Project 4ed - Level 5 - Photocopiable Activities - Unit 1

Past simple and past continuous
You went to a party recently. Read the questions and

take turns to write answers. Then read about what
happened at the party.
1 When did you arrive at the party?
2 Who did you meet there?
3 What were they doing at the party?
4 What were they wearing?
5 What suddenly happened?
6 What did the people at the party do?
7 How did you feel when all this happened?
8 What happened in the end?
© OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2014 • PHOTOCOPIABLE Project Fourth edition 5 Unit 1 Problems
Present perfect and past simple
Student A 2 You are going to meet a famous rock star at a party.
1 You are a famous film star. Read your biography. You think you have met before, but you are not sure.
Prepare questions to find out whether you have met
before. Then interview your partner and write down
their answers.
1 you / ever / live in the USA?
what / you / do there?
2 you / ever / work in France?

where / you / work?
when / you / leave France?
Alex Starr
You are a famous film star. You lived and studied 3 what / you / do in 2012?
at an art college in the USA from 2005 to 2008,
but in 2009 your family moved to France. You 4 you / ever / visit Italy?
worked at a theatre in Paris from 2009 to 2011.
why / you / go there?
Then you returned to the USA. In 2012, you
appeared in your first film called Midnight Train,
which made you extremely popular. Since 2013 5 you / ever / live in London?
you’ve lived in Italy, because you work as an how long / you / live there?
interviewer on Radio 5 in Milan. Last month, what / you / do last month?
you interviewed several famous guests.
3 Have you met before? Where and when did you meet?
✂
Student B 2 You are going to meet a famous film star at a party.
1 You are a famous rock star. Read your biography. Prepare questions to find out where and when you
have met before. Then interview your partner and
write down their answers.
1 you / ever / live in the USA?
what / you / do there?
2 you / ever / work in France?

where / you / work?
Chris Fame
when / you / leave France?
You are a famous rock star. You studied at a 3 what / you / do in 2010?
music college in the USA until 2004. In 2005,
your family moved to France and you worked 4 you / ever / visit London?
in Paris from 2005 to 2007. Then you returned
why / you / go there?
to the USA. In 2010, you wrote a soundtrack
for a film called Midnight Adventure, which
made your band extremely popular. In 2012, 5 you / ever / live in Italy?
you went on a six-month tour around Italy with how long / you / live there?
your band. You have lived in London for the what / you / do last month?
last three months, but a month ago you flew to
Italy. There, you appeared on Radio 5 in Milan
and gave a major interview about your life.
3 Have you met before? Where and when did you meet?
Describing people (appearance and personality)
The adjectives game
Work with a partner. Find seven pairs of opposite adjectives to reach the finish.
You can move one word at a time, in any direction.
START
STRONG
WELL-BUILT
GENEROUS POPULAR KIND
EXCITED
PRETTY SLIM PLAIN
MEAN
POLITE CHEERFUL
TIRED TALL OVERWEIGHT
NOISY DARK HANDSOME INTERESTING

BAD
CLEAR UGLY ANGRY GOOD

HONEST
CAREFUL ATTRACTIVE
FREE NICE DIFFERENT
SURPRISED
SHORT HORRIBLE STUPID GORGEOUS
EASY
SHORT HELPFUL
GREAT INTELLIGENT
FUNNY YOUNG
HAPPY QUIET
BUSY
BORING CONFIDENT SHY

SLOW
FRIENDLY
FINISH
Problems with objects
Bingo game
BINGO! BINGO!
key battery printer cake CD hairdryer DVD key battery printer cake CD hairdryer DVD
sunglasses computer wheel button trousers sunglasses computer wheel button trousers
balloon TV window jeans cup shoes fridge balloon TV window jeans cup shoes fridge
coin door socks car bag glass toast tyre ball coin door socks car bag glass toast tyre ball
BINGO! BINGO!
BINGO! BINGO!
BINGO! BINGO!
I’ve done it!
Find someone who ...
Talk to your classmates and find students who have done each of the activities recently.
Find someone who ... Name
has seen a new film. Which film? What did

you think of it?
1
has met someone new. Who? What did

you talk about?
2
has cooked a meal. What? Did you like it?
has passed a test. In what subject?
has done a sport. Which sport?
has received more than ten Who from?

text messages.
6
has downloaded a song. What was the name of

the singer or band?
What did you think of it?
7
has read a book. Which book?

What was it about?
8
Talking about a problem
PROBLEM: wrong size PROBLEM: a funny noise
YOU WOULD LIKE: a smaller size YOU WOULD LIKE: an exchange
PROBLEM: not working PROBLEM: torn
YOU WOULD LIKE: a refund YOU WOULD LIKE: a refund
PROBLEM: wrong size PROBLEM: burnt
YOU WOULD LIKE: a big one YOU WOULD LIKE: an exchange
PROBLEM: buttons missing PROBLEM: scratched
YOU WOULD LIKE: a refund YOU WOULD LIKE: an exchange
Music festivals
1 01 Do you know these bands and musicians?
Match them to the famous festivals they played
at. Then listen and check.
l
1 Woodstock Festiva
stiva l
2 Monterey Jazz Fe 3 GLastonbury Fest
ival
uis
a Duke Ellington and Lo b
Pulp and Oasis
c Janis Joplin and
Armstrong Jimi Hendrix
Two famous British ind
z ie
Two great American jaz bands from the 1990s. Two famous American
19 50s. m
musicians of the 19 30 s− They both play guitars hippies and rock stars fro
yed the and Jop lin wa s
Duke Ellington pla drums and sing songs the 1960s. Janis
ng about rix
piano and Louis Armstro life and love. a singer and Jimi He nd
played the trumpet. was a guitarist.
2 01 Listen again. Complete the chart.
Monterey Jazz
Woodstock Festival Glastonbury Festival
Festival
1 Where is / was the festival?
2 How long does / did it last?
What kind of music do / did

