What happened?

 

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Summing up: What happened?

 

In this lesson you will:

  • Learn some irregular verbs in Past Simple.
  • Learn vocabulary about leisure activities.
  • Learn how to narrate a personal event in the past.

 

AND NOW THE STORY CONTINUES...

Summer is coming and people like hanging out together at night, meeting for tapas and having drinks. As you know, Juan is a very extrovert and friendly person and he wants to organise a meeting with his classmates at night.

Beatriz wants to go because she wants to spend time with Pablo. So, a little group of IEDA students (including Beatriz, Pablo and Juan) meet on Thursday to spend a night out in Triana.

The next morning, Emily wakes Beatriz up at home and she is very curious about that night out so during breakfast, she asks her cousin.

Bar in Triana

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Exercise: TRUE OR FALSE

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Read the conversation between Emily and Beatriz below. Then, read the statements and choose 'True' or 'False'.

 

Girl having breakfast

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Emily: So, Bea, tell me about last night? How did it go?

Beatriz: Well, I am not sure, Emily. I feel a bit disappointed.

Emily: Why? Wait, start from the beginning.

Beatriz: Oh, sorry. A ver... hm... Right. Juan told us to go to a bar in Triana to have some tapas and some drinks. At first, there were a lot of people, almost all my classmates, you know, but then, after the first tapas, most of them left. Only Juan, Pablo and I stayed.

Emily: Well, that doesn't sound bad. What happened?

Beatriz: It was very hot last night. Luckily, I wore shorts and a light blouse but the other students didn't wear summer clothes so they did't stay.

Emily: And then?

Beatriz: Well, we ate some more tapas. After that, we went to a pub near the bar and had some drinks. Juan drank a lot but Pablo didn't. After a while, I chatted with Pablo...

Emily: So?

Beatriz: Well, I think he's not interested in me. He knows that soon you will be in the States and he asked me a lot of questions about you.

Emily: Oh, I see... Er... well, hm... Sorry.

Beatriz: Oh, that's no problem, Emily. Juan was very funny and I laughed a lot with him.

Emily: So, did you have a good time, after all?

Beatriz: Yes, I did, I guess. I thought that things could be different but in the end it was a good night out.

Pregunta 1

a. Beatriz's friends left soon.

Pregunta 2

b. Beatriz was OK with the temperature because she didn't wear winter clothes.

Pregunta 3

c. In the pub, Pablo drank too much.

Pregunta 4

d. Beatriz thinks that Pablo likes her.

Pregunta 5

e. Beatriz didn't enjoy her night out at all.

Pregunta 6

f. The structure of the conversation goes from objective information to subjective information.

Properly Speaking

Pay attention to how Emily makes the conversation go. She asks questions to get more information about Beatriz last night.

When you have a speaking activity where you interact with another person, it is important to show that you have communication skills to keep the conversation flow. It's a very useful strategy for interaction.

Sometimes, some students, during an interaction test or activity, just ask questions without listening to their partner's contributions. The effect is a ping-pong conversation or, instead, two juxtaposed monologues without a real interaction:


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You can avoid that by using questions as Emily did.