THIS UNIT INCLUDESVocabulary countries nationalities make, do, have and take events in life free-time activities expressions of interest and sympathy Grammar past simple a
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Vocabulary countries nationalities make, do, have and take events in life free-time
activities expressions of interest and sympathy
Grammar past simple affirmative: irregular verbs past simple: negative and interrogative
Speaking 20 questions game talking about famous people and your weekend
Writing an email message
Trang 2Look at the photos Match the people with the countries they were from Choose from the countries below.
Trang 3the USA Poland Germany
Trang 4Britain Rusia Spain
Trang 5Work in pairs Can you think of famous people from the other countries?
Trang 6Match the countries in exercise 1 with the nationalities below
France GermanyItaly
Australian Belarusian Brazilian British ChineseCroatian
Czech
Egyptian French GermanItalian
Trang 7Sweden Turkey Ukraine the USA
Jamaican Japanese Lithuanian Polish
Irish
Romanian Russian
SlovakianSouth African Spanish
Swedish TurkishUkrainianAmerican
Trang 11Listen again Match each person with two of the sentences below
1 was born in Italy
2 was deaf from the age of 40
Trang 12Listen again Match each person with two of the sentences below
Trang 13Ludwig van Beethoven was a famous composer He was born
in Germany Beethoven’s father was a music teacher As a
child, Beethoven was a brilliant musician and he soon started
to compose music too He composed some of the greatest and most important music in history The amazing thing is, after the age of 40, Beethoven was completely deaf, but he continued
to compose music He died in Austria at the age of 57
Trang 14James Dean was a very famous flm star He was born in the USA He studied drama at the University of California Dean’s first job was in a television advert for Pepsi Cola He acted in three very famous films and he was soon a very popular and famous actor Dean loved fast cars He died in a car crash atthe age of 24
Trang 15Florence Nightingale was born in Italy Her parents were British and they were very rich When Nightingale was seventeen, she decided to become a nurse Her family weren’t very happy
about this because they wanted Florence to get married and
have children During a war with Russia, Nightingale helped
British soldiers who were sick When she returned to England, she started a hospital in London She died in England, at the
age of 90
Trang 16Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1867 Maria was a very intelligent student at school, but she couldn’t go to university because she was a woman So she worked as a
teacher and studied secretly in Warsaw Later she moved to
France and studied science in Paris In 1895 she married
Pierre Curie, a French scientist They worked together and
discovered many important things in science and chemistry
She died in 1934 at the age of 66
Trang 17Think of a famous person who is alive today Your classmates have 20 questions to guess the person
The questions must be yes/no questions Use the ideas
below to help you.
Trang 18The man is Nicolaus Copernicus He proposed that the Earth went around the Sun
Look at the photos Who was this man? Why is he famous? Read the text and check.
Nicolaus Copernicus
/ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs kəu'pɜ:nɪkəs/
Toruń
/Polish ˈtɔrunj/
Trang 19Irregular:
studied, appeared, died was, came, had, spoke, began, thought, went, said, wrote
Trang 21Read the Look out! box Then complete the sentences Use the past simple form of the verbs below.
1 Alexander Bell the first telephone call in 1876
2 In the fourteenth century, many people _ that
the Earth was flat
3 Isaac Newton discovered gravity when an apple
Trang 22Read the Look out! box Then complete the sentences Use the past simple form of the verbs below.
4 In 1926, John Logie Baird the first television
5 Marie Curie worked in Paris, but she _from Poland
6 Charles Darwin writing On the Origin of Species
n took
Trang 23Complete the text Use the past simple form of the verbs
in brackets.
was
became grew
began
g
read made spent
left won
Trang 24What are the past simple forms
of the verbs below? Put them into pairs that rhyme Then listen and check
bought – caught did – hid
grew – knew kept – slept
made – paid
read – said saw – wore sold – told sent – spent
Trang 25Look at the list of activities (1-10) When did you last do them? Write sentences Use the time expressions below.
Trang 26Work in pairs Take turns to talk about
activities that you did last weekend Find at least three things that you both did.
Trang 271 Rosa Parks was from South Africa / the USA.
2 She fought for women’s rights / the rights of black people.
3 In the south of the USA, black and white children
have to / had to go to different schools.
Trang 28Read the text again Match sentences A–F with gaps 1–5 There is one sentence that you do not need.
A She was at the back in the black section.
B But she began to fight for her rights.
C After a year, the state of Alabama changed the law about
black and white people on buses.
D Black people were often not allowed in the same public
places as white people.
E They did this for 381 days.
F On that bus and on that day, Rosa Parks did something
that changed history.
