Module 5

Vocabulary

▪ Places in a town

A Draw lines to show where you can do the following.

You can …. at the …

1 buy stamps a theatre

2 have lunch b car park
3 spend the night c café
4 watch a performance d baker’s
5 buy a dress e restaurant
6 see paintings and statues f post office
7 have a coffee g hotel
8 buy a dictionary h clothes shop
9 buy bread i bookshop
10 leave your car j museum

▪ Ancient civilisations

B Fill in the verbs: ruled, transported, worked, fished, played, hunted, discovered, built
and lived.

1 Ancient Greeks transported their goods on 5 The Vikings lived in Scandinavia.

big ships.
2 Before becoming farmers, people fished
and hunted for animals.
3 Queen Victoria ruled England for 63 years.
4 Ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramid
of Giza, one of the seven wonders of the
ancient world.
6 Erik the Red discovered Greenland in
982.
7 The Incas worked in the fields as
farmers.
8 People in the past played music, games
and sports in their free time.

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▪ Structures

C Label the pictures.

1 baths 2 fountain 3 storage room

r………..…

4 castle 5 park

6 temple 7 tower 8 wall

9 bridge 10 pyramid

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Films

D Fill in the correct adjective: funny, scary, terrible, interesting, sad, exciting and
boring.

1 The plot was so boring that James was fast
asleep long before the film finished.
2 We couldn’t stop laughing. The film was so
funny!
3 I watched such a scary film on TV last night
that I couldn’t sleep.
4 I never watch a film a second time no
matter how interesting it is.
5 The film was terrible . So many people
left the cinema before it ended.
6 The adventure film was full of exciting
action scenes so I couldn’t take my eyes
off the screen.
7 The end of the film was very sad. I
couldn’t stop crying.

E Find the types of films.

2
F
1
S A
C N
Across
1 a film full of singing and dancing
M U S
1
I C A L T
2 a funny film
E A
3 a love story
N S
4 a film made of drawings
2
CO M E D Y
5 a film with a lot of adventure
3
RO M A N C E
6 a frightening film
3
F W
Down
4
A N I M A T E D
1 a film about the future
C S
2 a film about magic and adventure
T 5
A C T I O N
3 a film about cowboys
I E
6
HO R R O R R
N N

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▪ Prepositions

F Choose the correct word to fill in the gaps.

1 I'm crazy for going to the cinema. 5 The women in Native American tribes
A for B about C with looked about the children.
A after B for C about
2 The ancient Inca site of Machu Picchu
dates back to 1436. 6 The Cheyene could take their ‘tepees’
A to B back C before away in less than an hour.
A down B away C off
3 They set up their tents along the banks of
the river. 7 Avatar is about an ex-marine and his
A over B across C along adventures on the planet Pandora.
A with B for C about
4 The Navajo lived in houses made of earth
and wood. 8 Queen Elizabeth wanted to set on
A out B of C with colonies in South America.
A up B on C to

G Underline the correct word.

1 Our visit to the zoo/aquarium was
amazing! We saw a lot of sea creatures, but
my favourite were the dolphins.
2 We spent all night on the pool/beach. We
lit a fire, cooked food, played music and
danced.
3 The ancient city had a stone wall with many
high temples/watchtowers.
4 Troy was the capital of the region/fortress
of Troad.
5 The ancient Egyptians used mud bricks/
earth to make their houses.
6 The Vikings were traders/farmers and
transported their goods in big ships.
7 In the 60s, fashion teenagers/fads were
cheap and colourful.
8 The ‘hippy’ style/print is still fashionable.
9 The explorer/emperor built a huge
palace.
10 The person who is in charge of many
ships in a battle is a(n) pirate/admiral.

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Grammar

A Complete the exchanges with: was, were, wasn’t and weren’t.

1 A: Were you at home last night? 4 A: Were you happy to see him?
B: No, we weren’t. We were at Tony’s. B: Yes. I was thrilled!

2 A: What was the weather like in Florida?
B: It was hot and sunny.
3 A: Did you talk to mum? was she angry?
B: She wasn’t angry. In fact, she was very
excited.
5 A: Did you come to see me yesterday?
B: I did. I looked for you everywhere but
you were there.
A: I was at the cafeteria.
6 A: Was my project OK?
B: It was fantastic!

B Underline the correct verb pattern.

1 Ancient Egyptians had/could have a great
civilisation.
2 The Vikings were/could travel fast.
3 The Incas were/had farmers.
4 Drake sailed/could sail the seven seas
attacking Spanish ships.
5 The Navajo couldn’t/weren’t traders.
6 The Cheyenne had/could move their
villages within an hour.

