10 Happy ever after?
Language Summary 10, Student's Book p136
The anniversary
Contacting people
Look at the photo . Choose t he correct words in Bill and Jilly's conversat ion.
BILL llcllo! It 's J illy, isn'1 it?
JILLY C3i ll! I ha ven'!
seen you since u n iversi ty!
Bill Tha!'s righ1.
1@1ooyou get in 1ouch wi1h people from t hen ?
JILLY No1 really. I've 2kept in/lost !ouch with almost everybody I 1hin k . And you?
BILL L'lst year I3go t/ got in touch wilh someone who was on my
was/ were going to, was/ were supposed to
Read sentence a). Then decide if stat ement h ) is t mc (T) or false (F).
\Ve were11'1 goi ng 10 phone.
b) lIJ \Ve phoned .
a) They weren 't su pposed 10 be here u m il
Se\'Cll .
b) 0They a rrived before seven.
a) We were supposed 10 pick u p Car l , but
we overslept.
b) 0 Carl was picked u p.
4 a) l i ke was goi ng to gel hold of t he
manager , bu1 he forgo!.
0 Mike d id n '1 get i n !ouch wi1h 1he
manager.
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course - Ifound her email add ress on t h e l n1crne1. I even
4phon edlgave her a call a nd 5/eft/ posted her a message .
JILLY A girlfriend from t he past ?
BILL You guessed i t he nc\'cr 6called/called in ha ck.
JILLY Oh , well. And your bro1her? You'\'e 7kept in/lost touch wi t h him Ihope!
Bill Mall? Hes here i n Lo ndon . You t wo went out once, d idn't you?
JILLY A long time ago ... when I used to hang about with !hat girl Susie.
BILL usie? usie James ?
JILLY Yes, I'd love to 8find/ge t hold of her. Bui I ha ven 't a clue where she is now. I haven'! heard 9of/ from her since she went to work i n Spa in.
BILL Well, 1 10go t/'m in 10ud1 wi1h her - shes my sis1er-in-law!
JILLY Wha1?
BILL Yes , in fact i1·s Ma n and Susie's tenth wedding an ni\'ersary tomorrow.
JILLY You 're joking! Well , kl 1hem 11knowlhear I 'm l i vi ng in London now. Here's my ca rd.
BILL You're a divorce lawyer! Sou nds fu n!
\Ve were goi ng t o ca1ch t he early t rai n ,
bu t we missed i i by a few m i n u tes.
b) 0They d id n 't catch 1he ea rly t rai n .
"Choose t he correct end ing to the sentences.
Sometimes both end ings are possible.
1 I was goi ng to give you a call,
@ bu1 I d id n't have enough 1ime.
b) and I left a message .
2 You were supposed 10 lei 1hem k now
a nd now they won '! worry.
b) t hat you \\ Cren 't going 10 go.
3 He was supposed 10 give you my message ,
hut you did n't call me back.
b) hu1 I guess he forgo!.
4 Sandy and I weren ·1 going to come
bu1 \\'e're glad we d id .
beca use we did n't 1hin k we were i nvited . s It was supposed to he sunny today,
however, i t looks l i ke i t's going to rai n .
so perhaps 1his rai n will siop soon .
10A and 108
a) Match heginn in gs of sent ences 1-8 to endings a)-h).
We had pla n ned to go t o bed early, bu t ..... )
Ididn't ask for a big room , but ........
I'd though t ahout having a party t hat weeke nd, but
Someone h ad asked me to invi t e him, but
s We had expected t he concert to end at n i n e, bu t ..............
6 .No one had pla n ned to give t hem anyt hi ng, bu t ······-·······
7 We h ad arranged to mee t i n t he morni ng, bu t ..............
8 I was t old to get in touch wi t h Diana, bu t
a) t h en t hey hea rd i t wa s for cha rity.
b} it's al ready half past.
c) M i ke gave us free t ickets to a concert.
d} i t's good tha t i t is.
e) Cat h ra ng earlier and made a n excuse.
f ) I didn 't k n ow }'OU were going to be on h olidar
h er phone n u m ber had cha nged .
I k n ew he would n't come .
b)
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