FAMOUS

WOMEN
 Famous women
Lexical sets Poziom podstawowy
ZESTAW 1

Warm-up
Wpisz
Answerobok
the numeru
questions.zadania
Choosewyraz,
a or b. który poprawnie uzupełnia obydwa zdania.
Wymagana jest pełna poprawność gramatyczna i ortograficzna wpisywanych wyrazów.
1. Who is the Head of State in the UK?

1. a. The President b. The King or the Queen

Everybody was surprised when she was appointed of marketing.
2. Which woman was the First Lady in the USA and then the Secretary of State?
Last week a famous film visited our school and talked about the secrets of filmmaking.
a. Hillary Clinton b. Michelle Obama
2.
They3.have no chance
Which womanof winning,
used so they
to be the Primeshould justinwave
Minister the white
the UK? and give up.
How many colours does the Italian have, two or three?
a. Theresa May b. Diana Spencer
3.
How4.long
Which is one
did he holdof the houses
as theofminister
the British Parliament?
of education?
He works from home and goes to the head only once or twice a month.
a. The House of Lords b. The House of Representatives
4.
5. Which is the house of the United State Congress?
If you are really hungry, there are still two or three boxes of pizza.
It was very cold outside, so when
a. The House of Commons the children came back
b. The Senate home, they looked stiff.

5. 6. Who is the Head of State in Australia?

Yesterday Poland by four goals to one against Portugal.
a. The President of
His opponent was no match Australia
for Barry, sob.
heThe King orthe
thegame
Queen of the
hands UK
down.

6. 7. Who is responsible for actually running the country in the UK?

Last year they on holiday to Greece but this year they are staying at home.
a. The Prime Minister b. The King or the Queen
Please don’t make any noise because Jake to sleep only ten minutes ago.

7.
Queen Elizabeth II served the United Kingdom for over seventy years even though she wasn’t supposed
When
to be ahe works
queen atin
all.his workshop,
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her uncle, loses VIII, who of
King Edward wastime.
the heir to the throne in 1936.
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he hadn’t 1 title
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Elisabeth’s on King
father the album.
George VI wouldn’t have become the king.
As a consequence, she wouldn’t have become queen either, and thus the longest reigning monarch
8.
in the history of the United Kingdom. Elizabeth’s coronation ceremony on 2 June 1953 was the first to
be broadcast
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is interested onacting,
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so she 27 million people inof
a member the United
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he concentrates attechnology
the age of 96 after
and 72 years oneffects
its long-term the throne
on but if sheas had lived two
a whole.
years longer, she would have become the longest reigning monarch in the whole history of the world.
9.
Liz Truss used to be the person in charge of the currently 2_________________ party in UK, the
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think on anthe queen’s
English death.
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begins agedthe
47, became Y? the _________________ of the
3

Conservative Party only one day earlier. In her exposé she promised to focus her efforts on the economy
10.
of the state, particularly on the energy crisis, cost-of-living crisis and the healthcare system. However,
Ms Truss
Which cutsturned outprefer:
do you to be the shortest serving
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afteris45
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and egg she was going to quit.
so nobody canShe hadn’t
say whichmanaged to deal with the crisis that
is the cause
has been devastating Great Britain for quite a long time.
and which is the effect.

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The first woman to climb higher in the country’s leadership than any woman ever before her. The first
Black American
Wpisz obok numeruwoman at the highest
zadania level ofpoprawnie
wyraz, który politics in the country.obydwa
uzupełnia The first zdania.
South Asian American
woman to be 4
_________________
Wymagana jest pełna poprawność
the Vice President. Kamala Harris, the
gramatyczna i ortograficzna wpisywanych
daughter of wyrazów.
an Indian mother and
Jamaican father, is now the 49 Vice President of the United States of America _________________ by the
th 5

President Joe Biden on 11 August 2020. She used to be the District Attorney of San Francisco, Attorney
General of California and a U.S. Senate member. From the earliest days of her childhood, she was taught
1.
that the road to racial justice was long. Through all the years of her exceptionally successful career, she
Everybody was surprised when
has been 6_________________ shewords
by the was appointed
she once said in court:of marketing.
‘Kamala Harris, for the people’.
Last week a famous film visited our school and talked about the secrets of filmmaking.
Jacinda Ardern /dʒəˈsɪndə ɑːrˈdɜːrn/, (born in 1980 to a Mormon family) was chosen the youngest New
2.
Zealand’s prime minister at the age of 37. She is the world’s youngest female head of government. She became
They have no
renowned chance her
by leading of winning, so they
New Zealand should
Labour justtowave
Party the white
a surprising victory in theand give
2017 7 up.
_________________
election. When she was younger, she worked and gained experience for two and a half years in the cabinet
How many colours does the Italian have, two or three?
office of British Prime Minister Tony Blair. She’s called a ‘rock star’ politician. As a Prime Minister, Ms Ardern
3.
calls for free university education, reductions in immigration, decriminalisation of abortion, and the creation
of new
How programs
long to alleviate poverty
did he hold among children.
as the minister of education?
He works from home and goes to the head only once or twice a month.
1. Read the texts. Put the missing words back in the texts. Two words are given extra and will not be used.
4.
If you are really hungry, there are still two or three boxes of pizza.
abdicated appointed elected female governing guided leader parliamentary politics
It was very cold outside, so when the children came back home, they looked stiff.

