each verb. a Write the story, using this information.
Exeupr-ns b What do you think about the PeoPIe?
meet met faU fell
4 Complete these two sentences frorn the text.
In fact, they anything abowt the wedding
until the following week.
But Marie was only 16 and her parents
o How do we make the negative form of the past
simple tense?
c What part of the verb foilows didn't?
* Is it the same for regular and irregular verbs?
5 Look at these questions frorn an interview
with Marie Schearer.
Stewart McIGy/ fall in love with/ Jane
Were Marcus' parents at the wedding?
get married/ but there/ be/ problem
Why was your mother angry?
both/ have a dog/ and/ dogs/ hate each other
When did you meet Marcus?
Stewart and Jane/ not want/ get rid of the dogs
Didyou live together?
decide/ Iive apart/ while dogs/ alive
? How do we make past simple questions with to be?
live/ 40 miles apart/ three Years
b How do we make questions with other verbs? not see/ each other very often
F Check the rules {or the past simple tense in lile/ be/ very expensive
Grarnrnar Reference 3. l. spend/ a lot of money on phone ca1ls and travel
last week/ Jane's dog/ die
Practice Jatel gol to live with Stewart
Jane/ said/ it/ not be/ easy to live apart
1 Complete these sentences with the past simple I/ not love/ my dog more than Stewart/ but/ 11
of the verbs in brackets. not want/ give her uP
I Marcus' mother and grandmother at
the wedding, but Marie's parents Work with a partner. Write ten questions that a
know) anything about it. -(be)
reporter might ask Stewart and Jane.
2 Mrs Schearer furious when she
d Roleplay the interview, using your questions'
the wedding photo in a newspaper.
-(be) -(not 4
3 She to the newspaper and Choose onb of these topics.
-(see) o How did yo.ur'parents meet?
(complain) about the photo.
-(write) - o How did you meet your partner?
4 Mrs Schearer speak) to her
daughter when they in court. Work in pairs or small groups. Tell your group
5 Marie that she be) about your topic, and answer their questions.
angry with her mother, because b Write about one of the topics.
-(appear) she
-(not
-(say)
(understand) how her mother ts See Reflecting on Learning 7: Verbs pI21.
-
-(not
-(feet).
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