E-učbenik Touchstone 7, 3. izdaja

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.

played

/d/

worked

/t/

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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