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In pairs. What was life like in the 1980s? Complete the sentences with true information about your country. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
a Most people were they are now.
b There going on in the cities.
c Most women with children at that time.
d A large number of flats air conditioning then.
e Most people f
In the 1980s, traffic in cities.
(work) (have) (own) a car. (be) a problem 4 Use the statements in 2 to make questions.
Example The Olympic Games were in 1960. Were the Olympic Games in 1960?
5 In pairs. Ask and answer the questions you made in 4.
Example A Were the Olympic Games in 1960? B No, they weren’t. They were in 1964.
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These questions are useful for finding out what life was like in the past. Put the words in the correct order. Then add two more questions of your own.
a then / the roads / were / busy / ? b was / the city / what / like / ? c work / get / did / to / people / how / ? d leisure time / how / spend / people / did / their / ? e take / abroad / people / did / holidays / ?
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Take turns to ask and answer the questions in 6. Use phrases from the C21 skills section on page 100 in your answers.
(be) better off than (be) a lot of construction FOCUS Grammar Past simple: Negatives and questions
We use did for negatives and questions in the past simple. For negatives we use did not and a verb. Example People didn’t (did not) have much food after the war.
We use did and a verb to make questions. Examples A Did people travel by bullet train? B Yes, they did./No they didn’t.
When did the bullet train service start?
We use the past simple of be to make negatives and questions. Examples Life wasn’t (was not) easy after the war. People weren’t (were not) well off in the 1950s. Was life easy in the 1950s? Yes, it was./No, it wasn’t. Were people happy? Yes, they were./No, they weren’t.
See Section A of the digital workbook FOCUS Contractions
When we write informal texts (or speak), we make some words shorter. We write an apostrophe where we took a letter out.
Examples did not – didn’t was not – wasn’t that is – that’s were not – weren’t
FOCUS /th/
Pronunciation
There are two different ways to pronounce the /th/ sound in English. Compare its pronunciation in these two sets of words: a thing, thick, think, month, bath b them, their, there, they, then, other
6.1 Listen to the words in a and b and practise the correct pronunciation.
In groups of four. Discuss cities you know. Talk about what they are like now and what they were like 15 years ago. Use the topics below.
• buildings • family and home life • leisure time
• popular culture • the world of work • transport
Writing
C21
COMMUNICATION: Giving yourself time to think See page 100➝
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