5.
2. Who do the sentences refer to? Why?
Yesterday Poland by four goals to one against Portugal.
1. She almost
His opponent was nobroke the for
match world record.
Barry, so he the game hands down.
___________________________
6. 2. No woman in the history of her country had ever held such a position.
Last year ___________________________
they on holiday to Greece but this year they are staying at home.
3. She reached her
Please don’t make any noise position at a younger
because Jake age than to anyone before
sleep only ten her.
minutes ago.
___________________________
7. 4. No one expected her to win the elections.
___________________________
When he
5. She works
was in his workshop,
appointed he always
to her position byloses of time.
the Head of State at the last moment.
I think that the title is the best piece on the album.
___________________________
6. She may not have become who she became if a member of her family hadn’t changed his plans.
8. ___________________________
She 7. She has held
is interested some other
in acting, so shekey positions
became in her country.
a member of the drama .
___________________________
In his research, he concentrates on technology and its long-term effects on as a whole.

9.
I can’t understand why Albert sent me a hand-written instead of an email.
Could you think on an English word that begins with the Y?

10.
Which cuts do you prefer: breasts or wings?
This is a typical and egg problem, so nobody can say which is the cause
and which is the effect.

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3. What do the following numbers refer to?

Wpisz obok numeru zadania wyraz, który poprawnie uzupełnia obydwa zdania.
Example:
1953 Queenjest
Wymagana Elisabeth’s
pełna coronation ceremony
poprawność took place
gramatyczna in 1953.
i ortograficzna wpisywanych wyrazów.

1. 27
1. ____________________________________________________________________________
2. 72
Everybody was surprised when she was appointed of marketing.
____________________________________________________________________________
Last 3. 15 a famous film
week visited our school and talked about the secrets of filmmaking.
____________________________________________________________________________
2. 4. 2020
____________________________________________________________________________
They5.have
37 no chance of winning, so they should just wave the white and give up.
How many colours does the Italian have, two or three?
____________________________________________________________________________
6. 2.5
3. ____________________________________________________________________________
7.
How long2017
did he hold as the minister of education?
____________________________________________________________________________
He works from home and goes to the head only once or twice a month.
4. I n the texts find the words that correspond with the following definitions.
4. Choose from the highlighted expressions.
If you are really hungry, there are still two or three boxes of pizza.
1. a person who will have the legal right to the throne when their predecessors die: __________________
It was
2. to be a king or a queen and rule the country __________________ looked
very cold outside, so when the children came back home, they stiff.
3. the person who is in charge of a whole organisation or a country: : __________________
5. 4. to tell people officially about something, to make something known publicly: __________________
5. thePoland
Yesterday people in control of a group,
by four country,
goals to or situation:
one against __________________
Portugal.
6. famous, well-known: __________________
His opponent was no match for Barry, so he the game hands down.
7. to leave, stop or resign from something: __________________
6.
5. Who may these parts of biographies refer to?
LastOn thethey
year basis of the text
on try to figure
holiday out which
to Greece but women
this yearthe pieces
they of information
are staying at home. are about.
Please
1. don’t make
In 2018 sheany noise
gave birthbecause Jake
to her first to sleepthe
child, and became only ten
first minutes
leader ago.
of a country in 30 years to give
birth while in office.
7. ___________________________
When 2. heShe earned
works a Bachelor
in his workshop, of he
Artalways
degreeloses
in political science and economics from Howard University
of time.
in 1986 and a law degree from Hastings College of Law.
I think that the title is the best piece on the album.
___________________________
3. In 2007 she was elected President of the International Union of Socialist Youth. The following year
8. she entered Parliament as a list candidate. At age 28 she entered the House of Representatives as
its youngest
She is interested member.
in acting, so she became a member of the drama .
___________________________
In his research, he concentrates on technology and its long-term effects on as a whole.
4. On 26 March 1996, she visited Poland and gave an unforgettable speech in the lower chamber of
9. Polish parliament – the Sejm.
___________________________
I can’t
5. understand
Though shewhy Albert
is now sent me
proudly a hand-written
dedicated instead
to her party’s policy to the of huge
an email.
shock of her left-leaning
Could you parents,
think back
on anthen she was
English word a Scottish liberal.
that begins with the Y?
___________________________
10. 6. She was always famous for her neon outfits — she used to choose them so that people who had
waited hours to see her would be able to catch a glimpse of her brightly coloured clothes
Which cuts do you prefer:
___________________________ breasts or wings?
This 7.
is aShe
typical
met Douglasand eggon
Emhoff problem, so nobody
a blind date can
which was say
set upwhich
by oneisofthe
hercause
friends, and they got married in
2014 at the
and which is the effect.Santa Barbara Courthouse. The 56-year-old Douglas is a lawyer by profession, just like her.
___________________________

