Last week Mrs Mills went to London. She does not know London very well, and she lost her way. Suddenly, she saw a man near a bus stop. “ I can ask him the way.” She said to herself.
“Excuse me,” she said.“Can you tell me the way to King Street, please?”
The man smiled pleasantly. He did not understand English! He spoke German. He was a tourist. Then he put his hand into his pocket, and took out a phrase-book. He opened the book and found a phrase. He read the phrase slowly. “I am sorry,” he said. “ I do not speak English.”
New words
week /wiːk/ n.
speak/spiːk/ v. (spoke /spəʊk/, spoken /spəʊkən/)
London/ˈlʌndən/ n.
hand/hand/ n.
suddenly/ˈsʌd(ə)nli/ adv.
pocket/ˈpɒkɪt/ n.
bus stop/bʌs-stɒp/ n.
phrase/freɪz/ n.
smile/smʌɪl/ n.
phrasebook/ ˈfreɪz bʊk/ n.
pleasantly/ˈplɛz(ə)ntli/ adv.
slowly/ˈsləʊli / adv.
understand/ʌndəˈstand/ v. (understood /ʌndəˈstʊd/, understood)
lose/luːz / v. (lost /lɒst /, lost)
find/fʌɪnd/ v. (found /faʊnd/, found)
see/siː / v. (saw /sɔː/, seen / siːn/)
take/teɪk/ v. (took /tʊk/, taken / teɪkən/)
read/ riːd/ v. (read /rɛd/, read)
put/pʊt/ v. (put, put)
Notes on the text
1. lose one’s way: I lost my way. We lost our way.
2. say to oneself: I say to myself. He says to himself.
3. the way to ….: the way to Astana; the way to Almaty.
4. put sth1 in to sth2: I put the book into my bag.
5. take out sth: I take out my book.
Lesson 65 What did you do?
cut/kʌt/ v. (cut, cut)
meet/miːt/ v. (met /mɛt/, met)
give/ɡɪv/ v. (gave /ɡeɪv/, given /ˈɡɪv(ə)n/)
greet/ɡriːt/ v. (greeted, greeted)
drink/drɪŋk/ v. (drank /draŋk/, drunk /drʌŋk/)
swim/swɪm/ v. (swam /swam/, swum /swʌm/)
Exercises
A. Write these sentences in the Past Simple.
Example
she, peasantly, smile
She smiled pleasantly.
1. he, the phrase, read, slowly
2. he, carefully, work
3. lazily, work, she
4. he, cut, himself, badly
5. the door, suddenly, open
B. Chose the correct form of the verbs.
He (doesn’t know, didn’t know, don’t know) the house yesterday.
He didn’t know the house yesterday.
1. she (reading, is reading, was reading) books yesterday evening.
2. we (arrive, arrived) home at last night.
3. she (goes, went) to London every year.
4. we (drink, drank) some a bottle of milk last night.
5. my son (reads, read) the book slowly.
6. my father (loses, lost) his way at seven o’clock this morning.
7. this boy (put, puts) that book into this desk five minutes ago.
8. our friends (do, did, does) their home works the day before yesterday.
9. we always (enjoy, enjoyed) ourselves.
10. my father (shave, shaves, shaved) at eight o’clock every day.
Lesson 66 Uncomfortable shoes
LADY : Do you have any shoes like these?
SALESMAN: What size?
Lady: Size five.
Salesman: What colour?
Lady: Black.
Salesman: I’m sorry. We don’t have any.
Lady: But my sister bought this pair last month.
Salesman: Did she buy them here?
Lady: No, she bought them in the U.S.
Salesman: We had some shoes like those a month ago, but we don’t have any now.
Lady: Can you get a pair for me please?
Salesman: I’m afraid that I can’t. They were in fashion last year and the year before last.
But they’re not in fashion this year.
Salesman: These shoes are in fashion now.
Lady: They look very uncomfortable.
Salesman: They are very uncomfortable. But women always wear uncomfortable shoes!
New words
buy // v. (bought, bought)
comfortable// adj.
pair// n.
uncomfortable// adj.
fashion// n.
wear// v. (wore, worn)
Notes on the text
1. like; I have a book like this. I have some books like these.
2. be afraid that ……; I’m afraid that we are late.
3. look adj.; You look tired. It looks beautiful.
Lesson 67 When did you …… ?
this week
this month
this year
a minute
an hour
a day ago
a week
a month
a year
last week
last month
last year
the week before last
the month before last
the year before last
two minutes
five hours
three days ago
two weeks
four months
six years
Exercises
A. Rewrite these sentences in the Past Simple.
Example:
She goes to town every day. She went to town yesterday.
1. She meets her friends every day.
2. They drink some milk every evening.
3. He swims in the river every week.
4. She takes him to school every morning.
5. He cuts himself every month.
B. Write questions and answers.
Example
you/look at that photograph/an hour ago
When did you look at that photograph?
I looked at that photograph an hour ago.
1. we/walk across the park/last week
2. they/wash their dishes/a minute ago
3. he/work in the office/the year before last
4. teacher/ask a question/five minutes ago
5. this assistant/type those letters/ a month ago
6. children/watch/television/last night
7. my father/ talk to the shop assistant/last year