Making history. Vocabulary. Verbs: Historic achievements Translate the verbs in the box. Then listen and repeat.

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1 4 Vocabulary Making history Verbs: Historic achievements Verbs: Life events Grammar Past simple affirmative (regular and irregular verbs) could / couldn t Skills In a shop Writing a biography Vocabulary Verbs: Historic achievements Translate the verbs in the box. Then listen and repeat. design develop discover establish explore fly invent paint rule study teach win Alber t Queen Le o n a r d o Einstein Victoria d a Vi n c i 2 Look at the pictures. How many of these people do you know? Complete the sentences. Use the names from exercise 2. Then listen and check. Queen Victoria ruled the UK for 63 years. 1 invented the electric light bulb in studied mountain gorillas in Africa. 3 explored the Arctic and Antarctica. Amelia Earhar t Th o m a s Ed i s o n Dian Fossey 4 established a school for nurses in painted the Mona Lisa Complete the sentences. Use the past simple verbs in the box. Then listen and check. designed developed discovered flew taught won Richard Byrd Ella Fitzgerald Alexander Fleming Einstein developed the Theory of Relativity. 1 Hypatia of Alexandria mathematics. 2 Alexander Fleming penicillin in Ella Fitzgerald thirteen Grammy Awards. 4 Gustave Eiffel the Eiffel Tower in Paris. 5 Amelia Earhart across the Atlantic Ocean. Hy p at i a o f Gu s t ave Florence Al e x a n d r i a Eiffel Ni g h t i n g a l e 46 Unit 4: Vocabulary Workbook: More practice p27, Revision pp90 91

2 Reading Read the text. How many of these people won a Nobel Peace Prize? I m doing a history project about famous people who won a Nobel Prize. Teen Web Nobel Prize winners Bryan Every year, the Nobel Foundation gives prizes for physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and economics. There is also a Nobel Peace Prize for people who work for world peace. 5 Marie Curie was a scientist from Poland. Marie and her husband, Pierre, discovered a new radioactive material called radium. They won the Nobel Prize in Physics in Marie also won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in Gabriel García Márquez, a writer from Colombia, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in His most famous novel is One Hundred Years of Solitude. His novel Love in the Time of Cholera became a film in Martin Luther King Junior was a civil rights activist from Georgia, USA. He spoke against racism and was the leader of many peaceful protests. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, four years before his assassination. 25 Wangari Maathai is an ecologist from Kenya. She started a project to plant millions of trees in her country. In 2004, Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize for her work. Now people are planting trees in many other countries too. 2 are these sentences true or false? 1 The Nobel Foundation gives five different prizes every year. 2 Marie Curie won a Nobel Peace Prize in Martin Luther King was from Mississippi, USA. 4 Gabriel García Márquez won a Nobel Prize in Literature in Wangari Maathai planted trees in Poland. 3 answer the questions. 1 What types of Nobel Prize are there? 2 How many Nobel Prizes did Marie Curie win? 3 In what year did Martin Luther King die? 4 Which novel by Gabriel García Márquez is also a film now? 5 In what year did Wangari Maathai win her Nobel Prize? More practice: Workbook page 00 Extension: Workbook: page More 00 practice Website p31 Unit unit 1: 4: Reading 47 11

