ELem entary, my dear Watso n.

Attributed to Sherlock Ha/mes (but he never said it)

1 GRAMMAR simple past: regular b Complete the questions w ith t he correct form of the
verbs in parentheses.
and irregular
a Read this police reportoComplete the sentences with
thesimple past forrn of theverbs in parentheses.

POlleE REPORT
Bank robbery

We 1 arrived (arrive) at the bank at

9:36 in the evening, and we 2 _ _ _ __

(park) our poliee car outside. The bank

' _ _ _ _ _ _ (be) alosed and all the
lights ' _ _ _ _ _ _ (be) off, but we DETECTIVE Where 1 wereyou at about 9:30 yesterday
even ing? (be)
' _______ (look) through the
STEVEN POTTER I was at the movies. The movie 2 start ed
window. We 6_ _ _ _ _ _ (see) a
at 9:00. (start)
person inside the bank. At first, we
O What movie 3 ? (see)
' _______ (not can) see who it
SP I can't remember. It wasn't very good.
was, but then he 8_ _ _ _ _ _ (open) O Hmm. Very interesting. And who 4_ _ _ _ _ _ _ to t he
the door and carne out - it was Steven movies with? (go)
Potter. He 9_ _ _ _ _ _ (not run) SP With my girlfriend.
away - he just walked slowly to his car, D ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the movie? (Iike)
and then drove away. The next morning, SP Yes, she thought it was very good.
we 10 ego) to his house o What time 6_ _ _ _ _ _ _ the movie _ _ _ _ _ _ 7
(end)
at 6:00 a.m. We 11 Cfind)
SP At about 10:30.
him in bed. He 12 (not
O And what 7_ _ _ _ _ _ _ after you left the movies? (do)
want) to speak to US, but we 13_ _ _ __
SP We went to a restau rant - La Dolce Vita on Main Street.
(take) him to the poliee station.
O La Dolce Vita? I know it. Very good spaghetti. What time
•_ _ _ _ _ _ _ the restaurant? (leave)
SP At about 12:00 a.m.
O That 's very late. 9 home af ter that? (go)
SP No, we went to a birthday party at Flanagan's. Then we we nt
home.
o How? 10_ _ _ _ _ _ _ a taxi? (get)
SP No, we got a bus.
O And what t ime II to bed? (gol
SP At about 4:00 a.m. Can I go home now? l'm tired.
o No, I'd like to ask you some more questions ...
2 VOCABULARY irregular verbs 4 L1STENING
a Complete rh e base form and past forms of rhese irregular a Listen te a radio imerview wirh a
verbs \Vit h a, e, i, o, or /1. detective. What does he like mosr ahout his joh?

Base form Past

1 beg.in beg..1Ln
2 c_ me c_ me b ,!,144m Listen again and ehoose a, h, o r e.
3 dr_ nk dr_ nk Jeremy Downs decided he ~~_iiiiiii
4 dr_ ve dr_ ve wamed ro he a dereerive ...
5 g_ ve g_ ve a when he was a ehild.
6 kn w kn_ w h when he lefr sehoo!.
7 p- t p_ t
e when he finished eallege.
8 s_ t s_ t
2 His firsr ¡ab in rhe poliee
9 sw m sw_ m
was as ...
10 w_ ke [up] w_ ke [up]
a a teaeher.
11 w n w_ n
12 wr_ te wr_ te b a poliee offieer.
e a detective.
b Compl ete rhe sentences \Virh rhe simple past form ofrhe 3 Jeremy took a ... to make sure
verbs in rh e box. he was stro ng and hea lthy
buy find break hear make take can lose meet think for the jobo
a a law tes t
1 Lasr nighr \Ve heard a noise downsrairs.
b a running test
2 They _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the man's daughter \Vas rhe murderer.
e physiea l fitness
3 T he police officer rh e money in an old bago
4 Jeremy usually works.
4 They their friends ou tsid e rhe restaurant.
a outsid e.
S I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a detect ive story in rhe bookstore.
b in an affiee.
6 My \Vi fe het cell phone ta st ni ght.
e at the poliee station.
7 The man _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a window and \Venr inro rhe house.
5 He sometimes feeJs ... when he
8 Somebod y my laptop when [ \Vas out of is at work.
rhe room.
a bared
9 We \Vete worried beca use \Ve _ _ _ _ _ _ _ see a police
b stressed
car outside OUt ho use.
e worried
10 I \Vas rhirsty so I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a cup afrea .

