Lesson 68 Terrible toothache

Nurse: Good morning, Mr Croft.

Mr Croft: Good morning, nurse. I want to see the dentist, please.

Nurse: Do you have an appointment?

Mr Croft: No, I don’t .

Nurse: Is it urgent?

Mr Croft: Yes, it is. It’s very urgent. I feel awful. I have a terrible toothache.

Nurse: Can you come at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 24th?

Mr Croft: I must see the dentist now, nurse.

Nurse: The dentist is very busy at the moment. Can you come at 2 p.m.?

Mr Croft: That’s very late. Can’t the dentist see me now?

Nurse: I’m afraid that he can’t , Mr Croft. Can’t you wait till this afternoon?

Mr Croft: I can wait, but my toothache can’t !

New words

Notes on the text

1. at the moment, now; She’s going to school at the moment.

2. a.m.

3. p.m.

Lesson 69 When did you …..?

Exercises

A. Put the verbs in correct forms.

Example

She (go, going, went) to town every day. She (go, going, went) to town yesterday.

She goes to town every day. She went to town yesterday.

1. She (buy, bought) a new car every year. She (buy, bought) a new car last year.

2. She airs the room every day. She (airs, aired) it this morning.

3. He often (lose, lost) his pen. He (lose, lost) his pen this morning.

4. She always (listen, listened) to the news. She (listen, listened) to the news yesterday evening.

5. She (empty, emptied) this basket every day. She (empty, emptied) it yesterday.

B. Answer these questions.

Example

It’s eight o’clock. When did you see him?

(half an hour ago)

I saw him at half at half past seven.

It’s Friday. When did she go to London?

(the day before yesterday)

She went to London on Wednesday.

It’s June. When did Mr Jones buy that car?

(last month)

He bought that car in May.

Lesson 70 Carol’s shopping list

Tom: What are you doing, Peggy?

Carol: I’m making a shopping list, Tom.

Tom: What do we need?

Carol: We need a lot of things this week.

Carol: I must go to the grocer’s. We haven’t got much tea or coffee, and we haven’t got any sugar or jam.

Tom: What about vegetables?

Carol: I must go to the greengrocer’s. We haven’t got many tomatoes, but we’ve got a lot of potatoes.

I must go to the butcher’s, too. We need some meat. We haven’t got any meat at all.

Tom: Have we got any beer and wine?

Carol: No, we haven’t. And I’m not going to get any!

Tom: I hope that you’ve got some money.

Carol: I haven’t got much.

Tom: Well, I haven’t got much either!

New words

Notes on the text

1. a lot of; a lot of books, a lot of beer.

Lesson 71 We must go to the…..?

Exercises

A. Rewrite these sentences.

Example

I don’t have any eggs. I haven’t got many eggs.

He doesn’t have any coffee. He hasn’t got much coffee.

1. I don’t have any butter.

2. You don’t have any envelopes.

3. We don’t have any milk.

4. She doesn’t have any biscuits.

5. They don’t have any books.

B. Make two statements for each question as in the examples.

Example

Have your got any cheese? (grocer’s)

I need a lot of cheese. I haven’t got much.

I must go to the grocer’s to get some cheese.

Has he got any envelopes? (newsagent’s)

He needs a lot of envelopes. He hasn’t got many.

He must go to the newsagent’s to get some envelopes.

1. Have they got any bread? (baker’s)

2. Has she got any eggs? (grocer’s)

3. Have they got any magazines? (newsagent’s)

4. Have you got any beef? (butcher’s)

5. Has she got any butter? (grocer’s)

6. Have they got any bananas? (greengrocer’s)

7. Has he got any medicine? (chemist’s)

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