UNIT 1 Talking about the past Listening: Amar flies to fame Remember Amar? You read about him in a recent test. Now listen to his story again. (See TEST 3) CD 1 track 16 More vocabulary… speechless - to be over the moon - advert - thanks to… Grammar: Past simple Le past simple exprime ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ . Formulation : ________________________________________________________________________________ . Negative form Interrogative form Did + not + INF. (Question word) + did + S + INF… ? E.g. I didn’t go to the cinema last night. E.g. Did you go to the cinema last night? Remarques :  Les verbes irréguliers s’emploient comme les verbes réguliers à la forme négative et interrogative.  Pour répondre par oui/non à une question : Yes/No, pronom + did/didn’t. Prononciation :  /id/ après les sons /d/ et /t/  /t/ après les sons /f/, /k/, /p/, /s/, /sh/ et /tsh/  /d/ après tous les autres sons Exercises 1. Translate. 1) Désolé ! J’ai une erreur. ___________________________________________________________________________ 2) Il a gagné la course car il était en forme. ___________________________________________________________________________ 3) Quand je suis allé au marché, j’ai croisé ma grand-mère. ___________________________________________________________________________ 4) Elle travaillait beaucoup mais elle ne gagnait pas beaucoup d’argent. ___________________________________________________________________________ 5) Ils m’ont donné un superbe cadeau. ___________________________________________________________________________ 6) Je ne suis pas allé chez ma petite-amie hier soir, j’ai fini mes devoirs. ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. Find the past simple of these verbs in the newspaper article about Amar. to finish  to meet  to want  to enter  to give  to visit  to make  to say  to come  to help  to leave  to discover  to work  to lend  to enjoy  to go  to decide  to hate  to see  to win  to get  to tell  3. Put the words in the correct order and answer the questions in English. 1) film did enjoy you the? (yes) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2) good a time they did have? (no) ___________________________________________________________________________ 3) to concert did invite she him the? (no) ___________________________________________________________________________ 4) I win did? (yes) ___________________________________________________________________________ 5) they go did where? ___________________________________________________________________________ 6) you travel around how did? ___________________________________________________________________________ 7) did what eat he? ___________________________________________________________________________ 8) long did she how in spend New York? ___________________________________________________________________________ Talking about holidays 1. Write these words and phrases in the correct columns. bed and breakfast go to the beach holiday apartments really interesting amazing go horse-riding visit galleries go swimming by boat/ferry a month ACCOMODATION visit museums go scuba diving go walking go cycling go sailing by plane on foot horrible two weeks a week TRANSPORT a fortnight youth hostel by bus by car boring hotel disgusting go skiing friendly great ACTIVITIES by train exciting sunbathe eat out campsite ten days relaxing by scooter fun a weekend LENGTH OF STAY OPINIONS Listening: Amar meets Rebecca What a coincidence! Amar is sitting next to Rebecca on the plane to London. She had a holiday in Goa (India) on her way to London.. 1. Answer the questions in French (full sentence). 1) Where did Rebecca stay? ___________________________________________________________________________ 2) How did she travel around? ___________________________________________________________________________ 3) What did she think of Goa? ___________________________________________________________________________ 4) What did she do while she was there? ___________________________________________________________________________ 5) How long did she stay? ___________________________________________________________________________ More vocabulary… you made the right choice - pity it wasn’t longer - all the time - I’ll bet it was! (en réponse à “it was great”, par exemple) Remarque : we say by bike/by car/by coach/etc. BUT on foot! Skills and culture: Unit 1 Reading: Gap years 1. Answer the questions in French (full sentence). 1) Where did Sophie stay? ___________________________________________________________________________ 2) What did Daniel do during his gap year? ___________________________________________________________________________ 3) What did he do in Africa? ___________________________________________________________________________ 4) What did Tom want to do and where did he do it? ___________________________________________________________________________ 5) Where did Daniel work in Asia? ___________________________________________________________________________ 6) What did Sophie visit? ___________________________________________________________________________ 7) What did Tom learn? ___________________________________________________________________________