Who was that?

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the wordsVocabulary exercise
4. 4Check the wordsVocabulary
5. 5True or false?Reading comprehension
6. 6Read and thinkReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Danny's busy dayListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Was and wereGrammar rule
11. 11Happy or sorry?Grammar exercise
12. 12Say it rightSpeaking practice
13. 13A walk in townSpeaking practice
14. 14Let's talkDiscussion
15. 15Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: who is it?Vocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: where were they?Grammar exercise
4. 4Homework: people in my townDiscussion

Words

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  dentist/ˈdentɪst/

  a doctor for your teeth

• vet/vet/

  a doctor for animals

• coach/koʊtʃ/

  a person who trains a sports team

• babysitter/ˈbeɪbiˌsɪtər/

  a person who takes care of children when the parents are out

• mail carrier/ˈmeɪl ˌkæriər/

  a person who brings letters and packages to your home

• 
  mechanic/məˈkænɪk/

  a person who fixes cars

• 
  hairdresser/ˈherdresər/

  a person who cuts and colors hair

• 
  pharmacist/ˈfɑːrməsɪst/

  a person who sells medicine and tells you how to take it

• landlord/ˈlændlɔːrd/

  the person who owns the home you rent

• plumber/ˈplʌmər/

  a person who fixes water pipes, sinks and toilets (the b is silent)

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about the people in your town.

1. Do you know the people in the stores near your home?
2. Who cuts your hair?
3. Is your town a friendly place? Why, or why not?

Grammar rule

Was and were

now	the past
I am / he is / she is / it is	I was / he was / she was / it was
you are / we are / they are	you were / we were / they were

• Who was that? — That was my vet.
• Negative: wasn't, weren't. It wasn't scary.
• Past time words: yesterday, last week, last night, this morning.

Good news, bad news

• My cat is OK now. — I'm happy to hear that!
• The sink isn't OK. — I'm sorry to hear that.