First meetings Vocabulary relationships (1) Grammar

Listen again and choose the correct answer.

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  Liam and Jenny first met last year/two years ago.
  
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  They started going out in March/September.
  
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  He asked her to marry him eight/eighteen months later.
  
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  They got engaged a few days/weekslater.
  
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  They got married six weeks/monthsafter that.
  

c) In which month did they get married?


Vocabulary and Grammar
Help with Listening Weak forms (1): was and were

7. 
   a) Listen to the two different ways to say was and were.
   

	strong	weak
was	/woz/	/wez/
were	/wz:/	/wye/

b) R2.5Look at R2.5, pl46. Listen again and notice how we say was and were. Are was and were usually strong or weak in: a) sentences? b) questions? c) short answers?


Help with Grammar Past Continues: questions
8. a) Look at questions 4 and 5 in 6a). Then fill in the gaps in the rule.

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  We make questions in the Past Continuous with: question word +…….or………+……….subject +……….
  

2. 
   C heck in G2.3 pl22.
   

9. 
   Work in pairs. Student A- pl03. Student V–pl03. Follow the instructions.
   
10. 
    Choose a married couple you know well(yourself and your wife/husband, your parents, other relatives or friends). Make rotes about the couple. Use these ideas.
    

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  when, where and how they met
  
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  where they went on their first date
  
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  how long they went out together before they got married
  
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  when they got engaged
  
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  when and where they got married
  
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  any other interesting or funny information
  

9. 
   a) Work in groups. Tell other students about the couple you chose. Ask questions to find out more information.
   

Where were they living at the time?

My parents first met at work.



In Madrid. They were working for a ...




b) Which story is the most romantic, the most unusual or the funniest?