Prime Time 1, Coursebook

Everyone waits for him to hiccup, but this time he does not. Sam: Well done Lucy, it really worked! (Kip and the children give each other high fives.) King: (to Lucy) How did you do that, my dear? Lucy: Something you are eating gives you hiccups. You only eat jub-jub fruit. So it must give you hiccups. Simple! King: I’ll never eat another jub-jub fruit again! All the jub-jub fruit in Grumpland is for my people! Everyone dances around and shouts “Hooray!!” The Trees enter. Trees: We’re jub-jub trees, our fruit is sweet. Now they’re for everyone to eat! King: I’m going to eat only lovely turnips and cabbages! Mmm! (He eats a cabbage like it is the best food in the world) The Children: Hooray! We can go home now! King: And I’m going to change my name to … King Happy! Queen: And the Kingdom will be called Jub-jub Land! Everyone cheers again. The children say goodbye to Kip, everyone is hiccupping and waving. “Goodbye, Goodbye!” The children exit. How to say “no” in the past Study the examples in the grammar box and answer the following questions in the same way. Use the same colours. 1. Did the Queen of Grumpland eat jub-jub fruit? No, she didn’t. – She didn’t eat jub-jub fruit. 2. Did the magic potion work ? 3. Did the jub-jub fruit taste horrible? 9 Grammar See 1 G 33 Talking about the past: Past tense simple – Asking questions – Did …? Question: Did the children find their way out of the forest? Answer: No, they did n’t. – They did n’t find their way out of the forest. G 102 12 Unit Adventure in Grumpland – a play one hundred and two Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv