Module 6

Vocabulary
Famous people

1 Fill in the letters.

Sir Isaac Newton was an

Jules Verne was a French
English 1) p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5) w_ _ _ _ _ .
and mathematician.

Leonardo da Vinci was an

Italian 2) p_ _ _ _ _ _,
sculptor and engineer.

Elizabeth I was 6) Q_ _ _ _
of England.
Frank Sinatra was an
American 3) a_ _ _ _ and
4) s_ _ _ _ _ .

How to say/write years in words

2 Write the years in words, as in the example.

1 1038 ten thirty-eight

2 1157 ______________________
3 1403 ______________________
4 1600 ______________________
5 1900 ______________________
6 2000 ______________________
7 2008 ______________________
8 2015 ______________________

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Means of transport

3 Complete the gaps with the correct means of transportation

1 You can go across the ocean in the air. – p_ _ _ _
2 You can pay the driver of this car to drive you home. – t_ _ _
3 You can go across the sea on water. – s_ _ _
4 You can drive your family to a place. – c_ _
5 You can ride this means of transport and go faster than a bicycle. – m_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
6 You can ride in the air above the city. – h_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
7 You can travel around the city with lots of people. – b_ _

Prepositions
4 Fill in the correct preposition. Use: in, on (x2), by.
1 _______ bus/train/tram/plane/bike//motorcycle/car/taxi
2 _______ a bicycle/motorcycle/bus/train/tram/plane/ship
3 _______ a car/taxi/helicopter
4 _______ foot

Opposites

5 Replace the adjectives in bold with their opposites from the list below.
• expensive ·• fast ·• relaxing ·• exciting

1 This new train is very slow. It can travel at about 300 km/h! _______________
2 Our visit to the zoo was boring. We had a great time! _______________
3 The plane tickets were very cheap – we paid €1000! _______________
4 I think that travelling by train is more tiring that travelling by bus. _______________

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Animals

6 a Choose the correct item.

1 A giraffe is a tall wild animal with a long neck/trunk.
2 A cat is a pet with a long beak/tail.
3 A snake is a wild animal with a long body/neck.
4 An elephant is a large wild animal with a long trunk/beak and big ears.
5 A lion is a wild animal with a thick fur/mane.
6 A duck is a bird that can swim in the water and has long ears/wings.
7 A parrot is a bird with small eyes and a sharp beak/trunk.
8 A rabbit is a wild animal or pet with thick mane/fur and long ears.
9 A horse is an animal that has a large body and long thin ears/legs.

b Now, match animal descriptions (1-9) to pictures (A-I).

A B
A C
A

D
A A
E A
F

G
A H
A A
I

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Collocations

7 Complete the sentences. Use: present, talk, station, bag, tour, gallery, life.
1 It didn’t happen in a film. It happened in real ________________ .
2 We slept outside in a sleeping ________________ .
3 Helen had a guided ________________ at the museum.
4 I gave Eva a birthday ________________ when she was 16 years old.
5 There were many paintings in the main ________________ .
6 The Queen is going to give a ________________ on Saturday.
7 I met Jack at the tube ________________ .

Grammar
was (past simple of the verb to be)
8 Put the words in the correct order. Change be to the correct form.
1 last/year/you/London/be/in?
2 I/no/be/not.
3 playwright/Shakespeare/a/be.
4 a/friends/museum/my/be/yesterday/at.
5 a/week/people/on/be/ship/last/those?
6 they/yes/be.
7 at/not/I/restaurant/a/last/be/night.
8 in/happy/London/we/be.
___________________________________________
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Past simple (regular verbs)

9 Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

1 They ___________________ (move) to Paris last year.
2 I ___________________ (try) lots of different pies at the food market yesterday morning.
3 You ___________________ (not/pay) for out tickets – I did!
4 Ben and Sue ___________________ (plan) their holiday in detail.
5 We ___________________ (not/enter) the museum yesterday because it was crowded.
6 Jon ___________________ (stay) late at work yesterday evening.
7 Jane ___________________ (travel) to Canada three times last year.
8 The boys ___________________ (not/study) for their exams last night.

