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The Bell & the Cat
Grammar at loved mice. She chased them, played with them,
C 1) ... (catch) them – and 2) ... (eat) them! The mice
had to/didn’t have to
3) ... (not/like) Cat. In fact, they 4) ... (feel) terrified
4 Read the theory. Find an example in the text. whenever they 5) ... (see) her. So one day they had a meeting
to decide what to do. Young Mouse 6) ... (have) a great idea.
“Let’s hang a bell around Cat’s neck,” he 7) ... (cry), “so
had to is the past simple of have to. We use it to we know when she’s around.” All the other mice clapped
express obligation in the past tense. when they 8) ... (hear) the brilliant plan. Then Old Mouse
He had to leave early. 9) ... (speak). “Excellent!” he 10) ... (say). “But I just have
one question: Who wants to hang the bell on Cat?”
He didn’t have to come.
There was silence. No one wanted to hang the bell.
“I 11) ... (think) so. It’s easy to say something,” Old Mouse
5 Use the prompts to say what the 12) ... (tell) them, “but quite different to do it.”
characters in the story in Ex. 3 had/didn’t have
to do. wh- questions (past simple)
b) Read the table and form questions.
1 The animals/have to/look for food before
Then answer them. Mind the intonation.
winter.
2 Swallow/not have to/find food.
wh- word + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb
3 Swallow/have to/fly South in winter.
Why did the animals have a meeting?
4 Chicken/not have to/go with the swallows. BUT: who/what + main verb + object (to refer to the
subject of the verb) Who loved mice?
Past simple (irregular verbs)
1 Why/Cat/love/mice? Why did Cat love mice?
6 a) Study the examples. How do we form the
negative/interrogative past simple form of She chased them, played with them, caught
irregular verbs? Is it the same in Bulgarian? them and ate them.
2 How/the mice/feel/when/they see/Cat?
3 Who/have/a great idea?
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE 4 What/the other mice/do/when they hear/the

I/You/He/She/It/We/ I/You/He/She/It/We/They plan?
They slept late last didn’t sleep early last 5 What/Old Mouse/tell/the other mice?
night. night.
Listening
INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS
Did I/you/he/she/it/we/ Yes, I/you/he etc did. 8 4.12 Listen to the story of Dog and his
they sleep late last night? No, I/you/he etc didn’t. reflection and put the events in the right order.
Write in your notebook.

A He dropped his bone and jumped into the water.
b) Look at the text and write the past B He climbed out, wet and cold.
forms of the verbs below in your notebook. C He decided to take the other dog’s bone.
Which are: regular? irregular? D Every day, Dog went to town and the butcher
1 see 5 come 9 get gave him a bone.
2 try 6 have 10 laugh E He saw another dog with another bone in the water.
3 think 7 call
4 wish 8 fly Writing
9 Use your answers from Ex. 8 to write the story
of Dog and his reflection (50 words).
7 a) Complete the text using the past
simple forms of the verbs in brackets. Write in 10 ICT In groups, do research for an animal myth
your notebook. Which verbs have irregular from Bulgaria. Make notes. Use your notes to
past forms? present the myth to the class.
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