3 Grammar Past simple affirmative (regular verbs) 1 Study the Language help box. l a n g u a g e he l p Regular past simple verbs Normal help + ed = helped Final -e like + d = liked Final consonant + -y carry y + ied = carried Short vowel + consonant plan double the consonant + ed = planned 2 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple affirmative. Past simple affirmative (irregular verbs) 4 Study the Language help box. l a n g u a g e he l p Irregular past simple verbs Some verbs have irregular past simple forms. We went skateboarding in the park. The verb be has two forms: was and were. I / He / She / It was at the National Gallery. You / We / They were at the Science Museum Copy and complete the chart. Then listen and repeat. be become break buy fall get go have leave make meet see write made had left became met fell saw wrote got broke was / were went bought Base form be Past simple was / were 1 Coco Chanel (create) beautiful clothes. 2 Zidane (stop) playing football in Queen Victoria (die) when she was Beethoven (compose) nine symphonies. 5 Marie Curie (live) in Paris for many years. 6 Picasso (study) at an art school in Madrid. 3 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple affirmative of the verbs in the box. call carry chat practise stay watch 1 Last night, we a good film on TV. 2 The musicians for two hours. 3 Kelly on the Internet last night. 4 I my grandparents on Sunday. 5 The students their books to school. 6 James at home on Friday night. learning to learn Making a table is a good way to learn new verbs. You can cover one column to test yourself on their different forms. 6 Read the Learning to learn box. Then use the chart in exercise 5 to test yourself on the irregular verbs. 7 Write sentences. Use the past simple affirmative. 1 Ian / fall / into the river. 2 Mark / get / a new bike / for his birthday. 3 I / leave / home / at eight o clock. 4 The children / see / a play / at the theatre. 5 Naomi / buy / some CDs. 6 Jeff / meet / his friends / at the cinema. 48 Unit 4: Grammar

4 Grammar 8 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple affirmative of the irregular verbs. be become break go make write 1 Miguel Indurain many cycling records. 2 The Beatles famous in Mary Shelley the novel Frankenstein. 4 Marilyn Monroe more than 30 films. 5 Salvador Dalí to New York in Frida Kahlo a famous Mexican painter. 9 Complete the text. Use the past simple affirmative of the regular and irregular verbs. could / couldn t 10 Study the table and the Language help box. Affirmative I / You / He / She / We / They could run. Negative I / You / He / She / We / They couldn t run. Interrogative Could I / you / he / she / we / they run? Full form couldn t = could not Short answers Yes, I could. / No, I couldn t. Yes, they could. / No, they couldn t. Le o n a r d o d a Vi n c i ( ) Leonardo da Vinci (1 leave) home when he (2 be) only fifteen years old. He (3 go) to Florence to study art. He (4 work) hard and he (5 meet) many famous painters. Leonardo (6 learn) very quickly and he soon (7 become) famous. Leonardo (8 have) many other interests too. He (9 love) science and he (10 write) many books about human biology. He also (11 design) machines, bridges and buildings. In 1503, Leonardo (12 start) his most famous work of art, the Mona Lisa. He (13 finish) the painting thirteen years later and he (14 die) in ex t ra practice Write five sentences about famous people. Use the past simple affirmative of regular and irregular verbs. Frank Gehry designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. l a n g u a g e he l p could / couldn t We use could / couldn t to talk about abilities in the past. I could swim when I was eight. I couldn t play the guitar. 11 Write sentences. Use could / couldn t. Jodie Foster / act / when she was six. Jodie Foster could act when she was six. 1 Lope de Vega / read / Latin / when he was five. 2 Einstein / talk / when he was two. 3 Mozart / play / the violin / when he was three. 4 Beyoncé / sing / when she was one. 5 Tiger Woods / play / golf / when he was two. 12 Write questions with could. Then write short answers about you. When you were five swim? Could you swim? 1 you / read / books? 2 you / ride / a bike? 3 you / speak / English? 4 you / play / computer games? More practice: Workbook: page More 00 practice Extension: pp28 29, Workbook Grammar page 00 Bank Website pp72 73 Unit 4: Grammar 49

5 Vocabulary Verbs: Life events Match the verb phrases with the events in Mary s life. Then listen and repeat. be born become a grandparent buy a house fall in love get engaged get married go to school have a child learn to drive leave school move house start working retire travel abroad Recycle Which of the verbs in exercise 1 are irregular in the past simple? (See page 48.) Listen. Which events from exercise 1 do the people talk about? 4 Write five sentences about people in your family. Use the expressions in exercise 1. My mum was born in Valencia. 50 Unit 4: Vocabulary Workbook: More practice p30, Revision pp90 91

