Vocabulary The body • The face•

Grammar • was/were • could Past simple: affi rmative• Past simple: negative and questions•

Speaking Talk about abilities in the • past Interview a historic fi gure• Say what’s wrong•

Writing My family history• • before/after + -ing form

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Pronunciation Past simple: • regular verbs

The body

1 Match the pictures with the words.

1 – body

arm | body | eyes | feet | leg | hair | hand | head | mouth | nose

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2 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.

3 In pairs, match the parts of the body with the people.

Batman Pablo Picasso Rafa Nadal Wolfgang Mozart Frankenstein David Beckham Jennifer Aniston Lisa Simpson Albert Einstein Arnold Schwarzenegger

A I think it’s Frankenstein’s head. B Yes, and they’re Rafa Nadal’s feet.

4 Listen and check.

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7 10

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4 Read again. Match the sentences with the biographies. Then listen and check.

1 He was interested in physics when he was fi ve. D2 She made her professional debut when she was nine and her fi rst CD the same year. 3 She’s good at languages and can speak Italian, French, German and Swedish. 4 His fi rst word was ‘piz’, short for lápiz, or pencil in Spanish.

5 Write sentences with at or in.

1 I’m interested … … .2 When I was …, I was interested … … .

2 Write the names.

a Julia Hwang is a concert violinist. b … was a physicist.

3 Read the biographies. Write the names.

1 Match the pictures with the names.

1 Albert Einstein2 Lisa Simpson3 Pablo Picasso4 Julia Hwang

Name

He was born in Ulm, Germany in 1879.

He couldn’t speak until he was four.

But he was often bored at school and he wasn’t a good student.

Name

She’s only eight years old but she’s got an IQ of 159.

When she was a baby, she could spell words with her letter blocks.

She can sing and play musical instruments but she can’t dance.

Name

She was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1996.

She could play the piano when she was fi ve and the violin two years later.

When she was nine, she could play better than most seventeen-year-olds.

Name

He was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881.

And he had his fi rst exhibition in Barcelona when he was only nineteen.

He could draw when he was very young.

A

C

B

D

a b c d

c … is a very intelligent eight-year-old girl.d … was an important artist.

3 I’m good … … .4 I’m not very good … … .

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He was often bored at school. He wasn’t a good student.

1 Complete the sentences with was/wasn’t or were/weren’t.

1 Salvador Dali was a Spanish artist.2 William Shakespeare and Miguel de

Cervantes … musicians. 3 Cleopatra … an Egyptian queen. 4 Joan of Arc … Italian. 5 Marie and Pierre Curie … scientists. 6 Abraham Lincoln and George Washington

… English.

2 Complete the questions. Then answer them.

1 Was Vincent Van Gogh French?2 … James Dean and Marilyn Monroe actors? 3 … The Beatles from London? 4 … Julio Iglesias a football player? 5 … Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo

composers? 6 … Pocahontas a real person?

He could draw when he was very young. He couldn’t speak until he was four.

Subject could / couldn’t Infi nitiveI / She / They could write.I / She / They couldn’t (could not)

Affi rmative Negative I / He / She / It was wasn’t You / We / They were weren’t

Questions Short answersCould he write? Yes, he could.Could they write? No, they couldn’t.

Questions Short answersWas he? Yes, he was. Were they? No, they weren’t.

3 Complete the dialogue with could or couldn’t. Then listen and check.

Tom You’re good at music Eli. (1) Could you play an instrument when you were four?

Eli No, I (2) … . But I (3) … play the piano when I was eight.

Tom (4) … you read music?Eli Yes, I (5) … . But I (6)… write it.Tom When (7) ... you write music? Eli When I was about ten. But I (8) … write

it very well.

could

was/were

play a musical instrument draw get dressed alone read run talk

tie my shoelaces swim use a computer walk write my name

Age Ability 2 years old I could walk.

4 years old I could draw.

6 years old 8 years old 10 years old 12 years old

5 Ask a partner.

A When could you draw?

B I could draw when I was three.

4 Copy and complete the table. Choose six abilities. When could you do them?

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The face

beard | ear | eyebrow | lips | neck | tooth | moustache | cheek

2 Read the description. Which face is it?

This person’s got a long neck, big eyes, thin eyebrows and long curly hair. The person hasn’t got a beard or a moustache.