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 Famous women
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Key:
Wpisz obok numeru zadania wyraz, który poprawnie uzupełnia obydwa zdania.
WARM UP
Wymagana jest pełna poprawność gramatyczna i ortograficzna wpisywanych wyrazów.
1.b, 2.a, 3.a, 4.a, 5.b, 6.b, 7.a

EXERCISE 1:
1.
1. abdicated 2. governing 3. leader 4. elected 5. appointed 6. guided 7. parliamentary
Everybody was surprised when she was appointed of marketing.
Last week a famous film visited our school and talked about the secrets of filmmaking.
EXERCISE 2:
2. 1. Queen Elizabeth (if she had lived 2 years longer, she would have become the longest ruling monarch
They have in the
no world)
chance of winning, so they should just wave the white and give up.
2. Kamala
How many colours Harris (shethe
does was the first black,have,
Italian American
two orwoman,
three?whose origins are South Asian American)
3. Jacinda Arden (she became a Prime Minister at the age of 37)
3. 4. Jacinda Arden (her party won unexpectedly in 2017)
5. Liz Truss (Queen Elisabeth appointed her two days before she died)
How6.long did he
Queen hold
Elisabeth as the minister
(Elisabeth’s of education?
uncle, King Edward VIII, abdicated in 1936; after the death of her
He works from home and goes to the head
father, King George VI, 25-year-old Elizabeth became only once or twice a month.
queen)
7. Kamala Harris (the District Attorney of San Francisco, Attorney General of California and a U.S. Senate
4. member)
If you are really hungry, there are still two or three boxes of pizza.
ItEXERCISE
was very 3: cold outside, so when the children came back home, they looked stiff.
1. 27 million people watched the coronation ceremony on TV in UK.
5. 2. Queen Elisabeth II ruled the country / was the Head of Stated / was the Queen for 72 years.
3. Liz Truss was the 15th Prime Minister nominated by Queen Elisabeth II.
Yesterday Poland by four goals to one against Portugal.
4. Kamala Harris was appointed the Vice President by Joe Biden in 2020.
His opponent
5. Jasindawas no match
Ardern became fora Barry, so he at the age
Prime Minister the of
game
37. hands down.
6. Jasinda Ardern worked in Tony Blair’s office for 2.5 years.
6.
7. New Zealand’s Labour Party won the elections in 2017.
Last year they on holiday to Greece but this year they are staying at home.
EXERCISE
Please don’t4:make any noise because Jake to sleep only ten minutes ago.
1.heir, 2.reign, 3.head, 4.announce, 5.leadership, 6.renowned, 7.quit
7.
EXERCISE
When 5: in his workshop, he always loses
he works of time.
Key and suggested explanations
I think that the title is the best piece on the album.
1. Jacinda Ardent (she’s the only one young enough to have kids)
8. 2. Kamala Harris (she must have graduated from law if she used to be an attorney)
3. Jacinda Ardent (she’s the only one young enough who could have been the president of Socialist
She is interested
Youth) in acting, so she became a member of the drama .
In his
4.research,
ElisabethheII concentrates
(26 years ago it oncould
technology and
only have its long-term
been Elisabeth IIeffects on a speechas
who gave in aParliament)
whole.
5. Liz Truss (she is right wing now, she used to be liberal in Scotland, UK)
9. 6. Elisabeth II (past forms used, she’s the only one who passed away)
7. understand
I can’t Kamala Harris why(she’s
Alberta lawyer,
sent me Santa Barbara is in the USA)instead of an email.
a hand-written
Could you think on an English word that begins with the Y?

10.
Which cuts do you prefer: breasts or wings?
This is a typical and egg problem, so nobody can say which is the cause
and which is the effect.

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