3 –
5 2 4
1
Trang 29Look at the text and the sentences in exercise 2 again Find the past simple forms of the verbs below
Underline the verbs that are irregular.
travelled had to
wanted
told said called arrested decided stopped
used changed got
showed
Trang 30Complete the sentences with the prepositions below Then check your answers in the text.
1 She travelled to and _ work _ bus
2 It was the south the USA
3 Black people had to sit _ the back
4 She had to give her seat _ a white man
5 They did this 381 days
6 _ a year, the state of Alabama changed the law
at to for
After
Trang 31Listen to three teenagers talking about their heroes Choose the correct answers.
Trang 321 Tanni Grey-Thompson is the winner of
a 13 World Championship titles
b 16 World Championship titles
2 Grey-Thompson
a is still taking part in athletics competitions
b has finished her sporting career
3 Thomas Edison
a was an American scientist
b was a British scientist
Trang 334 Thomas Edison invented
a a machine which took photos,
b a machine which could record music
5 Nelson Mandela was
a the first president of South Africa,
b the president of South Africa for five years
6 Mandela
a worked in a prison,
b spent a long time in prison
Trang 34My hero is a sports person She’s from Wales and her name is Tanni Grey-Thompson Tanni has a disability, which means that she races in a wheelchair, and she is a very talented athlete
During her well-known career, Tanni won sixteen Paralympic
medals and thirteen titles at the World Championships She’s retired now and does TV presenting and charity work – I think she’s a great role model
Trang 35My hero is a scientist His name is Thomas Edison He was
born in the USA in 1847 He was very intelligent and he invented hundreds of things For example he invented the phonograph, which could play and record music, and a movie camera, which could record and play films I think he is one of the most
important people in history
Trang 40If you answer these three questions, Mike, you win
£1,000! When did Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon?Was it in 1 ?
That’s right Well done! Here’s your second question The Spanish brought potatoes to Europe in the
1500s Which continent did potatoes come from?Sorry, I didn’t hear the question
Which continent did potatoes come from?
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dynamite
Did they come from 2 _ ?Yes! And your final question, for £1,000 The Nobel Peace Prize started in 1901 Alfred Nobel started it But what did Alfred Nobel invent in 1867?
Did he invent the light bulb?
No, he didn’t! You’ve got one more guess!
Was it the camera?
No, he didn’t invent the camera Alfred Nobelinvented 3 _ ! I’m sorry, Mike!
Trang 42Look at the table below Then underline examples of the past simple negative and interrogative in the dialogue
Trang 43Look at the table below Then underline examples of the past simple negative and interrogative in the dialogue
Trang 44Look at the table below Then underline examples of the past simple negative and interrogative in the dialogue
Trang 45Look at the examples in the table in exercise 3 again
Then complete the rules in the Learn this! box.
didn’t Did
Trang 46Complete the quiz questions with the verbs below Use the past simple Then choose the correct answers.
1 Which country NATO _ in 2001?
a Iraq b Afghanistan c Kosovo
2 What _ Guglielmo Marconi _ in 1895?
a the television b the car c the radio
3 When _ the Wright brothers first their plane?
Trang 47Complete the quiz questions with the verbs below Use the past simple Then choose the correct answers.
4 Where the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?
a France b Belgium c England
5 How many plays _ Shakespeare ?
Trang 484 Where the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?
a France b Belgium c England
5 How many plays _ Shakespeare ?
a 17 b 37 c 57
did take place
did write
1 Which country NATO _ in 2001?
a Iraq b Afghanistan c Kosovo
2 What _ Guglielmo Marconi _ in 1895?
a the television b the car c the radio
3 When _ the Wright brothers first their plane?
a 1873 b 1903 c 1933
did invade did invent
Trang 49Quiz master Which country did NATO invade in 2001? Was it
Iraq, Afghanistan, or Kosovo?
Contestant Um … Iraq?
Quiz master No, it was Afghanistan Here’s your next question
What did Guglielmo Marconi invent in 1895? The television, the car or the radio?
Contestant Marconi … He invented the radio No, wait, the
television, I think
Trang 50Quiz master The radio or the television?
Contestant Er The radio?
Quiz master Yes! The radio is right! Question number three
When did the Wright brothers first fly their plane? Was it 1873, 1903, or 1933?
Contestant I know that It was 1903.
Quiz master That’s right! Well done! Are you ready for your
fourth question?
Contestant Yes.
Trang 51Quiz master Where did the Battle of Waterloo take place in
1815? In France, Belgium or England?
Contestant The Battle of Waterloo That was Napoleon It took
place in France
Quiz master No, I’m sorry It was in Belgium OK – You’ve got
three points If you answer this question correctly, you win £500! Are you ready?
Contestant Yes, I think so.
Trang 52Quiz master Question number five How many plays did
Shakespeare write? Did he write 17 plays, 37 plays
or 57 plays?