6 Reading Read the text. How many grandchildren and great-grandchildren have the Milfords got? 5 10 A wonderful life In February 2009, Frank and Anita Milford made history. They celebrated their 81 st wedding anniversary and they broke the record for the longest marriage in the UK. The Milfords were born in Plymouth in southern England, Frank in 1908 and Anita the next year. They met at a dance in 1926 and got married two years later. Their wedding was very simple because they didn t have a lot of money. After the ceremony, they saw a Charlie Chaplin film at the cinema. Life wasn t easy for the young couple, especially during the Second World War. One day, a bomb fell on their house. They were very lucky that no one was at home at the time. Frank worked at the port in Plymouth for many years and retired in Anita worked at home and cared for their children, Marie and Frank Junior. Now they ve got five grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. Have the Milfords got any 25 advice for other married couples? They say their secret is having a little argument every day. Anita says that couples 30 also need to give and take. Be tolerant and love one another, she says. 2 are these sentences true or false? 1 The Milfords celebrated their 80 th anniversary in Anita was born in Plymouth in The Milfords first met at the cinema. 4 Frank and Anita got married in Frank finally stopped working in Complete the sentences with words from the text. 1 When two people get married, they become a married. 2 People who have good luck are. 3 When people don t agree, they sometimes have an. 4 Every year, married people celebrate their anniversary on the day that they got married. 5 Your children s grandchildren are your. history li n k Did you know? Many important things happened in Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin and Amelia Earhart became the first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. It was also the year that Walt Disney made the first Mickey Mouse cartoon. More practice: Workbook page 00 Extension: Workbook: page More 00 practice Website p31 Unit 4: Reading 51

7 Communication In a shop Speaking Read and listen. Shop assistant Hello. Can I help you? Sami Yes, please. I m looking for a book about Thomas Edison. Shop assistant OK. Do you know the name of the book? Sami It s called Edison s Inventions. Shop assistant Let me check Yes, we ve got one copy. Sami How much is it? Shop assistant It s Sami That s great. Thank you very much. Shop assistant You re welcome. 4 act out your dialogue. Listening Listen. What do the people want to buy? Match the pictures with the names in the box. 1 Nela Kate David 2 h ow do yo u sa y...? How do you say these phrases in your language? Translate them in your notebook. 1 Can I help you? 2 I m looking for (a book). 3 Let me check. 4 It s ( 5.99) Practise the dialogue in pairs. 3 Write a new dialogue. Use the model in exercise 1 and the words in the box to help you. Change the words in blue. book CD computer game DVD magazine A Hello. Can I help you? B Yes, please. I m looking for a magazine Listen again. How many copies has the shop got? How much does it cost? Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2 Dialogue 3 Number of copies Price 52 Unit 4: Communication Workbook: More practice p32, Pronunciation (Past simple affirmative endings) p112

8 Writing Writing a biography 1 Read the biography of Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist and inventor. Bell was born in Edinburgh in Scotland in When he was a child, he loved doing experiments. When he was older, he became a teacher. In 1870, Bell s family moved to North America and in 1876, he invented the world s first telephone. The next year, he established the Bell Telephone Company. 2 Copy and complete the chart with information about Alexander Graham Bell. Introduction scientist and inventor Early life 1847: born in (1), Scotland loved doing (2) became a (3) Later life 1870: moved to (4) 1876: invented the first (5) 1877: established the (6) writing skills when We can put a time phrase with when at the beginning of a sentence. We use it with a comma. We can also put the phrase at the end of a sentence without a comma. When he was older, he became a teacher. He became a teacher when he was older. 3 Read the Writing skills box. Then write sentences with when. I was five years old / I could swim When I was five years old, I could swim. I could swim when I was five years old. 1 we were on holiday / it rained a lot 2 Julie loved drawing / she was a child 3 they got engaged / we were very happy 4 Copy and complete the chart with information about John Logie Baird. Use the words in the box colour England established inventor machines studied television Introduction famous engineer and (1) Early life (2) : born in Helensburgh, Scotland loved building (3) (4) at Glasgow University Later life 1923: moved to (5) 1926: invented the black and white (6) 1927: (7) the Baird Television Company 1928: invented the first (8) television 5 Use the writing guide to write a biography of John Logie Baird. Paragraph 1 John Logie Baird was He invented Paragraph 2 was born When he was a child, When he was older, Paragraph 3 In (1926), The next year, More practice: Workbook page Workbook: 00 Extension: More practice Workbook p32, Writing page 00 Builder Website p105 Unit 4: Writing 53

