Unit 41: WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY.
Vocabulary
| central London | /ˈsen.trəl ‘lən-dən/ | n |
| detective | /dɪˈtek.tɪv/ | n |
| last | /lɑːst/ | adj |
| remember | /rɪˈmem.bəʳ/ | v |
| speak | /spiːk/ | v |
| tour | /tʊəʳ/ | n |
| visit | /ˈvɪz.ɪt/ | n |
| world | /wɜːld/ | n |
| yesterday | /ˈjes.tə.deɪ/ | adv |
Geographical Names
| Australia |
| California |
| Europe |
| Glasgow |
| Holland |
| Leeds |
| Liverpool |
| Manchester |
| Newcastle |
| Sheffield |
Listening
Detective: Now, Mr. Briggs… Where were you yesterday?
Briggs: Yesterday? What time?
Detective: At two o’clock. Where were you at two o’clock?
Briggs: I was at home.
Detective: You weren’t at home, you were in central London.
Briggs: No, I wasn’t! I was at home. Ask my girlfriend! She was with me!
Detective: Well, we’re going to speak to her later. Where is she now?
Briggs: Oh… I don’t now…
Detective: OK… Now, where were you on January 12th?
Briggs: January 12th?
Detective: Yes, it was a Wednesday.
Briggs: I can’t remember.
Detective: You were in Manchester.
Briggs: Oh no, I wasn’t.
Detective: Oh, yes, you were.
Briggs: Oh no, I wasn’t… I was in prison in January.
Detective: Oh!
Briggs: Yesterday? What time?
Detective: At two o’clock. Where were you at two o’clock?
Briggs: I was at home.
Detective: You weren’t at home, you were in central London.
Briggs: No, I wasn’t! I was at home. Ask my girlfriend! She was with me!
Detective: Well, we’re going to speak to her later. Where is she now?
Briggs: Oh… I don’t now…
Detective: OK… Now, where were you on January 12th?
Briggs: January 12th?
Detective: Yes, it was a Wednesday.
Briggs: I can’t remember.
Detective: You were in Manchester.
Briggs: Oh no, I wasn’t.
Detective: Oh, yes, you were.
Briggs: Oh no, I wasn’t… I was in prison in January.
Detective: Oh!
| Questions 1
Where were you at..
| one o’clock?
five past two?
ten past three?
quarter past four?
half past five?
twenty five to six?
twenty to seven?
quarter to eight?
| I was at… | home.
school.
work.
the pub.
the cinema.
the supermarket.
|
| Questions 2
When were you in…
| England?
Europe?
Mexico
London?
Spain?
Holland?
Italy?
| I was there in… | January.
February.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
August.
September.
October..
November.
December.
|
Grammar
The simple past of “To Be”.
The simple past tense
| I was
You were
He/ she/ It was
| I was not
You were not
He/ She/ It was not
| = I wasn’t
= You weren’t
= He/ She/ It wasn’t
| - Was I?
- Were you?
- Was/ he/ she/ it?
|
| We were
You were
They were
| We were not
You were not
They were not
| = We weren’t
= You weren’t
= They weren’t
| - Were we?
- Were you?
- Were they?
|
- I was at home at two o’clock.
- You weren’t in Central London yesterday.
- Was she in California in June?
- Yes, she was.
- No, she wasn’t.
- You weren’t in Central London yesterday.
- Was she in California in June?
- Yes, she was.
- No, she wasn’t.
* Preposition of time
| - AT + (clock time) | at two o’clock |
| - ON + (day of the week) + date | on Monday
on January 30th
|
| - IN + (month) + (year) | in January
in 1993
|
Language summary
| I
He
She
It
| was
wasn’t
was not
| here.
there.
|
| You
We
They
| were
weren’t
were not
|
| Was | I
he
she
it
| here?
there?
| Yes, | I
he
she
it
| was. | No, | I
he
she
it
| wasn’t. |
| Were | you
we
they
| we
you
they
| were. | we
you
they
| weren’t. |
Look at this Moving from present to past time.
| |||||||||
| today
this morning
this afternoon
this evening
| → | yesterday
yesterday morning
yesterday afternoon
yesterday evening
| this week
this month
this year
tonight
| → | last week
last month
last year
last night
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