1. Is there a lottery in your country? Do you think it is a good idea to buy tickets? Why?/Why not?
Answer:
Good - A lottery ticket is a chance of a better life.
Not good - Lottery tickets are a waste of money because you never win anything.
2. Read the text. Are all lottery winners happy?
Answer:
People are not always happy when they win the lottery. People can make bad decisions or have terrible arguments with family and friends.
3. Read the Learn this! box. Find all the past simple forms in the text in exercise 2. Match them with rules a-d in the Learn this! box.
Answer:
a returned, looked
b studied, compared, stopped
c bought, chose, won, felt, gave, found, spent, had
d were, was
4. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Answer:
1 were 2 won 3 gave 4 spent 5 got
6 was 7 decided 8 had 9 began 10 said
5. Complete the sentences with the adjectives below and the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Answer:
2 was embarrassed; dropped
3 was delighted; won
4 felt (a bit) suspicious; said
5 got (a bit) bored; talked
6. Tell your classmates about a time when you had these feelings. Use the past simple.
1 anxious 3 cross 5 shocked
2 confused 4 excited 6 upset
Answer:
I was anxious when I had a chemistry exam.
I was confused when my teacher asked me a question that I did not know the answer.
I was cross when my friends was late for our date.
I was excited when I had a trip to Da Nang city last month.
I was shocked when my best friend lied to me.
I was upset when my wallet was lost.