1 Match the parts of the face with the words. Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.

1 – eyebrow

3 Listen to the interview. Which face is Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s?

4 Listen again and complete the description.

5 Answer the questions.

Did Hatshepsut …1 build temples? Yes, she did.

2 protect her people?3 make Egypt rich?4 attack monuments?5 destroy statues?6 wear men’s clothes?

HatshepsutHatshepsut was a (1) pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. She was born in (2) … bc, and she died at the age of (3) … . She became pharaoh when she was about (4) … years old. Today, Cleopatra is more (5) …, but Hatshepsut was the most powerful woman leader of ancient Egypt. Archaeologists used a (6) … to identify her mummy.

a

1

2

3

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cb

7

4

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I died in 1458 BC. I built magnifi cent temples.

1 Write the past simple of the verbs.

do match say fi nd demonstrate die wear see rob give attack

think study eat identify

Regular verbs: matched, …

Irregular verbs: did, …

2 Complete with the regular verbs in exercise 1. Then listen and check.

Hatshepsut’s stepson (1) attacked her monuments when she (2) … in 1458 BC. People (3) … her tomb, and her mummy disappeared. In 2007, archaeologists (4) … an unidentifi ed mummy. It was Hatshepsut. They (5) … its identity using an ancient tooth. The tooth (6) … a gap in the mummy’s teeth.

He didn’t want people to remember her. What did Cleopatra do?

Negative I didn’t listen.didn’t + infi nitive He didn’t stop.Questions Did you go?did + subject + infi nitive What did she do?Short answers Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.

4 Write the affi rmative and negative forms of the verbs. Who is she?

1 She didn’t speak (✗) Egyptian at home. She spoke (✓) Greek with her family. (speak)

2 She … (✗) to school. Personal tutors … (✓) to her home. (go)

3 She … (✗) Julius Caesar in Rome. She … (✓) him in Alexandria. (meet)

4 She … (✗) Julius Caesar. She … (✓) Mark Antony. (marry)

5 She … (✗) of natural causes. She … (✓) from a snake bite. (die)

5 Complete the questions. Who is the interview with?

die do have live lose win

A (1) Did you have any brothers or sisters?B Yes, I did. I had seven brothers and sisters.A What (2) …?B I was a military leader and an emperor.A (3) … in the 18th century?B Yes, but I died in the 19th century.A (4) … a lot of wars?B Yes.A (5) … an important battle at Waterloo?B Yes, I did. I lost that battle against the English.A Where (6) …?B I died on an island called St Helena.

Past simple: negative and questions

Past simple: affi rmative

3 Copy and complete the table. Use the regular verbs from exercise 1.

Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.

lived /d/ stopped /t/ wanted /id/ watched

6 In pairs, choose a historic fi gure and answer the questions.

When was he/she born? When did he/she die? What job did he/she do? What important things did he/she do?

7 Interview another pair. Can you identify their historic fi gure?

A Where were you born?

B I was born in …

Past simple:

regular verbs

P

ronunciation

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1 True or false?

1 Albert Einstein was a physicist.2 He never won a Nobel Prize.3 His brain was bigger than normal.

2 Read and check your answers.

3 Answer the questions.

1 What was Einstein’s fi rst name? His fi rst name was Albert.

2 When did he leave school?3 Where did he want to study?4 Why was his brain smaller than normal?5 What did scientists in Canada discover?6 Which magazine named him ‘person of the

century’?

4 Choose the correct defi nition for the underlined words.

1 Who is the greatest genius? b a scientist b person with exceptional abilities2 Einstein left school when he was only 15. a fi nished b started3 He preferred to study at home … a liked … more b didn’t want to4 … he didn’t pass the entrance examination. a his result was good b his result wasn’t good5 ‘person of the century’ a a period of 10 years b a period of 100 years

W ho is the most famous scientist of all time? Who is the greatest genius? For many people,

the answer is the physicist, Albert Einstein.Einstein wasn’t a child prodigy. When he was a

baby, he was slow to talk. When he was nine years old, he couldn’t speak well. Einstein left school when he was only fi fteen. He didn’t like the classes. He preferred to study at home with books about mathematics, physics and philosophy.

