9425 places to go and events

Places to go and events
1
Pronunciation: Listen and repeat
1. the theater / a play
2. the cinema / a
film

4. a concert

5. a football match

6. a shopping center

7. an art gallery

8. the zoo

9. a music festival

10. the beach

11. a club / a disco

12. a theme park

2

What other ‘places to go’ and events do you know?

Reference: English for Life – Elementary/ Tom Hutchinson/ Oxford Press

3. a show


3
A - How often do you go to the places and events in exercise 1?
Ex: I never go to plays.
I often go to the cinema.
I sometimes go to a show.
A:
B:
A:
B:

B - Ask and answer about the places and events. Use the questions.
Do you ever go to ….?
Yes, I do. I like plays do you?
Yes, I do. What’s your favorite play?
Oh, I like….

Past Simple: to be
1 Practice the conversation
Farah:

Were you at home last night?

Peter:

No, we weren’t. We were at a play.

Farah:

Was it good?

Peter:

No, it wasn’t. It was quite boring and the actors weren’t very good.

Farah:

What play was it? Was it The Orange Tree?

Peter:

Yes, it was.

Farah:

Oh dear. We’ve got tickets to see that this evening.

Past Simple: to be
I was at the cinema last night.
We were at a party on Saturday.

She wasn’t at home yesterday.
They weren’t away last week.

2 Make sentences. Use the cues.
She was at home yesterday.
1 She / at home yesterday.
2 We / at the theatre last night.

3 I / at football match on Saturday.
4 Peter / at work last week.
5 He / at conference on Monday.
6 Lucy and Jordan / at the cinema last night.
7 They / at The Coffee Shop yesterday.
8 I / at a club on Friday night.
Make your sentences negative.


Past Simple: to be questions and short answers
Were you away last week?

Yes, we were.
No, we weren’t.

Was the play good?

Yes, it was.
No, it wasn’t.

3 Drill. Make questions. Use sentences from practice 2.
1. She was at home yesterday.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Was she at home yesterday?

4 Work with a partner. Make conversations.
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:

Were you out last night / last Friday / on Saturday evening / yesterday?
Yes, I was. I ______________________________________.
What ___________________________________________ was it?
It was ___________________________________________.
Was it good?
Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t. It was__________.