7A COMMuniCAtiVE History quiz

Student A
aComplete the questions with was / were. bAsk B your questions.
What wasthe old name for New York?
a New Copenhagenb New Rotterdamc New Amsterdam
Where werethe 2012 Summer Olympics?
a Austriab Englandc Japan
Who werethe Marx brothers?
a actorsb musiciansc movie directors
Who wasthe composer of Tosca and Madame Butterfly?
a Verdib Puccinic Rossini
How old wasMarilyn Monroe when she died?
a 28b 36c 42
When wereBarack and Michelle Obama married?
a 1982b 1992c 2002
Where wasSigmund Freud born?
a Germanyb Switzerlandc Austria
What wasthe Titanic’s first (and last) voyage?
a from England to the USb from the US to Englandc from England to Australia
How many countries werein the European Union in 2012?
a 17b 27c 37
What wasthe name of the first Apple computer?
a Apple Ib iMacc Mac Classic
c

Now answer B’s questions.

Student B
aComplete the questions with was / were. bAnswer A’s questions.

Who wereApollo, Zeus, and Pluto?

a Egyptian godsb Roman godsc Greek gods
Where wasthe Incas from?
a Perub Brazilc Venezuela
What country wasthe first to use paper money?
a Japanb Nepalc China
What wasthe name of Michael Jackson’s house?
a Gracelandb Neverlandc Prairie Chapel
Who wasthe last Tsar of Russia?
a Alexander IIIb Ivan the Terriblec Nicholas II
What nationality werethe writers Oscar Wilde and James Joyce?

a Irish b Scottish
c English
17 When the Beijing Olympics?
a 2000 b 2008c 2004
Which of these men wasPresident of the US in 2008?
a George W. Bushb Bill Clintonc Barack Obama
Who wasHenry VIII’s first wife?
a Jane Seymourb Catherine of Aragonc Anne Boleyn
Which wasthe first country to win the World Cup?
a Colombiab Chilec Uruguay

c Ask A your questions.

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7B COMMuniCAtiVE Where’s the match?

A few years ago, Manchester
United played the Spanish team
Deportivo de La Coruña in the
Champions League.
Two Manchester United fans It wasn’t possible to fly to La
wanted to travel to Spain to see the Coruña direct, so they needed to
match. fly to Santiago de Compostela, and
then get
a taxi.

They booked the tickets to

Santiago on the Internet. They checked in at Heathrow When the plane landed, they were
Airport at 9:00 p.m. because their very surprised! It was morning!
flight was at 11:00 at night.

They walked out of the airport and They asked the taxi driver, They weren’t in Spain. They were
stopped a taxi. “Where’s the match?” The taxi in Santiago, the capital of Chile!
driver answered, “What match?”

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7C COMMuniCAtiVE What did you do?
Student A
Guess what your partner did. Complete the sentences with the simple past forms and then check to
see if your guess was correct.
I think you watched American Idol on TV last night. Yes, you’re right. I did.
No, I didn’t. I didn’t watch TV because I went out.

1 I think you watched tv show on TV last night. watch (TV show)

2 I think you got at time yesterday. get up (time)

3 I think you slept for number of hours last sleep (number of

night. hours)
4 I think you had lunch place last Wednesday. have (place)

5 I think you went to place on Saturday night. go (place)

6 I think you made food for dinner yesterday. make (food)

7 I think you came to class transportation come (transportation)

today.
8 I think you went to place for your last go (place)
vacation.

Student B
Guess what your partner did. Complete the sentences with the simple past forms and then check to
see if your guess was correct.
I think you had lunch with your sister yesterday. Yes, you’re right. I did.
No, I didn’t. I had lunch with Paola at school.

1 I think you had lunch with person yesterday. have (person)

2 I think you felt how this morning. feel (how?)

3 I think you drank with your dinner last drink (drink)

night.
4 I think you was place at this time yesterday. be (place)

5 I think you left home at time this morning. leave (time)

6 I think you got for your last birthday. get (present)

7 I think you spented on Facebook yesterday. spend (time)

8 I think you saw movie last month. see (movie)

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