Unit 45: YES, DEAR

Listening

Every Saturday Mr Brown goes to town. He went to town last Saturday. He usually has a drink in the pub with his friends. Last Saturday he had four or five drinks. After the pub, he usually goes to supermarket and gets the food for his wife. He got the food last Saturday. He usually comes home on foot. Last Saturday he came home by taxi. His wife was very angry.

Mrs Brown John! Is that you?
Mr Brown Yes, dear. I’m back.
Mrs Brown Did you come home by taxi?
Mr Brown Yes, dear. The bags were very heavy.
Mrs Brown Did you get everything?
Mr Brown Yes, dear. I got everything… nearly everything.
Mrs Brown Nearly everything?
Mr Brown Yes, dear… I went to the butcher’s, but they didn’t have any steak.
Mrs Brown They didn’t have any steak!
Mr Brown No, dear, so I got some hamburgers.
Mrs Brown Did you go to the baker’s?
Mr Brown Yes, dear… but I didn’t get any bread.
Mrs Brown You didn’t get any bread!
Mr Brown No, dear. They didn’t have any bread, so I got some rolls.
Mrs Brown How many rolls did you get?
Mr Brown I can’t remember, dear.
Mrs Brown John?
Mr Brown Yes, dear?
Mrs Brown Did you go to the pub again?
Mr Brown Yes, dear.
Mrs Brown How many drinks did you have?
Mr Brown Only four or five, dear, … small ones.

Grammar

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF IRREGULAR VERBS

Infinitive form    go
Past tense    went
Past participle    gone

Affirmative:
I (you, he, she, we, they) went to school yesterday
Negative:
I (you, he, she, we, they) did not/ didn’t go to school yesterday
Interrogative:
Did you (he, she, we, they) go to school yesterday

Expressions:

(John), Is that you?
to be back = to return
by taxi/ car/ bus
(to come) on foot

Questions

1    Does he usually go to town on Saturday?
2    What about last Saturday?
3    Does he usually have a drink?
4    What about last Saturday?
5    Does he usually get food?
6    What about last Saturday?
7    Does he usually come home on foot?
8    What about last Saturday?

Exercise

They had some hamburgers.
They didn’t have any steak.
Did they have any chicken?

1    He came home by taxi.
… on foot.
… by bus?
2    He went to the butcher’s.
… chemist’s.
… baker’s?
3    He got some rolls.
… bread.
… hamburgers?