Contestant I really don’t know!
Quiz master Have a guess!
Contestant Er … 37?
Quiz master Yes! You win £500!
Trang 53Correct the facts Write one negative and one affirmative sentence Use the past simple.
2 Holland won the World Cup in 2010 (Spain)
Holland didn't win the World Cup in 2010.
Spain won it
Trang 543 Barack Obama became US President in 2003 (2009)
Barack Obama didn't become US President
in 2003 He became US President in 2009.
4 Marilyn Monroe died in 1983.(1962)
Marilyn Monroe didn't die in 1983 She died
in 1962.
5 Jane Austen wrote Emma in 1995 (1815)
Jane Austin didn’t write Emma in 1995.
She wrote it in 1815
Trang 55Work in pairs Ask and answer questions about the weekend Tick the activities below that your partner did.
Trang 56Tell the class about your partner’s weekend Use the affirmative and negative forms of the past simple.
Trang 57Choose a painting Describe it What is happening? What can you see?
Trang 58Look at the paintings again Which artist do you think they are by: Vincent van Gogh or Pablo Picasso?
Trang 59Read the texts and check your answer to exercise 2.
Do you know any paintings by the other artist?
Trang 60Read the texts and check your ideas Find the sentences
in the texts that confirm the correct answers.
1 Picasso: 'he began to use a lot of pinks and oranges'
2 Van Gogh: 'Van Gogh painted poor people and used
only dark colours'
3 Van Gogh: 'he cut off part of his own ear'
4 Picasso: 'the sad artist painted only in blue'
5 Picasso: 'he started to paint using shapes called
‘Cubism'
6 Van Gogh: 'his style of painting became more colourful
and exciting'
Trang 61Van Gogh
1 When was he born?
He was born in 1853.
2 Where was he born?
He was born in the Netherlands.
3 Which countries did he live in?
He lived in the Netherlands and France.
Trang 624 Was he famous when he lived?
5 Was he rich or poor?
6 How much do his paintings cost now?
His paintings cost millions of dollars.
7 When did he start to draw or paint?
He started to draw and paint when he was 27.
No, he wasn't.
He was poor.
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No, he did not.
9 How many works of art did he produce?
He produced more than 2,000 works of art.
10 How old was he when he died?
He was 37 when he died.
Trang 641 When was he born?
He was born in 1881.
2 Where was he born?
He was born in Spain.
3 Which countries did he live in?
He lived in Spain and France.
Trang 654 Was he famous when he lived?
5 Was he rich or poor?
6 How much do his paintings cost now?
His paintings cost millions of dollars.
7 When did he start to draw or paint?
He started to draw at an early age.
Yes, he was.
He was rich.
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Yes, he did.
9 How many works of art did he produce?
He produced over 50,000 works of art.
10 How old was he when he died?
He was 91 when he died.
Trang 67Look at the list of possible events in a person’s life Number them in the order they usually happen.
1
2345
7
86
9
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go to university/college get married
have children
retire
die
Trang 69Write five sentences about people in your family.
Use the phrases in exercise 5 and the correct affirmative
or negative form of the past simple.
Trang 70Work in pairs Look at the paintings.
Which do you like? Which don’t you like? Give reasons
Find out about another famous artist, writer
or musician Write a short text about their life and work Include pictures.
Trang 71Read and complete the dialogue with the question words below Then listen and check.
Trang 72Read and complete the dialogue with the question words below Then listen and check.
How
How
What
Who What
What
Trang 73Look at the activities below Which activities did (a) Carol do? (b) Sam do? (c) you do last weekend?
Trang 74Look at the activities below Which activities did (a) Carol do? (b) Sam do? (c) you do last weekend?
a Carol went to a gig.
b Sam stayed in, watched TV and went on a
social-networking site.
c.
Trang 76Listen to three dialogues Who had a good weekend? Tick or cross.
Trang 77Dialogue 1 a What you _ ?
b Why? What ?Dialogue 2 c Where you _?
was did lose did buy
Trang 78James Hi, Sarah.
Sarah Oh, hi, James How was your weekend?
James It was great, thanks I went to the cinema on Saturday night Sarah Really? What did you see?
James The new Leonardo DiCaprio film It was really good How
was your weekend?
Sarah It wasn’t great.
James Why? What happened?
Sarah It was my brother’s birthday We wanted to have a barbecue
on the beach, but it rained all day.
James What a disaster!
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Trang 79Chloe Hi, Jacob How was your weekend?
Jacob It wasn’t good.
Chloe Oh, why was that?
Jacob We went out for a meal but it was terrible! I was sick all
Sunday!
Chloe Where did you go?
Jacob To that new Chinese restaurant in the town centre.
Chloe Oh, dear.
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