9 Progress check Vocabulary 1 Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in the box. 8 points designed developed flew painted ruled studied taught won 2 Match 1 5 with a e. 5 points 1 buy a) in love 2 fall b) school 3 leave c) to drive 4 learn d) abroad 5 travel e) a house 3 Complete the verb phrases. 5 points be get go have start 1 He a plane. 1 children 4 born 2 to school 5 working 3 engaged Grammar 4 Rewrite the sentences in the past simple. 4 points 1 I listen to music in my bedroom. 2 Suzy and Paul chat on the Internet. 3 We practise our English in class. 4 Katherine watches TV in the evening. 2 She a picture. 4 She biology. 3 He clothes. 5 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple affirmative of the regular verbs. 5 points 1 Mozart (compose) lots of operas. 2 Elvis (stop) making films in Albert Einstein (play) the violin. 4 Frida Kahlo (live) in Mexico. 5 The Beatles (record) twelve albums. 6 Write the past simple forms. 4 points 1 become 2 get 3 make 4 write 7 Write sentences. Use the past simple affirmative. 5 points 5 He a theory. 6 She an award. 1 The weather / be / hot / last August. 2 Tom s parents / meet / in Anita / leave / the party / at ten o clock. 4 The athlete / break / the world record. 5 Paul / fall / into the river. 8 Write questions with could. Then write short answers. 4 points 1 Jessica / read / when she was four? 2 people / send / s / in 1985? Total / 40 points 7 He literature. 8 She her country. 54 Unit 4: Progress check

10 Culture Read the texts and match them with the people in the pictures. 1 He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in England. He wrote more than 37 plays for the theatre, including Romeo and Juliet. He was an actor in many of his plays too. 2 People sometimes call her the Queen of Crime because she wrote more than 80 detective novels, such as Murder on the Orient Express. She also wrote plays and short stories. 3 He was a doctor but he wrote novels and short stories in his free time. His most famous character was a brilliant detective named Sherlock Holmes. 4 She started writing stories for her family and friends when she was only fifteen years old. Later, she wrote six romantic novels, including Emma and Sense and Sensibility. 5 He was born in Edinburgh in Scotland. His first novel was a story about pirates, called Treasure Island. He also created the characters of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde. 6 She wrote many children s books, with animal characters like Peter Rabbit and Tom Kitten. She drew all of the illustrations for her stories. Ag a t h a Christie ( ) William Sh a k e s p e a r e ( ) Ja n e Austen ( ) Ro b e r t Lo u i s Stevenson ( ) Beatr ix Potter ( ) Sir Ar t h u r Co n a n Doy l e ( ) William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie are the most successful authors of all time. Billions of people have read their work in many different languages. Agatha Christie also wrote romantic novels but she used a different name for those books. She called herself Mary Westmacott. 2 Correct the sentences. 1 Agatha Christie was most famous for her children s stories. 2 Conan Doyle created Doctor Jekyll. 3 Shakespeare was born in Edinburgh. 4 Jane Austen illustrated her own books. 5 Sense and Sensibility is a mystery novel. ove r to yo u Who are the most important authors in your country or region? What did they write? More practice: Workbook page 00 Extension: Workbook page 00 Website Unit 4: Culture 55