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@Q Choose the correct responses. 1. A: We're going to go horseback riding. Do you want to join us? B: = Sorry, I won't be able to. = What's up? 2, A: Tm really sorry. We'll be out of town this weekend. = T've made other plans. = No problem. 8. A: Meet us at 7:00. OK? B = Oh, that’s all right. = Sounds like fan. 4, A: 'm sorry. I won't be able to make it. B = Well, never mind. = Great. Ou A Which expressions would you use to accept an invitation? refuse an invitation? Check (7) the correct answer. ‘Accept Refuse Accept Refuse 41. I'm really sorry. o a 5. | won't be able to make it. Oo a 2. Great. a O 6.I'mbusy. oO o 3. Sounds like fun. oa C7. Thanks a lot. a o . ve made other plans. = OD 8. Fd loveto. a ao B Use the expressions in part A to accept or refuse these invitations. Offer an excuse if you refuse. 1. Would you like to come to a ballet class with me tomorrow? 2. Someone told me there was a good Chinese movie at the Plaza. ‘Do you want to see it with me this weekend? 3. A friend asked me to go shopping after class. Do you want to join us? 96 © Unit 16 A time to remember Past tense A Write the past tense of these verbs, ; lose _________ become Peet soram © 2 f8iF — move — get —____ : | oper- entel write have hide poeta Ee do ee. B Complete this paragraph. Use the past tense of each of the verbs in part A. ‘My best friend in school __as__ Miguel. He andI__ in Mrs, Gilbert's third grade class, and we friends then. ‘We often __ crazy things in class, but I don't think Mrs. Gilbert ever really mad at us, a pet rat named For example, Miguel _ it in Mrs. Gilbert's Curly. Sometimes he __ desk. Later, when she the drawer, she always loudly and the class . After two years, Miguel’s family __ to another town, We ____ letters to each other for a few years, but then we ____ contact. Toften wonder what he’s doing now. Complete the questions in this conversation. Mary: Are you from around here? Silvio: No, I'm from Brazil. Mary: Oh, really? Were you born _____ in Brazil? Silvio: No, I wasn't born there, actually. Im originally from Portugal. Mary: That's interesting. So, when to Brazil? Silvio: I moved to Brazil when I was in elementary school. My parents immigrated there. Mary: ____ __ +) in Brazil? Silvio: Yes, I grew up in Brazil. ‘Mary: Where bike 2 Silvio: We lived in Recife. It’s a beautiful city in northeast Brazil. Then I went to college. : No, I went to school in Sao Paolo. And when to the United States? Silvio: I came here last week. I'm Silvio Mendes. It’s nice to meet you. Mary: Nice to meet you, too. I'm Mary Burns. to school in Recife? em Answer these questi 1. Where were you born? 2. Did you grow up there? 3. Did you move when you were a child? 4, Did you have pets when you were young? 5. What hobbies did you have when you were a kid? (yy) pa, 6, When did you begin to learn English? 2e Unitt

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