3
the bands play?
What do / did the musicians
4
wear?
3 Work with a partner. Think of a famous music festival which took place in your
country last year. Answer the questions in exercise 2.
4 Work in a group. Imagine you are the organizer of a festival.

Design a poster for the festival. Include information about these things.
• which bands you can see there
• what type of activities you can do there
• what type of people should come to the festival and what they should wear
• where it is, how long it lasts, and how much it costs
5 Tell your classmates about the festival. How many

of your classmates would like to attend your festival?
??
History: trading journeys
1 Read about the trading journeys of the ancient Egyptians. Tick (✓) the places on the map where they
travelled to buy or sell their goods.
The trading journeys

of
Ancient Egypt
Five thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians
had a great civilization along the River Nile in the
north of Africa. It was a very fertile area, so the
Egyptians produced a lot of grain, which they used
to make bread. They exported fruit, salt and grain
to other countries in the region in exchange for
exotic goods which they didn’t have. For example,
Egypt had wood from Syria, because Egyptian trees
weren’t good enough for making ships. Greece
provided Egypt with wine to drink, silver for
making jewellery, and olive oil, which they used
to cook food. Cyprus provided the country with
copper, an expensive metal which they used to attacked and robbed ships which were carrying
make jewellery as well as cups and bowls. The Land expensive goods. On their voyages, the Egyptians
of Punt in eastern Africa provided gold, ivory from exported papyrus (a type of ancient paper), fruit,
elephants’ tusks, and wild animals such as monkeys salt, grain and other types of food, as well as
and giraffes. And Nubia (in modern Sudan) luxury goods, such as jewellery, glass and mirrors.
provided Egypt with precious stones. They also sold knives, spears and other weapons
to people from other countries. When they
Travelling by sea was the cheapest and fastest way returned from their voyages, Egyptian traders had
of transporting goods at that time, and the ancient wonderful stories to tell, and Egyptian artists drew
Egyptians were great travellers. However, their sea pictures of the people and animals in the traders’
voyages were often very dangerous, because there stories. We can still see these pictures on the walls
were a lot of pirates in the Mediterranean Sea who of ancient Egyptian temples today.
2 Look at the list of goods ancient Egyptians bought from the places on the map in exercise 1.
Read the text again and match the goods to the countries.
wood wine olive oil animals precious stones metals
3 Look at the wordsearch. Read the clues and find seven things that Egyptians sold abroad.
G R A I N J M I B U 1 People use this to make bread.
A I K C L O I U D J 2 Lemons, oranges, and apples.
W T M F H U R T P E 3 People put this white thing in food to make it taste better.
E L D R T I R I N W 4 Women wear it on their fingers, wrists and necks.
A D C U B S O S O E 5 These are used for fighting.
P O T I L A R K E L 6 A type of paper used in ancient Egypt.
O T Y T H R S A W L
7 You can see yourself in it.
N E R I M E A O P E
S R T U S A L T I R
T P A P Y R U S R Y

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Past simple and past continuous

You went to a party recently. Read the questions and

1 When did you arrive at the party?

2 Who did you meet there?

3 What were they doing at the party?

4 What were they wearing?

5 What suddenly happened?

6 What did the people at the party do?

7 How did you feel when all this happened?

8 What happened in the end?

2 you / ever / work in France?

2 you / ever / work in France?

NOISY DARK HANDSOME INTERESTING

CLEAR UGLY ANGRY GOOD

BORING CONFIDENT SHY

Find someone who ... Name

has seen a new ﬁlm. Which ﬁlm? What did

has met someone new. Who? What did

has cooked a meal. What? Did you like it?

has passed a test. In what subject?

has done a sport. Which sport?

has received more than ten Who from?

has downloaded a song. What was the name of

has read a book. Which book?

PROBLEM: wrong size PROBLEM: a funny noise

YOU WOULD LIKE: a smaller size YOU WOULD LIKE: an exchange

PROBLEM: not working PROBLEM: torn

YOU WOULD LIKE: a refund YOU WOULD LIKE: a refund

PROBLEM: wrong size PROBLEM: burnt

YOU WOULD LIKE: a big one YOU WOULD LIKE: an exchange

PROBLEM: buttons missing PROBLEM: scratched

YOU WOULD LIKE: a refund YOU WOULD LIKE: an exchange

2 01 Listen again. Complete the chart.

1 Where is / was the festival?

2 How long does / did it last?

What kind of music do / did

4 Work in a group. Imagine you are the organizer of a festival.

5 Tell your classmates about the festival. How many

The trading journeys

wood wine olive oil animals precious stones metals

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