Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel - inventor of the fashion industry

2 Listen again and answer the questions. ►Ml 3.1

1 We interviewed fashion designer Julie Williams about Coco Chanel's life. Match the events in her life to the year they happened. ►W13.1

1883 1910 1921 1924 1946 1954 1971

a moved to Switzerland

b died at the age of 87

c opened her first clothes shop called 'Chanel Modes'

d joined with Pierre and Paul Wertheimer to create a

'She changed women's lives.' Is fashion important in your life?

What do you think?

company. Societe des Parfums Chanel e launch of the first perfume Chanel No. 5 f born in the Loire region of France g returned to Paris

Wecan use the past simple tense to talk about our past life and past events. Complete the sentences below.

The pastsimple

Positive It was good. They were very happy. Yes. I was. Yes, they were. I (6)..................... yesterday. Yes. I did.

Question

Thfl yen) to be: was/were + noun/adjective

How (1)..................... the trip? (noun)

Were they happy? [adjective)

Was/were + short answers

Were you busy?

(4)..................... they happy?

Wh- questions

When (5)..................... you arrive?

Ptft short answers

Did you have a good trip?

Irregular verbs

irregular verbs do not form the past simple positive with the verb -

Unit thirteen 45

Do it yourself

1 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

1 I have done it yesterday.

2 I didn't had time.

3 Did you were busy?

4 What have you done last night?

2 Read about the life and career of Stella McCartney, a fashion
designer today. Complete the following text with the correct
form of the verbs in brackets.

1971 She(l)............ (be) born and grew up in England.

1986 At 15 she (2)........... (start! working with Christian Lacroix

and spent several years apprenticed to a Savile Row tailor.

She (3)............ (leave) because she (4)........... (not/want)

to work with fur.

1995 She (5)........... (graduate) from London's Central St Martin's

College of Art and Design.

1997 At 25. she |6|............ (join) Chloe and (7)............ (stay!

there for four years.

2001 In Match 2001 she (8).......... (leave) Chloe to begin her

own label 'Stella McCattney' in partnership with Gucci.

She (9)............ (launch) this label in Paris later that year.

Her father and many celebrity friends (10)........... (be)

there to support her.

3 Complete the questions about Stella McCartney's life. The answers
are on the right to help you.

Questions Answers

When (1)............. she born? 1971

Where did she (2)............ up? England

Where (3)............. she (4)............. ? St Martin's College

When did she (5)............ Chloe? In 1997

How (6).............. did she (7)............. there? For four years

Ask your partner questions about his/her life and career.

4 The past simple is very important in everyday social conversation.
Complete the dialogue.

cenevieve: Afternoon. Peter. You look tired! What did you (1)........ last night?

peter: Hi. I (2)............ to a restaurant for an early dinner and then to the

cinema.

cenevieve: What (3)............ you see?

peter: A Russian film. It (4)........... about a family in Moscow. I don't

remember the title.

Genevieve: Was it good?

peter: No. it (5)............... I (6).............. understand it really.

Now listen and check. ^13.2

46 Unit thirteen

The past simple

1 Listen to the three different ways we pronounce -erf. ►N13.3

/id/ wanted i\i walked /d/ played

A simple rule: We only say u\ with verbs ending with the letters t or rf.

2 Listen lo the pronunciation ol the verbs below. Decide il they are ft/, W or /id/. ►M13.4

wanted received

liked

increased enjoyed talked

listened walked visited

decreased

decided

looked

Test your partner

Test your partner's pronunciation of regular verbs in the past tense. Point to a past verb. Your partner must say the word. Does he/she say the -ea* ending correctly?

3 Pronounce the past lorm ol these irregular verbs.

bring - brought say - said take - took

buy - bought see - saw tell - told

read-read speak-spoke think - thought

Now listen and check. ►Ml 3.5

It's time to talk

Find out about your partner's past. How many questions can you ask about each subject below? There are some examples of questions to help you.