First, practice saying each name below. The stress has been marked. 1a.

1. (Amy) dusted

the house.

3. (Chieko) made lunch

for everyone.

5. (Emily) swept the

kitchen floor.

6. (Fiona) scrubbed the

bathroom floor.

8. (Helen) mopped

the floors.

9. (Isabella) washed

the inside windows.

4. (Diana) polished the

furniture.

7. (Gina) cleaned

the oven.

2. (Bill) took out

the garbage.

11. (Kim) washed all the dishes

after lunch.

12. (Luke) dried the dishes.

13. (Mike) emptied the

wastebaskets.

16. (Paula) watered

the flowers.

15. (Olivia) took care of the plants.

17. (Quincy) mowed

the lawn.

14. (Ned) washed

the outside windows.

10. (John) planned

everyone’s job.

John and Chieko are going to get married soon. Last month, they rented a house. The house was old and needed repairs. They needed

a house makeover. Their friends helped them to turn their house into a home. Look at the next page and see what everybody did.

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1b. Next, John and Chieko want to send everyone an e-mail thanking them for their help. The problem is that they’re not sure about what each person did. Look at the two example below:

J: Did Amy take out the garbage?

C: No, it was Bill who took out the garbage. C: Did Diana sweep the kitchen floor?

J: No, it was Emily that swept the kitchen floor. Thus, we can use, “It was ~ who...” / “It was ~ that...” to emphasize or to clarify which person did what. Notice that the person’s name is stressed. Write 7 questions and answers like in the two examples above. You can use ‘who’ or ‘that’. For numbers 1 - 5, use the names on the left side. For numbers 6 and 7, you can choose which names to use. All your questions should start with “Did...” and all the answers should start with, “No, it was...” Try to write the person’s name a little larger to show emphasis. Q1. _________________________________________________________ A1. _________________________________________________________ Q2. _________________________________________________________ A2. _________________________________________________________ Q3. _________________________________________________________ A3. _________________________________________________________ Q4. _________________________________________________________ A4. _________________________________________________________ Q5. _________________________________________________________ A5. _________________________________________________________ Q6. _________________________________________________________ A6. _________________________________________________________ Q7. _________________________________________________________ A7. _________________________________________________________

Fiona Gina Helen Isabella Kim Olivia Luke Mike Ned Quincy

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1. Many people have reached the top of Mount Everest, but who were the first to get there in 1953? → (Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay / Bill Clinton and Junichiro Koizumi ) Although many people have reached the top of Mount Everest, I think it was Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay who were the first to get there, in 1953. 2. Many countries have been into space, but which one went there first,

in 1957? → (Russia / America) Although many countries have been into space, I think it was _________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 3. Many Japanese baseball players have played in the major leagues

in America, but who was the first, in 1964? → (Hideo Nomo / Masanori Murakami )

Although many Japanese baseball players have played in the major leagues in America, I think ______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 4. Many countries have hosted the modern Olympics, but who hosted

the first one, in 1896? → (France / Greece) Although many countries have hosted the modern Olympics, _________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

After choosing the best answer from inside the parentheses, rewrite the sen-tence with the pattern ‘Although ~, I think it (was / is) ~ who / that ~ .’ When rewriting, use all the bold words. Follow example 1 below. In your answer, try to write the names large to show emphasis.

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5. Pizza was born in Italy, but which country first sold it by the slice? → (America / Japan)

Although pizza was born in Italy, ________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

6. There are two big Japanese piano makers, Yamaha and Kawai, but

which one built the first piano in Japan, in 1900 [nineteen hundred] ?

Although _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

7. Several prefectures in Japan are known for delicious cherries, but

which one is the most famous? → Yamagata / Yamanashi /Nagano __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

8. There are many common last names in Japan such as Takahashi,

Sato, and Suzuki, but which one is the most common? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

9. Many Asian countries such as Korea, China, and Japan have played

in the Soccer World Cup, but which was the first to win a champion-ship?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

10. There have been many successful Japanese bands and artists such

as B’z, Mr. Children , and Hikaru Utada , but who has sold the most albums (~75,000,000 - about seventy five million)?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

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