Practice
Who were they?
1 Who are the people in the photos? Match the
people 1-9.and the jobs in the box.
Ll princess: (_] expuoror
Li boxer Ci politician
[scientist 5] writer
[i astronaut [F] architect
Di actor
2 GBB Listen and write when they were born.
Neil Armstrong was
3 QED Listen and repeat the questions and born in, in Ohio,
answers
Who was Neil Armstrong?
He was an astronaut.
Where was he born?
In Ohio, in the US.
When was he born?
In 1930.
Work with a partner, Ask and answer the
questions about the other people.
Negatives and pronunciation
4 Complete the sentences. 4 Nelson Mandela was born
AA Steve Jobs was an architect in__, in Mvezo,
B No, he wasn't. He was an South Africa
A Steve Jobs and Neil Armstrong were
English.
B No, they werent. They were
Listen and repeat
1 The negative of was is wasn’t (= wasnot)
The negative of were is weren't = ere not)
2 Listen and repeat.
1 2 wa!
‘A Hewasanarchitect, A They were English
B No.he wasnt. B No,they weren't
7. Leo Tolstoy was born in
in Yasnaya
Polyana,
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2 Diana Spencer was
born in
Sandringham, England,
5 Muhammad All was
born in
Louisville, in the US.
8 Carrie Fisher was born in
in the US.
+ in California,3. Zaha Hadid was born in
6 Christopher Columbus
was born in
in Genoa, Italy.
was born in
in Warsaw,
5 Correct the information.
1 Christopher Columbus was a scientist.
No he wasnt | He was anexplorer |
2. Zaha Hadid was a princess.
No, sh ! !
3. Marie Curie was born in 1919,
No,she___!
4 Diana Spencer and Amy Winehouse were born in the US.
No they __! 1
5 Nelson Mandela and Neil Armstrong were both politicians.
No,they___!Mandela_a politician, but Armstrong_!
6 Leo Tolstoy was an Italian actor.
No,he___! !
(GERB Listen and check. Practise with a partner.
Today and yesterday
6 Whatis true for you? Tella partner.
Today is
Monday /Tuesday / Wednesda
Vesterday Wal ee it |
[Today tm.
Yesterday | was...
‘Today the weathers.
Yesterday the weather was
Today my parents are ..
Yesterday my parents were ...
at school / at home /at work .
hot / cold / wet / lovely / horrible ...
jathome /at work...
Checkit
7 Complete the sentences with was, wasn, were, or werent
1 Where was your mother born?
2 When your parents born?
3. Myparents__born in 1965. My father was born in
1962, and my mother in 1967,
4 No.1 ‘on holiday in Barcelona in 2015.
5 he at home yesterday?”
No he
6° you at work yesterday?”
“Yes, we
7 they at school yesterday morning?”
‘No, they :
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