Unit: Interests/Opinion

Topic: Concerts

Vocabulary

a public performance of music.

concert (v.)

a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together and are led by a conductor.

orchestra (n.)

to talk to someone in a friendly informal way.

chat (v.)

to look at something or somebody with angry way.

glare at (phrasal v.)

extremely good , excellent

fantastic (adj.)

all the time, very frequent

constantly (adv.)

paying no attention, even if the situation is bad or there are difficulties

regardless (adv.)

past simple tense

Structure

Example: I liked Somchai. She went to school yesterday.He was hungry.

Affirmative

:Subject + past simple verb (- ed )or irregular verbs

Past simple verbs

Regular verb Irregular verbs

1. Most verbs we add – ed:

- walk >walked, finish >finished,

talk >talked

2. Verbs ending with -e, we add -d:

- live >lived, love >loved, dance

>danced

3. Verbs that end with a consonant -

y, we change the -y to -ied:

- try >tried, fry >fried, apply

>applied

1. Verbs don't change

- cut >cut , hit >hit, fit >fit

1. Verbs which change their vowel

- get – got, sit – sat, drink –drank

1. Verbs which change completely

- catch – caught, bring – brought,

teach - taught

: Subject + didn't (did not) + the infinitive without to

Negative

Example : I liked Somchai. >I didn’t like him.I went to school. >l didn’t go school yesterday

Example :I was hungry. > I wasn’t/ was not hungry.They were late > They weren’t/ were not late.

Subject + was/were + not + compliment

Question

(question word) + did + subject + simple form

Examples: Did you go school? Why did you like Somchai? Were you late?

Actions that happened over time or habits.Example: I often visited this park.

Usage

Actions that happened in the past.Examples: He saw this movie yesterday.

The past simple tense can be used for most past actions.

Chloe: How was the concert last night, Angela?Angela: Well, the music was great. I’ve never

heard Vivaldi played so well. The orchestra really was fantastic.

Chloe: I’m glad you liked it, although I don’t enjoy classical music myself. I think it’s rather boring.

Angela: So did the people who sat behind me last night! They chatted constantly throughout the performance.

Chloe: Oh no! What did you do?Angela: Well, I couldn’t really do anything

without making it worse. So I just turned around a couple of times and glared at them.

Chloe: Did that make any difference?Angela: No, they just continued talking

regardless. People like that shouldn’t be allowed to go to concerts.

Well, the music was great. I’ve never

heard Vivaldi played so well. The

orchestra really was fantastic.

How was the concert last

night, Angela?

I’m glad you liked it, although I don’t

enjoy classical music myself. I think it’s

rather boring.

So did the people who sat behind me

last night! They chatted constantly

throughout the performance.

Oh no! What did you do?Well, I couldn’t really

do anything without making it worse. So I just turned around a couple of times and

glared at them.

Did that make any difference?

No, they just continued talking regardless. People like that shouldn’t

be allowed to go to concerts

Activity 1

Tell me! Which

picture?

1. Make a group of five people. 2. Each group lines up in front of the

class. Listen to a part of “Last night” audio.

3. The first student listen to the audio carefully and choose a picture that match with the audio. (say “hooray” then sit down when you found the picture)

4. Next student do the same until the last person.

Direction

I don’t enjoy classical music myself. I think it’s rather oring.

The people who sat behind me last night! They chatted constantly throughout the

performance.

Well, I couldn’t really do anything without making it worse. So I just turned around a couple of times and glared at them

People like that shouldn’t be allowed to go to concerts.

No it’s boring

Hey, you like

it?

The orchestra really was fantastic.

Activity 2

Why didn’t you come to the concert?

1. Work in pair and decide with your partner if he/she wants to be A who went the concert or B who didn’t go to the concert.

- A, you have to ask B questions for his/her excuses for not going to the concert.

- B, ask A questions for going to the concert, who did he/she see, and what he/she did at the concert. 2. Start to ask questions when you hear the music, askas many people as you can until the music is stopped.

Direction

sound