When he was seventeen, Einstein wanted to study at the Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, but he didn’t pass the entrance examination. Einstein wasn’t a good student, but his ideas changed the way we look at the world. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize.

When he died, a doctor removed his brain to investigate the secrets of his intelligence. Albert Einstein’s brain was smaller than normal because

he was a small person. In 1999, scientists in Canada discovered that the part of Einstein’s brain responsible for mathematical calculations was 15% bigger than normal. In the same year Time magazine named him ‘person of the century’.

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• Find three more facts about the life of Albert Einstein.

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Say what’s wrong

1 Match the pictures with the sentences. Then translate.

1 I’ve got a headache.2 I can’t sleep.3 My stomach hurts.4 I’ve got a cold.

2 Listen to the dialogues. What’s the problem?

1 Monty He’s got a headache.

2 Lucy3 Emma4 Tom

Making suggestions

Why don’t you + infi nitiveWhy don’t you drink some water?

How about + -ing formHow about going to the doctor?

a b

c d

3 Write the correct option.

1 Why don’t you relax / relaxing more and stop thinking about your exams? relax

2 How about take / taking an aspirin?3 Why don’t you lie / lying down and stop

eating those chocolates?4 How about drink / drinking some hot lemon?

4 Match the suggestions with the people in exercise 2. Then listen and check.

1 – Emma

5 Match the parts of the phrases. Listen and check. Then listen and repeat the dialogues.

1 – c

1 What’s a feel well.2 Are you b problem?3 What’s the c wrong?4 I don’t d all right?

6 In pairs, prepare and practise dialogues for these problems.

I’ve got a toothache.My back hurts.I can’t concentrate.

Tell a joke in English

Choose your favourite.

Doctor, Doctor. I think I need glasses.You certainly do Sir, this is a restaurant!

Doctor, Doctor. I feel like a sheep.That’s baaaaaaaaaad!

Doctor, Doctor. I think I’ve got déjà vu!Didn’t I see you yesterday?

Doctor, Doctor. I think I’m invisible.Who said that?

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1 Complete the sentences.

1 Hong Kong is a city in … .2 For most of the 20th century, Hong Kong

was a … colony.3 Hong Kong became part of China in … .

2 Read and check your answers.

3 Match the parts of the sentences.

1 Ming was born in e2 He went to live in Hong Kong at the age of …3 Hong Kong was British when … 4 The Japanese occupied Hong Kong during … 5 Ming didn’t get married until … 6 He worked in a factory and later, …

a he opened a shop.b the Second World War.c Ming arrived there.

d ten.e 1913. f 1946.

4 Complete the sentences with before or after.

1 Ming lived in Shanghai before moving to Hong Kong.

2 … moving there, he spoke English every day.3 His great-grandparents waited for the war

to fi nish … getting married.4 … losing his job, life was hard for Ming. 5 … opening a shop, he worked in a factory.6 He sang to us every evening … coming

home from work.

My family history

After leaving school, he worked for a tea company.

1 Complete the sentences.

1 Hong Kong is a city in … .2 For most of the 20th century, Hong Kong

was a … colony.3 Hong Kong became part of China in … .

2 Read and check your answers.

3 Match the parts of the sentences.

1 Ming was born in e

2 He went to live in Hong Kong at the age of …f3 Hong Kong was British when … 4 The Japanese occupied Hong Kong during …g5 Ming didn’t get married until …6 He worked in a factory and later, …

a he opened a shop.b the Second World War.c Ming arrived there.

d ten.e 1913. f 1946.f

My family history

My great-grandfather, Ming, was born

in Shanghai in 1913, but moved to Hong

Kong at the age of ten. When he arrived,

Hong Kong was British.

After leaving school, he worked for a tea

company. He met my great-grandmother

in 1942, but they didn’t get married

until 1946. During World War II, the

Japanese occupied Hong Kong and Ming

lost his job. After the war, he worked in

a factory and later, he opened a shop.

He died in 1998, a year after Hong Kong

became part of China.

In his free time, Ming loved singing. My

parents say that I have his eyes, but I

don’t have his voice!

Chan Yuk-Lin

Family history project

before / after + -ing form

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5 Make notes. Then write about a person in your family.

Paragraph 1: Early lifeParagraph 2: Life after schoolParagraph 3: Your similarities

6 Now read your work again. Can you fi nd any errors?

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