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Recording 41, page 69
Exercise 1a Full and weak forms of was and were. Listen and repeat.

1. School was terrible today.
– No, it wasn’t! It was okay.
2. Hansel and Gretel were rich.
– No, they weren’t! They were very poor.
3. Martin Krpan was weak.
– No, he wasn’t! He was very strong.
4. Robin Hood was cowardly.
– No, he wasn’t! He was brave.
5. Cinderella’s stepsisters were beautiful and hard-working.
– No, they weren’t! They were ugly and lazy.
6. The Maths test was difficult.
– No, it wasn’t! It was easy-peasy.
7. Pompeii was a big town.
– No, it wasn’t! It was a small town.
8. Stan Laurel was fat.
– No, he wasn’t! He was thin.
9. Romeo and Juliet were happy.
– No, they weren’t! They were very unhappy.
10. Robinson Crusoe was alone on a desert island. He was lazy.
– No, he wasn’t! He wasn’t alone and he wasn’t lazy. He was very hard-working.

Recording 42, page 69
Exercise 1b Weak forms of was and were. Listen and repeat.

Dialogue 1

■ Where were you at the time of the burglary?
□ I was at the cinema, Officer. And my mother and father were at the cinema too.
■ Was your brother at the cinema too?
□ At the cinema, Officer … yes.
■ And your sister?
□ Er …she wasn’t at the cinema. As a matter of fact I haven’t got a sister.
■ I see. Now, which cinema was this?
Dialogue 2

■ My father was a magician.
□ A magician!
■ He was quite a famous magician. He performed for the President.
□ For the President! That was wonderful!
■ It was his last and best performance. His last trick was the greatest of all.
□ What happened?
■ He disappeared.

Recording 43, page 69
Exercise 2a The past tense ending -ed has three different pronunciations. Listen to the pronunciation of these three words.

1

played

/d/

2

worked

/t/

3

painted

/ɪd/

Recording 44, page 69
Exercise 2b Put the appropriate sound symbols next to the verbs according to how the ending -ed is pronounced. Then listen and check.

played
worked
painted
watched
visited
wandered
helped
tried
lived
hated
appeared
travelled
married
moved
acted
introduced
earned
started
directed
believed
joined
 

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