3 PRONUNCIATION simple past verbs

a Match the verbs with rh e sa m e vowel sound . USEFUL WORDS
ANDPHRASES
drove could made sa id learned bought had
Learn these words and phrases.
I ca me made
library l' lalbn:ri l
2 lefr
murd er I' m;;)rd~rl
3 ran
l1obod y I' noubadi l
4 saw
secreta r y I'sEkrdteril
S spoke
believe I b,'livl
6 took
kili I kill
7 heard
marry I' m<eril
b Lisren and check. Then li sten and repear. business partner /'blzn;;)s portndrl
 If you want breakfast in bed, s leep in the kitchen.
AlIison Pearson, British writer

1 GRAMMAR there is / there are, some / 2 VOCABULARY the house

any + plural nouns a Complete the crossword .
a Complete rh e dialogue with rhe correcr form of
there is , there are and, if necessary. a, sorne, or aH)'. Clues across ~

A Hello. I'm interested in the apartment for rento

a Oh, OK l et me tell yau about it. 1 There's ª
large
living room and 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ small kitchen.
A 3 table in the kitchen?
B No, 4 . But 5_ _ _ _ _ __
very niee dining room with atable and sorne chairs.
A That's fine. What about the bedrooms? How many
bedrooms 6 ?
B ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ three bedrooms and a bathroom .
A • _ _ _ _ _ _ _ shower in the bathroom?
B Yes, 9 _ _ _ _ _ __
A Good. IO _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bookshelves in the

A
living room?
B No, I'm 50rry. But 11 cupboards.
That's OK. I think ¡t's perfect for USo How much is it?
-
•
b Wrire [he semen ces in rhe plural using som c or any. ,
T here's an arrnchair in (he li ving room. ,
Tltere arcSQwe arm chairs in tite li yin8 roQm "
2 ls there a rug downstairs?
------------------------------_?
3 There's a CD Oll the shelf.
n
4 ls there a glass in the cupboard ? Clues down '"
----------------------------------_?
5 There isn't a light in the study.

e ~~the correct formo

1@ / There'sanieeaparrmenrand 2 it iso't 1there
¡so't very expen sive. 3There are 1They are two rOOI11 s,
but ~ there areo't 1they aren't ve ry big. 5 There's l It is
a smal l kitchen and a bathroom. 6 There iso't 1It iso't a
bathtub in the bathrool11, but 7 it's 1there's a ne'" sho",er. @' ~
The apartmenr is on rhe 10th floor, so B there's 1it is
(,, 0
, '!t
a great view of the city. And 9 there's 1it's a very large
balcony with a lotofflowers. 10 They are 1There are
beautiful in rhe sumiller!
¿

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h
- la',
b Wrire the room. 4 LlSTENING
I You usually take offyour coat in rhe h~.
a Listen ro Mrs. Goodings show
2 You usually take a shower in the b het house ro Bradley and Joanna, a cauple who are
3 You usually have dinner in (h e d inrerested in renting it. Check./ the three rooms
r Mrs. Goodings shows t he m.
4 You usua lly use a compurer in [he sr I barhroom D
5 You usually park your car in rhe g 2 bedroom D
6 You usually make lunch in rhe k 3 dining room D
7 You lI sually warch television in rhe 1 4 garage D
r S hall D
8 You lI sually sleep in rhe b 6 kirchen D
9 You usually sir o ursid e in rhe y 7 living room D
8 study D
3 PRONUNCIATION IECI and Irr/; sentence b 41!.tAAm Listen again and write T (true) or F (false).
stress 1 M rs. Goadings always ears in rhe kirehen. L
a ~~ rhe \Vord with a different sound. 2 Joanna doesn 't like the living room.
3 There isn't a washing machine in rhe kitehen. _
El 4 There's a hole in the eeiling ofthe kirehen.
S Joan na likes rhe windows in rhe li vi ng room.
Irf.
cha lr
1 they 're there dear
6 T here isn'r a TV in rhe living room.
7 There are duee bedrooms upstairs.

~
8 Bradley forgers abour rhe hale in rhe
2 cheers stairs near bathroom cei lin g.
ear

~
cha ir
3 where wear we're
USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
Learn these words and phrases.
advertisement lredvdr'talzm;;,mtl

~ ear
4 here hair hear dishwasher l 'd IJwaJ;}rl
lovely I"lAvli1
rent In:ntl
b Listen and repear (he words. a long time ago Id !:JI) tmm d'goul
Wow! Iwaul
e Unde rlin e rhe stressed syllable.
How horrible! Ihau 'h:lfdbll
1 o~fice Ir's perfeer! hts 'pdrflktl
2 mirrlor
3 culpboard
4 batico:ny
5 bathltub
6 so~a
7 armichair
8 galrage
9 ceilling
d Listen and check. Then listen and
repear rhe words.
 1'm not frightened of death.
I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Woody Al/en, American movie director

1 GRAMMAR there was / there were 2 VOCABULARY prepositions: place

a Co mpl ete rhe texto Use was, were. wasll't, or wercll't. and movement
Complete the sentence s with th ese word s.

behind from ...to In in front of next to

across f rom out of over under up

1 went on vacation to Brazillast summer, and 1 stayed

in an amazing hotel. My room was great. There
\Vas a large bed, and thefe l _ _ _ _ sorne big
cupboards to put rny clothes in. There 3 _ _ __
a kitchen, but there • a small refrigeratar
full of d r inks and snacks. There 5 three
different restaurants to ch oose fram. There " _ _ __
a beautiful swirnming pool in the hoteL and there
_ _ _ _ a long beach nearby. There 8 _ _ __
any tourists 00 the beach, but there 9 _ _ _ _ sorne
baby turtles. They were really beautiful!

b Complete rhe dialogue wirh a form of there \Vas I t/¡ere \Vere.

