Family tensions

Past tenses

Workbook, Page 9 Exc. 2

2.Exc. Circle the correct answers.

1) My parents bought/were buying a house, just after they got married.

2) John had got engaged/ was getting engaged before he left university.

3) Liam inherited a lot of money and was emigrating/ emigrated to Australia.

4) Did Pam phone/Had Pam phoned while you watched/were watching

television?

5) I opened the door and stepped/had stepped outside. It rained/ was raining.

6) I didn’t know where you were because you weren’t phoning/ didn’t phone.

7) I had/had had this watch for 2 years when the battery ran out.

Exc. 5

Go out

leave

not listen

lose

shine

snow

 1. I couldn’t pay for the pizzas because I _________ my money at home.

 2. I put on my coat and ____________.

 3. You didn’t understand the question because you ____________________.

 4. When we woke up, everything was white because it _______________

during the night.

 5. I borrowed my brother’s jacket because I _______________ mine.

 6. It was a really cold day, but the sun _____________.

Family tensions

Vocabulary

Positive attitude adjectives

Negative attitude adjectives

Positive attitude adjectives

Negative attitude adjectives

Calm – mierīgs

Accusing – apvainojošs, apsūdzīgs

Complimentary – glaimojošs

Aggressive – agresīvs, uzņēmīgs

Enthusiastic – sajūsmināts

Arrogant – augstprātīgs, iedomīgs

Grateful – pateicīgs

Bitter – nikns, skarbs, griezīgs

Nostalgic – nostaļģisks

Miserable – nelaimīgs, bēdīgs, trūcīgs

Optimistic – optimistisks

Pessimistic - pesimistisks

Sympathetic – simpatisks, līdzjūtīgs

Sarcastic - sarkastisks

Urgent – steidzams, neatliekams

Listening exercise nR. 5

workbook page 42