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Past simple (irregular verbs)

10 Complete the dialogue with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
Jan: Hi Sue! How are you? You’re back from New York!
Sue: Yes, we 1) ___________ (get) back last night.
Jan: How was it?
Sue: Great! We 2) ___________ (have) a great time!
Jan: What did you do? Tell me all about it!
Sue: We 3) ___________ (see) some sights like The Statue of Liberty and The Empire State Building.
We also 4) ___________ (go) to the Museum of Modern Art. I 5) ___________ (buy) a nice
poster. I also 6) ___________ (ride) a bicycle in Central Park.
Jan: Did you like the food there?
Sue: Yes, I loved it! I 7) ___________ (cannot) stop eating!
Jan: I know. You 8) ___________ (write) me about that. Well, it sounds like a great experience.
Sue: I 9) ___________ (think) it was amazing! I 10) ___________ (take) lots of photos.
Jan: I would love to see some.

11 Write these sentences in the negative.

1 I met my friends at the mall yesterday morning.
________________________________________________________________
2 They went to an art gallery last weekend.
________________________________________________________________
3 James drank two cups of English tea.
________________________________________________________________
4 The twins broke the souvenirs.
________________________________________________________________
5 You drove your parents to the airport last Saturday.
________________________________________________________________
6 We ate at an Italian restaurant last night.
________________________________________________________________

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Past simple (interrogative/short answers)

12 Use the prompts to ask and answer questions that are true for you, as in the
example.
1 you/meet/your friends/last weekend?
Did you meet your friends last weekend?
Yes, I did./No, I didn’t.
2 your/dad/walk/to work/yesterday morning?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
3 your best friend/send/you/an email/yesterday?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
4 your parents/watch/a film/last night?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
5 it/rain/yesterday?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
6 your family/go/on a trip/last summer?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

Past simple (question words)

13 Use the question words in the list below to write questions, as in the example.
• what ·• where ·• how ·• why ·• what time ·• when ·• who

1 We saw lots of exhibits at the museum.
2 Tom arrived in Paris yesterday evening.
3 Emma flew to Rome to visit her grandparents.
4 The students spent the night at the museum.
5 Mary saw a famous painter at the gallery.
6 They got to England by plane.
7 The guided tour started at 10 am.
What did you see at the museum?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

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Reading
14 Read the text and answer the questions.

Queen Victoria: the grandmother of Europe

Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent was born in May of 1819 at Kensington Palace in London. Her
father was the fourth son of the King of England, George III. Three of the sons died before 1830, and
one of them was Victoria’s father. The last son, William IV, became the king in 1830. When he died in
1837, Victoria became the queen at 18 years old.
Once she became Queen, Victoria decided to move into Buckingham Palace, and was the first member
of the royal family to live there. Three years later, she married Prince Albert at the age of 21. Their
marriage became one of the most famous marriages in history, and Victoria remained Queen of England
for 63 years until she died in 1901. Victoria’s time as Queen was the longest of any British king or queen
until Queen Elizabeth II.
During her time as Queen, Victoria had 9 children. Many of them eventually married princes or
princesses of other European countries. As a result, Queen Victoria had 42 grandchildren all over the
continent by the end of her life. That’s why people called her the grandmother of Europe.

1 Who was the king the year before Victoria became the queen?
___________________________________________________
2 How old was she when she became the queen?
___________________________________________________
3 When did she get married?
___________________________________________________
4 How long was Victoria queen?
___________________________________________________
5 How many children did Queen Victoria have?
___________________________________________________
6 Why did people call her the grandmother of Europe?
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Listening
15 Listen to Sarah talking about her holiday. For questions 1-4 choose the correct
answer (A, B or C).
1 Where did Sarah go on holiday?
A England
B Austria
C France

2 What was the weather like?

A warm
B cool
C rainy

3 What activity did Sarah do during her holiday?

A She went on a guided tour.
B She went shopping.
C She visited some museums.

4 What was Sarah’s favourite food or drink?

A cakes
B sandwiches
C coffee

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Portfolio Activity
Imagine you went on holiday to your favourite place with your parents for one week.
Describe what you did each day. Some days, your mother and father did different
things.

Friday
My parents and I arrived in _______ in the (afternoon).

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday
We left ________ (early in the morning).

We had a great holiday!

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