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Unit 18: A detective story
Subject-object questions
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- 1Nice to meet you!
- 2What to wear
- 3Like this, like that
- 4The daily grind
- 5Christmas every day
- 6Great achievers
- 7The Titanic
- 8Travel
- 9The big wedding
- 10Sunny's job hunt
- 11The bucket list
- 12Moving and migration
- 13Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14New Year, New Project
- 15From Handel to Hendrix
- 16What's the weather like?
- 17The Digital Revolution
- 18A detective story
- 19A place to live
- 20The Cult of Celebrity
- 21Welcome to your new job
- 22Beyond the planets
- 23Great expectations!
- 24Eco-tourism
- 25Moving house
- 26It must be love
- 27Job hunting success... and failure
- 28Speeding into the future
- 29Lost arts
- 30Tales of survival
Session 3
Find out why Inspector Stone spends most of this episode hiding in the garden... and practise forming past simple negatives.
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Activity 3
The Mother of the Bride
Barreeffama kana dubbisii shakala kana xumuri
Some silly mistakes
Inspector Stone may be asking the right questions but the mother of the bride is acting a bit suspiciously by saying some of the wrong words. Did you hear them? She made six mistakes with past simple negatives. Maybe she was feeling nervous. Watch the video again, or listen to the audio, to help you in the next activity.
To do
Look at what the mother of the bride said and then choose the words that she should have said.
The Mother of the Bride's mistakes
6 Questions
Choose the correctly written sentence.
Gargaarsa
Cufi
Activity
Choose the correctly written sentence.
karaarra buusu
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 1 of 6
Gargaarsa
Darling, of course you didn't stole your ring.
aDarling, of course you didn't steal your ring.Q29ycmVjdCAtIHdlbGwgZG9uZSE=
bDarling, of course you didn't stolen your ring.V3JvbmcuIFdoZW4gd2UgZm9ybSBuZWdhdGl2ZSBzZW50ZW5jZXMgaW4gdGhlIHBhc3Qgc2ltcGxlIHRlbnNlLCB3ZSB1c2UgJ2RpZG4ndCcgYW5kIHRoZSBpbmZpbml0aXZlIGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHZlcmIgLSB0aGUgd29yZCBoZXJlIGlzICdzdGVhbCcu
cDarling, of course you didn't stealed your ring.V3JvbmcuIFdoZW4gd2UgZm9ybSBuZWdhdGl2ZSBzZW50ZW5jZXMgaW4gdGhlIHBhc3Qgc2ltcGxlIHRlbnNlLCB3ZSB1c2UgJ2RpZG4ndCcgYW5kIHRoZSBpbmZpbml0aXZlIGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHZlcmIgLSB0aGUgd29yZCBoZXJlIGlzICdzdGVhbCcu
Gargaarsa
Cufi
Activity
Choose the correctly written sentence.
karaarra buusu
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 2 of 6
Gargaarsa
You didn't stole it!
aYou didn't stolen it!V3JvbmcuIFdoZW4gd2UgZm9ybSBuZWdhdGl2ZSBzZW50ZW5jZXMgaW4gdGhlIHBhc3Qgc2ltcGxlIHRlbnNlLCB3ZSB1c2UgJ2RpZG4ndCcgYW5kIHRoZSBpbmZpbml0aXZlIGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHZlcmIgLSB0aGUgd29yZCBoZXJlIGlzICdzdGVhbCcu
bYou didn't steal it!Q29ycmVjdCAtIHdlbGwgZG9uZSE=
cYou didn't to steal it!V2hlbiB3ZSBmb3JtIG5lZ2F0aXZlIHNlbnRlbmNlcyBpbiB0aGUgcGFzdCBzaW1wbGUgdGVuc2UsIHdlIHVzZSAnZGlkbid0JyBhbmQgdGhlIGluZmluaXRpdmUgZm9ybSBvZiB0aGUgdmVyYiAtIHRoZSB3b3JkIGhlcmUgaXMgJ3N0ZWFsJy4=
Gargaarsa
Cufi
Activity
Choose the correctly written sentence.
karaarra buusu
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 3 of 6
Gargaarsa
Young man, I didn't saw anything.
aYoung man, I didn't seeing anything.V3JvbmcuIFdoZW4gd2UgZm9ybSBuZWdhdGl2ZSBzZW50ZW5jZXMgaW4gdGhlIHBhc3Qgc2ltcGxlIHRlbnNlLCB3ZSB1c2UgJ2RpZG4ndCcgYW5kIHRoZSBpbmZpbml0aXZlIGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHZlcmIgLSB0aGUgd29yZCBoZXJlIGlzICdzZWUnLg==
bYoung man, I didn't see anything.Q29ycmVjdCAtIHdlbGwgZG9uZSE=
cYoung man, I didn't seen anything.V3JvbmcuIFdoZW4gd2UgZm9ybSBuZWdhdGl2ZSBzZW50ZW5jZXMgaW4gdGhlIHBhc3Qgc2ltcGxlIHRlbnNlLCB3ZSB1c2UgJ2RpZG4ndCcgYW5kIHRoZSBpbmZpbml0aXZlIGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHZlcmIgLSB0aGUgd29yZCBoZXJlIGlzICdzZWUnLg==
Gargaarsa
Cufi
Activity
Choose the correctly written sentence.
