Now change the sentences into the past

e.g. Yesterday morning the milkman brought four pints of milk.

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Say these phrases.

hot water knock at the door stop talking a bottle of port

four o'clock a tall bottle a small shop talk to the doctor

Practice this interview for a job.

A - Why do you want a job with the Northern Record.

B - I'd like to become a sports reporter. I always read the Northern Record. I saw your job advertisement. So I filled in an application form.

A - What other jobs have you done?

B - I've got a job in a sports shop, at the moment. Last August, I was a hotel porter. It was a holiday job, in a seaside resort.

A - Are you interested in sport?

B - Yes, I like watching football. I always watch my local football team when they play at the Sports Centre. I also watch sport on television quite often. And I go jogging every morning.

A - Right. Now, I'll tell you what this job involves…..

Practice this conversation.

A - Sorry to bother you, but I'm looking for the office of the local newspaper, the Northern Record.

B - It's opposite the Town Hall. Go along this road. At the crossroads, turn left. Then there's a department store called Potters. Opposite Potters, there's a small street. Walk up there, and you'll see the Town Hall on the right. The Northern Record office is opposite.

A - Is it a long way?

B - No, it's not far to walk.

A - Thank you very much.

B - Not at all.

UNIT 29

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Practice this conversation.

A – Could you go and post this letter, please?

B – I can’t go out. It’s snowing, and I’ve got a cold.

A – Blow your nose, and put your coat on. You’ll be OK.

B – I’ll get frozen.

A – Only if you go slowly. Walk quickly.

B – I can’t walk quickly. The ground is frozen. It’s like the South Pole.

A – Oh, stop moaning. I’ll go.

2. Pronounce B’s statements. He is making strong, definite statements, and his voice falls.

It’s snowing.

I’ll get frozen.

Now say the following statements with a strong falling intonation.

I don’t know where the post office is.

I’ve got a cold.

I haven’t got a coat.

It’s too cold.

The ground is frozen.

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Practice this conversation.

A - Hello, you're Gloria, aren't you? Mr Walker's small daughter?

B - Yes, I'm Gloria Walker. But I'm not small any more. I'm four and three-quarters.

A - Yes, you are quite tall, for four and three-quarters.

B - I'm taller than my friend Gordon, and he's five and quarter.

A - Does Gordon live next door?

B - No. We live at number forty, and he lives at forty- four.

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Say these phrases.

roast pork an open door a stone wall a cold hall

North Pole an awful joke a small hotel an important notice

UNIT 30

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Practice this extract from a radio programme.

JUDITH BROOKES: In the Food Programme studio today, we have two cooks, Julian Woolf and Susan Fuller. They are going to choose Christmas presents for a new cook. Julian Woolf, your kitchen is full of useful tools. If you could choose just two things for a new cook, what would you choose?

JULIAN WOOLF: I'd choose a fruit juice maker. You just put the fruit in and it produces fruit juice. It's super. And secondly, I'd choose a really good butcher's knife. Every cook could do with a good knife.

SUSAN FULLER: I'd choose a good cookery book, full of beautiful pictures. He could look at the book, and it would give him good ideas. And secondly, I'd choose a computer.

2. Notice the interviewer's rising intonation on the question.

SUSAN FULLER: I'd choose a computer.

JUDITH BROOKES: A computer?

SUSAN FULLER: Yes, it would be useful, to keep a record of recipes and menus.

In groups, each person should choose something from the list below to give a new cook. Think of a reason for your choice. Then make conversations like one above.

a corkscrew a big, blue, butcher's apron a pudding basin

a wooden spoon a souffle dish an ice cream scoop