A Did you have a good vacatian?
B Not really. 1 Tltere \Vas a problem with my hotel.
A Oh, no. What happened?
B Well, we couldn't swim because 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ __
1 T here's a family Ilt che dining room.
a swimming pooL And 3 any
2 T he boy is sittin g che girl.
restaurants near the hotel.
3 T hewoma n is rhe mano
A ' ________ a small refrigerator in your room?
B NO, 5 a smalt refrigerator and
4 T here's a ghosr srandin g che woman.
5 a television. The only th ing 5 There's a bag rhe table.
in my room was t he bed! 6 A wairer is com in g rhe kirchen.
A Oh. 7
a bathroom? 7 There's a ghost che waiter.
B Ves, but 8 any clean towels. 8 T he wairer is ca rryin g rhe pIares ,he
Everything was very dirty. kirchen rhe rabIes.
A 9 any niee people at the hotel? 9 T here's a d ock ch e kicchen door.
B Ves, 10 some great people, but they 10 A ghost is going rhe stairs.
all felt the same as me - very angr y!
3 PRONUNCIATION silent letters
a Crcss out rhe silent letters.
1 ghost 3 white S ho ur 7 builder
2 cupboard 4 kn ow 6 walk 8 wrong
b "mm Listen and repeat. Copy the rhythm.
e "mm Listen and underline rhe stressed word s.
1 There \Va s a lamp o n rhe table.
2 T here wa sn't a barhrub in rhe barhroom.
3 Was rhere a mitror in rhe bedroom?
4 Th ere \Vete some books on rhe shelf.
5 There weren'r any cupboard s in rhe kitchen.
6 Were [h ere any plants in rhe study?
d m¡mm Listen again and repear rhe sentences.

4 READING
Read the rext. Wrire T (tru e) or F (false).
I MaesmawT Hall is more rhan 500 years old.
2 Peo ple have seen ghosrs inside and outside rhe hotel.
3 T he ghosrs are all of reople \Vho lived in rhe house in rhe pasr.
4 Ro bin Drwg 's ghosr sometimes appears as a bul!.
5 Paranormal invesrigators didn'r rhink rhar Maesmawr Hall aesmawr Hall is a manor house in Powys,
wa s hallnted.

5 LlSTENING
M Wales. It was built in 1535 and today is a
20-bedroom hotel and venue for weddings.
It is famous because people say it is haunted.
Many guests say that they ha ve seen ghosts. A
a ,!¡mm Listen to [our people talking abollt hotel
businessman who stayed at the hotel said that when
room s. Which countries did rhey vi sir?
he looked out of the window, he saw hundreds of
Roman soldiers marehing. In faet, in Roman times
b Listen again. Match the speake rs to th e rooms. there was a road that passed through the grounds
of Maesmawr Hall. Other guests said they saw the
Speaker 1 D Speaker 2 D Speaker 3 D Speaker 4 D ghosts of the Davies sisters who owned the hotel
A The room was under the water. in the 1900s, and the ghost of an old housekeeper
B Th e room had mirrors on the walls and the ceiling. walking through a wall in the hall. But perhaps most
e T he room wasn't very comfortable. frightening is the story that the ghost of an evil man
O The room wa s up a tree. named Robin Drwg haunts the woods around the
hotel. Some people say that they have seen this ghost
suddenly change into the shape of a bull.
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES Maesmawr was on a TV show about houses with
ghosts called MostHaunted. The TV show hosts and
Learn th ese word s and phrases .
investigators from the Mid Wales Para normal (MWP)
ghosts 190ustsl hallnted l'h:mt;Jdl reported a lot of strange activity in the hall - seeing
guest Igcstl strange Istremdj balls of light, feeling movements, and hearing unusual
owner /'oun;Jrl In the middle ofthe night sounds. During the investigation, the floor in one of
priest Iprist l 1m O;J mldl ;JV Ó;J 'naltl the upstairs rooms moved. The hotel's current owner,
brave Ibrelvl remore control Itlmoot bn'trooll Nigel Humphryson, says he often hears voiees and
fri ghrened /' fraltnd l banging noises that he cannot explain.
So if you're interested in ghosts, why not stay here?
But don't go outside at night unless you 're feeling
.'!if1 FILE 8 really bravel