7 Films, music, n e w s

7A L i c e n c e t o kill Vocabulary types of film

Grammar Past Simple (3): negative,
yes/no questions and short answers
QUICKREVIEW Help with Listening Past Simple questions
Think of three places you went to last year. Review Past Simple: positive and Wh- questions
Work in pairs. Te your partner about the places.
Use very/really/quite/too + adjectives: / went to
Venice last year. It was really beautiful. he book You Only Live T w c e by
I lan Fleming tells us that James Bond was bom in Scotland

Vocabulary Types of film in 1924, and he didn't have any brothers or sisters. When he
was eleven, his parents died in a climbing accident in
^ a) T i c k the types of film you know. Check
Switzerland, so he went to live in England with his aunt.
in Language Summary 7 Q Q pl36.
When he was twelve he went to Eton, a famous prvate
action films thrillers horror films school, but he didn't like it there. He left
science-fiction (sci-fi) films cartoons after only one year and went to Fettes,
lve stories comedies historical dramas his father's od school. James wasn't a
good student and he didn't study very
b) W o r k i n groups. Talk about the types much, but he was very good at sports.
of film you like and don't like.

( I love sci-fi films.') f Yes, me too./Really? j X

ZZs \ J don't like them ataU.^ SEAN

CMNERY
Reading and Grammar
W o r k i n groups. What do you know about
James Bond? T h i n k of five or more things. JAMES
a) Check these words w i t h your teacher
Bom
or i n a dictionary. YOU
die a climbing accident a secret gent
I
the navy a licence kill
ana "TWWris the only way t llve!\^
b) Read the article about James Bond and
choose the best title.
1 Around the world with James Bond
2 From schoolboy to spy Help with Grammar
3 James Bond - movie star
a) Complete the rules w i t h words from this sentence.
c) Read the article again and answer these James wasn 't a good student and he dtdn 't study very much.
questions about James Bond.
To make the Past Simple negative of be, we use
1 Where and when was he born? or weren't.
2 Why did he Uve with bis aunt? To make the Past Simple negative of all other verbs,
3 Which schools did he go to? we use + infinitive.
4 What did he do after he left school?
5 When did he become 007? b) Check i n fS p l 3 7 .
6 How many days was he married? c) F i n d four more Past Simple negatives i n the article.
 7A Vocabulary and G r a m m a r

Listen to the beginning of a radio interview w i t h the writer,

W i l l Forbes. Choose the correct answers.
1 Will Forbes's new book is about lan Fleming/James Bond.
2 He says Fleming and Bond's lives are very different/quite similar.

^ | a) lflEl Listen to questions from the interview. F i l l i n the gaps.

1 lan Fleming _ for the Secret Service too?
2 Fleming a 'licence to '?
3 he for the Secret Service after the ?
4 . Fleming and Bond
m to the same ?
5 When lan Fleming the first Bond book?
6 he a lot of ?
b) Listen again. Is did stressed or unstressed in Past Simple questions?

a) GUI L i s t e n to the whole interview. A n s w e r the questions i n 8a).

b) Listen again. F i n d four things that are truc for lan Fleming and
He left school in 1941 and worked
James Bond.
as a secTet agent for the British navy
in World War 2. After the war James
Bond stayed in the British Secret
Servios, but he didn't get his famous
"licence to kiif number (007, of a) F i l l i n the gaps i n these questions and short answers w i t h did
course) until 19S0. He married Teresa or didn't.
di Vcenzo on New Year^s Day 1962, YES/NO QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
but they weren't married for long - Yes, he
he make a lot of money?
his wife died on their wedding night No, he
And for the rest of James Bond's life ... Yes, they
they go to the same school?
wetl, watch the movies! No, they .
b) C h e c k i n p!37.
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a) Make questions w i t h these words.
| Q Listen and practise.
* 1 last week / go / you / to the cinema / Did ?
He didn 't nave any brothers or sisters.
2 Did / last year / you / a Bond film / see ?
a) T i c k the sentences that are 3 last weekend / a film on T V / you / watch / Did ?
true for you. Make the other 4 an actor / want to be / Did / you / when you were a child ?
sentences negative. b) f|||| Q Listen and practise the questions in 11a) and
1 I got up early last Sunday. the short answers.
/ didn 't get up early last Sunday. C) W o r k iffp^lrSTTakelirnsno ask and answer the questions.
I had a big breakfast today. Continu the conversation i f possible.
I was at home yesterday afternoon.
I went out last Saturday night.
I went to bed after midnight G e t r e a d y ... G e t it right
last night.
6 I arrived late for class today. W o r k i n two groups. Group A p ! 0 8 . Group B pil.
Follow the instructions.
b) Compare sentences w i t h a
partner. How many are the same?