Name: _____________ Class:___

UNIT 7: WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?

Task 1: Match the words to make sentences.

1. Word War II ended on 1837.
2. People began speaking English over 1,500 years ago.
3. Queen Victoria became Queen of England in eight years.
4. Cleopatra lived from 69 B.C. to 30 B.C.
5. Barack Obama was the U.S. president for September 2, 1945.

Task 2: Listen to the sentences. Write letters to complete the missing words.
1. W _ _ _
2. M _ _ _
3. P _ _ _ _ _ _
4. M _ _ _ _ _ _
5. O _ _ _ _ _ _
Task 3: Complete the conversation.
Wei:    You know a lot about the Titanic, don’t you?
Zoe:     Um, I guess so.
Wei:     Do you know when it sank?
Zoe:     It sank over a hundred years 1.____________, 2.___________ April 15, 1912—
during its first and only voyage.
Wei:     When did it set sail?
Zoe:     It left England 3. ________ April 10. On its way to New York City, it hit an iceberg.
That was 4. ________ April 14, at 11:40 p.m. The ship stayed afloat 5. __________ less than
three hours.
Wei:    Wow. It didn’t take long for the ship to sink.
Zoe:    No, it didn’t. 6. _________ 11:40 p.m 7. _________ 2:10 a.m., the lights on the ship
stayed on. But at 2:10, the lights went out and everything was dark.
Wei:     How frightening!
Zoe:     It was terrifying. At 2:20 a.m., the ship broke in half. After that, it took just a few
minutes for the Titanic to reach the ocean floor. Many people lost their lives.
Wei:     That’s really sad. So when did Robert Ballard discover the shipwreck?
Zoe:     8. __________1985. The ship was lost 9. ___________ 73 years.
Wei:     That’s amazing. OK, last question. Did you like the movie?
Zoe:     The 1997 film? I saw it a long time 10. _________, but yes, I liked it a lot. 
Task 4: Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box.
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1. If something you find helps you solve a mystery, it’s a ________.
2. People in a burning building will want to _________.
3. That laptop is mine. It doesn’t _________to you.
4. If you dig a hole and put something underground, you ________ it.
5. If you come up with an idea to explain something, that idea is a _____.
6. Many people like gold and diamonds because they are _______.

Task 5: Put the word in the correct place.

General Nouns Specific Nouns