Unit 1. Fads and fashions

1 Cross out the incorrect word. 2 Complete the sentences with the words. 3 Complete the words for the definitions. 4 Complete the post with words on this page. There may be more than one answer.

1 Choose the correct words to complete the table. 2 Write four of the sentences using the correct form of used to. Tick (✓) the sentence that can only be in the past simple. 3 Correct the words. 4 Write sentences to compare you and your family in the past and present. Use used to and the present simple. Write three or four sentences for each topic.

1 Match words 1 – 6 with a – f. 2 Complete the words in the text. 3 Listen to an interview with Dan and Tina about the clothes that were in fashion when they were young. Write the correct names. 4 Listen again and choose the correct answer. 5 Interview your parents about fashion when they were young, or choose a period in the past. Write four or five sentences about what people used to wear.

1 Complete the table using was or were and the correct –ing form of the verbs in brackets. 2 Write sentences and questions using the past continuous. 3 Complete the description using the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 4 Answer the questions. Write complete sentences that are true for you.

1 Read and listen to the timeline. Choose the correct answer. 2 Read the timeline again. Choose the correct words to describe each paragraph. 3 Match sentences 1 – 5 with photos A – E. 4 Answer the questions. Write complete sentences. 5 Complete the sentences with the words.

1 Choose the correct words. 2 Order the words to make sentences about life in the nineties. 3 Read about the nineties craze for Tamagotchi electronic pets. Complete the fact file with the words and phrases. 4 Write a fact file about a craze you remember from the past few years. Use the fact file in exercise 3 to help you. Include the phrases on this page and information about these things: