a) Listen and repeat.
• You’ll never guess what happened to me.
• What is it?
• You look a little upset.
• I had quite a shock.
• What on earth was it?
• Oh my goodness!
• What was going on?
• Oh dear!
b) The sentences in Ex. 1a are from a dialogue between two friends. Read the first two exchanges and
look at the picture. What do you think happened to Penny? Listen and check.
John: Hi, Penny.
Penny: Hi, John. You’ll never guess what happened to me.
John: What is it? You look a little upset.
Penny: Oh dear. I had quite a shock.
John: Really! Why?
Penny: I was at the zoo, when I heard people shouting and screaming.
John: What on earth was it?
Penny: Everyone was around the fountain and they all looked really scared.
John: Oh my goodness! What was going on? Did someone fall in the water?
Penny: Not someone, but something. There was a long orange snake with black stripes swimming around in it.
John: Oh dear! Was anyone hurt?
Penny: No. The guards caught it quickly and put it back in its cage.
John: Well, well, well. You don’t see that every day, do you?
Penny: No, you certainly don’t.
Read the dialogue and list the events in the order they happened. Check with your partner.
Portfolio: You meet your English friend in the street. Tell him/her about something unusual that happened to you the previous day. Use the sentences/phrases from Ex.1 to act out your dialogue. Record yourselves.
Listen and tick (√). Listen and repeat. Think of more words.
/i:/
/ɪə/
me
mere
bee
beer
knee
near