karaarra buusu
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 4 of 6
Gargaarsa
No darling, I didn't had my glasses.
aNo darling, I didn't have my glasses.Q29ycmVjdCAtIHdlbGwgZG9uZSE=
bNo darling, I didn't has my glasses.V3JvbmcuIFdoZW4gd2UgZm9ybSBuZWdhdGl2ZSBzZW50ZW5jZXMgaW4gdGhlIHBhc3Qgc2ltcGxlIHRlbnNlLCB3ZSB1c2UgJ2RpZG4ndCcgYW5kIHRoZSBpbmZpbml0aXZlIGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHZlcmIgLSB0aGUgd29yZCBoZXJlIGlzICdoYXZlJy4=
cNo darling, I didn't having my glasses.V3JvbmcuIFdoZW4gd2UgZm9ybSBuZWdhdGl2ZSBzZW50ZW5jZXMgaW4gdGhlIHBhc3Qgc2ltcGxlIHRlbnNlLCB3ZSB1c2UgJ2RpZG4ndCcgYW5kIHRoZSBpbmZpbml0aXZlIGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHZlcmIgLSB0aGUgd29yZCBoZXJlIGlzICdoYXZlJy4=
Gargaarsa
Cufi
Activity
Choose the correctly written sentence.
karaarra buusu
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 5 of 6
Gargaarsa
You didn't answering my question!
aYou didn't answered my question!V3JvbmcuIFdoZW4gd2UgZm9ybSBuZWdhdGl2ZSBzZW50ZW5jZXMgaW4gdGhlIHBhc3Qgc2ltcGxlIHRlbnNlLCB3ZSB1c2UgJ2RpZG4ndCcgYW5kIHRoZSBpbmZpbml0aXZlIGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHZlcmIgLSB0aGUgd29yZCBoZXJlIGlzICdhbnN3ZXInLg==
bYou didn't answers my question!V3JvbmcuIFdoZW4gd2UgZm9ybSBuZWdhdGl2ZSBzZW50ZW5jZXMgaW4gdGhlIHBhc3Qgc2ltcGxlIHRlbnNlLCB3ZSB1c2UgJ2RpZG4ndCcgYW5kIHRoZSBpbmZpbml0aXZlIGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHZlcmIgLSB0aGUgd29yZCBoZXJlIGlzICdhbnN3ZXInLg==
cYou didn't answer my question!Q29ycmVjdCAtIHdlbGwgZG9uZSE=
Gargaarsa
Cufi
Activity
Choose the correctly written sentence.
karaarra buusu
When we form negative sentences in the past simple tense, we use 'didn't' and the infinitive form of the verb.Question 6 of 6
Gargaarsa
We didn't brought him here just to disappear!
aWe didn't broughted him here just to disappear!V3JvbmcuIFdoZW4gd2UgZm9ybSBuZWdhdGl2ZSBzZW50ZW5jZXMgaW4gdGhlIHBhc3Qgc2ltcGxlIHRlbnNlLCB3ZSB1c2UgJ2RpZG4ndCcgYW5kIHRoZSBpbmZpbml0aXZlIGZvcm0gb2YgdGhlIHZlcmIgLSB0aGUgd29yZCBoZXJlIGlzICdicmluZycu
bWe didn't bring him here just to disappear!Q29ycmVjdCAtIHdlbGwgZG9uZSE=
cWe didn't bringing him here just to disappear!V2hlbiB3ZSBmb3JtIG5lZ2F0aXZlIHNlbnRlbmNlcyBpbiB0aGUgcGFzdCBzaW1wbGUgdGVuc2UsIHdlIHVzZSAnZGlkbid0JyBhbmQgdGhlIGluZmluaXRpdmUgZm9ybSBvZiB0aGUgdmVyYiAtIHRoZSB3b3JkIGhlcmUgaXMgJ2JyaW5nJy4=
Baga gammadde! Qormaata xumurteetta
Excellent!Great job!Carraa badaa!Qabxii argatte:
Excellent!Great job!Carraa badaa!Qabxii argatte:
x / y
Cuunfaa duub-deebi
Excellent!Great job!Carraa badaa!Qabxii argatte: x / y
1
Darling, of course you didn't stole your ring.
Sirrii miti
2
You didn't stole it!
Sirrii miti
3
Young man, I didn't saw anything.
Sirrii miti
4
No darling, I didn't had my glasses.
Sirrii miti
5
You didn't answering my question!
Sirrii miti
6
We didn't brought him here just to disappear!
Sirrii miti
End of Session 3
How did you get on with Session 3? You can download Inspector Stone's latest case notes here. In Session 4 you can hear the final episode of the Case of the Missing Ring in which Inspector Stone reveals the identity of the ring thief while explaining and practising a very important feature of English pronunciation. Don't miss it!