C Put the verbs in the correct column: dance, start, beg, try, stop, pass, like, love,
work, play, exist, deny, cry, follow, die, design, slip, stare, hug, travel, phone, live, hurry,
worry, drop and study.

double the last

-d -ed y  -ied
consonant + -ed
danced started tried begged
liked passed denied stopped
loved worked cried slipped
died Existed hurried travelled
stared followed worried dropped
phoned designed studied hugged
lived

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D Write the past form of the following irregular verbs.

1 bring brought 6 say said

2 be was/were 7 teach taught
3 catch caught 8 have had
4 give gave 9 keep kept
5 run ran 10 get got

E Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

1 I Flew (fly) to Paris last summer.
2 Mum Made (make) an apple pie yesterday.
3 The two old ladies whispered (whisper)
something to each other.
4 She helped (help) her mother with the
chores.
5 We swam (swim) in the sea everyday on holiday.
6 I didn’t (not/do) it mum! Peggy did (do).
7 The blue car stopped (stop) at the traffic
lights.
8 Did they go (they/go) to the theatre last
Monday?

F Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous.

1 Were you watching (you/watch) the match
at ten o’clock last night?
2 Yesterday, we were playing (play) tennis all
afternoon.
3 Mum was reading (read) a book while Dad
was sleeping (sleep) at 5 o’clock yesterday
afternoon.
4 It was raining (rain) all morning yesterday.
5 We weren’t having (not/have) dinner
when the lights went out.
6 Was Ann repairing (Ann/repair) her
computer when he called?
7 Jake was painting (paint) the fence
while Mark was fixing (fix) his bike.
8 When I phoned, Beth wasn’t doing
(not/do) her homework.

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G Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past continuous.

Last Saturday, Mary 1) decided (decide) to spend the day at a mountain camp where her
friends 2) were having (have) a holiday. The day 3) was (be) beautiful. The sun 4) shined
(shine) and the birds 5) sang (sing). When she 6) arrived (arrive) at the camp, she 7) was get
out (get out) of her car and 8) walked (walk) towards her friends’ tent. Their kids 9) were
stilling/ sleeping (still/sleep) while the parents 10) were having (have) breakfast.

They 11) were welcoming (welcome) her and 12) was offering (offer) her some coffee and
biscuits. Mary really 13) needed (need) to spend a day away from the city noise and
immediately 14) was feeling (feel) happy and relaxed. She 15) was knowing (know) this would
be a nice day away from it all.

H Choose the best answer.

1 Jenny could read when she was four 7 Most people didn’t had a television at
years old. home before the 60s.
A could B can C was A had B have C having

2 Was Max studying last night? 8 Did the ancient Egyptians fished in the
A study B studied C studying River Nile?
A fish B fished C fishing
3 Cathy and I was schoolmates.
A was B were C be 9 Mary didn’t know the answer to the
question.
4 The Incas lived in Machu Picchu.
A didn’t B hadn’t C wasn’t
A lived B live C are living
10 The king’s palace were at the center of
5 They weren’t only great builders. They
the city in Troy.
were also good farmers.
A was B had C were
A weren’t B were C wasn’t

6 Did she dance at the party?

A Has B Did C Was

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Reading

Read the text and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).

Albert Einstein - the Hidden Genius

Albert Einstein is a famous name in the world of physics today. However, this was not
always the case. In fact, he failed many times before he became famous for his brains.
Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany. Compared to other children, he learnt
things very slowly. He could not speak at the age of 4 or read until he was 7. When he
eventually spoke, he was very slow and his parents were worried that he was just not as
smart as other children his age. Of course, we now know that they didn’t have anything to
worry about!
At the age of five, his father showed him a compass. He was amazed by how the
needle always pointed north and guessed that there was a special ‘pull’ that people could not
see. After this, he had a huge interest in science. Although he did well in science and
mathematics, throughout school he was an ‘average’ student. In fact, he even failed his first
exam to get into university, because of his bad grades in history, languages and geography.
Despite all this, Einstein went on to become one of the most important men in physics.
He won many awards for his research, including the most impressive of them all, the Nobel
Prize in Physics in 1921.

1 People did not always think Einstein was clever. DS

2 Einstein could speak when he was 4. F
3 Einstein did not enjoy school. F
4 Einstein was interested in science from an early age. T
5 Einstein never got into university. DS
6 Einstein won a Nobel Prize. T

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Listening

You will hear five people talking about films.

Listen and match the sentences to the speakers. One sentence DOES NOT
match.

A I only watch films in the cinema.

B I don’t like watching films that much. Speaker 1
C Films make me feel relaxed. Speaker 2
D Technology makes a film worth watching. Speaker 3
E I think going to the cinema is too expensive. Speaker 4
F I enjoy comedies the most. Speaker 5

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