Module 5

Vocabulary

 Places in a town

A Draw lines to show where you can do the following.

You can …. at the …

1 buy stamps a theatre

2 have lunch b car park
3 spend the night c café
4 watch a performance d baker’s
5 buy a dress e restaurant
6 see paintings and statues f post office
7 have a coffee g hotel
8 buy a dictionary h clothes shop
9 buy bread i bookshop
10 leave your car j museum

 Ancient civilisations

B Fill in the verbs: ruled, transported, worked, fished, played, hunted, discovered, built
and lived.

1 Ancient Greeks .................................... their 5 The Vikings .................... in Scandinavia.

goods on big ships. 6 Erik the Red ...........................
2 Before becoming farmers, people ............... Greenland in 982.
and .................................... for animals. 7 The Incas .................................... in the
3 Queen Victoria .............................. England fields as farmers.
for 63 years. 8 People in the past ..................................
4 Ancient Egyptians ................................. the music, games and sports in their free
Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the seven time.
wonders of the ancient world.

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 Structures

C Label the pictures.

1 b……….…………..… 2 f……….…………..… 3 s……….… r………..…

5
4 p……….…………..…
c……….…………..…

6 t……….…………..… 7 t……….…………..… 8 w……….…………..…

10
9 b……….…………..…
p……….…………..…

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Films

D Fill in the correct adjective: funny, scary, terrible, interesting, sad, exciting and
boring.

1 The plot was so ....................... that James 5 The film was ....................... . So many
was fast asleep long before the film finished. people left the cinema before it ended.
2 We couldn’t stop laughing. The film was 6 The adventure film was full
so ..............................................! of ................................ action scenes so
3 I watched such a ............................ film on I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen.
TV last night that I couldn’t sleep. 7 The end of the film was
4 I never watch a film a second time no very ....................................... . I couldn’t
matter how ................... it is. stop crying.

E Find the types of films.

2
F
1
S
Across
1 1 a film full of singing and dancing
M
2 a funny film
3 a love story
2
4 a film made of drawings
C
3
5 a film with a lot of adventure
R
6 a frightening film
3
F W
4
Down
A
1 a film about the future
2 a film about magic and adventure
5
A
3 a film about cowboys

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 Prepositions

F Choose the correct word to fill in the gaps.

1 I'm crazy ......... going to the cinema. 5 The women in Native American tribes
A for B about C with looked ......... the children.
A after B for C about
2 The ancient Inca site of Machu Picchu
dates ......... to 1436. 6 The Cheyene could take their ‘tepees’
A to B back C before ......... in less than an hour.
A down B away C off
3 They set up their tents ......... the banks of
the river. 7 Avatar is ......... an ex-marine and his
A over B across C along adventures on the planet Pandora.
A with B for C about
4 The Navajo lived in houses made .........
earth and wood. 8 Queen Elizabeth wanted to set .........
A out B of C with colonies in South America.
A up B on C to

G Underline the correct word.

1 Our visit to the zoo/aquarium was 6 The Vikings were traders/farmers and
amazing! We saw a lot of sea creatures, but transported their goods in big ships.
my favourite were the dolphins. 7 In the 60s, fashion teenagers/fads were
2 We spent all night on the pool/beach. We cheap and colourful.
lit a fire, cooked food, played music and 8 The ‘hippy’ style/print is still fashionable.
danced. 9 The explorer/emperor built a huge
3 The ancient city had a stone wall with many palace.
high temples/watchtowers. 10 The person who is in charge of many
4 Troy was the capital of the region/fortress ships in a battle is a(n) pirate/admiral.
of Troad.
5 The ancient Egyptians used mud bricks/
earth to make their houses.

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Grammar

A Complete the exchanges with: was, were, wasn’t and weren’t.

1 A: .......................... you at home last night? 4 A: .......................... you happy to see

B: No, we .......................... . him?
We .......................... at Tony’s. B: Yes. I .......................... thrilled!

2 A: What .......................... the weather like 5 A: Did you come to see me yesterday?
in Florida? B: I did. I looked for you everywhere but
B: It .......................... hot and sunny. you ............................... there.
A: I .......................... at the cafeteria.
3 A: Did you talk to mum? ..........................
she angry? 6 A: .......................... my project OK?
B: She .......................... angry. In fact, B: It .......................... fantastic!
she .......................... very excited.

B Underline the correct verb pattern.

1 Ancient Egyptians had/could have a great 4 Drake sailed/could sail the seven seas
civilisation. attacking Spanish ships.
2 The Vikings were/could travel fast. 5 The Navajo couldn’t/weren’t traders.
3 The Incas were/had farmers. 6 The Cheyenne had/could move their
villages within an hour.

C Put the verbs in the correct column: dance, start, beg, try, stop, pass, like, love,
work, play, exist, deny, cry, follow, die, design, slip, stare, hug, travel, phone, live, hurry,
worry, drop and study.

double the last

-d -ed y  -ied
consonant + -ed
danced started tried begged

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D Write the past form of the following irregular verbs.

1 bring ............................. 6 say ...........................

2 be ............................. 7 teach ...........................
3 catch ............................. 8 have ...........................
4 give ............................. 9 keep ...........................
5 run ............................. 10 get ...........................

E Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

1 I ........................................ (fly) to Paris last 5 We ........................................ (swim) in

summer. the sea everyday on holiday.
2 Mum ........................................ (make) an 6 I ........................................ (not/do) it
apple pie yesterday. mum! Peggy ........................................
3 The two old ladies ....................................... (do).
(whisper) something to each other. 7 The blue car ........................................
4 She ........................................ (help) her (stop) at the traffic lights.
mother with the chores. 8 ........................................ (they/go) to
the theatre last Monday?

F Put the verbs in brackets into the past continuous.

1 ........................................ (you/watch) the 5 We ........................................ (not/have)

match at ten o’clock last night? dinner when the lights went out.
2 Yesterday, we ........................................ 6 ........................................ (Ann/repair)
(play) tennis all afternoon. her computer when he called?
3 Mum ........................................ (read) a 7 Jake ..................................... (paint) the
book while Dad ........................................ fence while Mark .....................................
(sleep) at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon. (fix) his bike.
4 It ........................................ (rain) all 8 When I phoned, Beth ..............................
morning yesterday. (not/do) her homework.

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G Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past continuous.

Last Saturday, Mary 1) ...................................... (decide) to spend the day at a mountain camp
where her friends 2) .................................... (have) a holiday. The day
3) ..................................... (be) beautiful. The sun 4) .................................... (shine) and the
birds 5) .................................... (sing). When she 6) ...................................... (arrive) at the
camp, she 7) .................................... (get out) of her car and 8) ...................................... (walk)
towards her friends’ tent. Their kids 9) ...................................... (still/sleep) while the parents
10) ...................................... (have) breakfast. They 11) ...................................... (welcome) her
and 12) ...................................... (offer) her some coffee and biscuits. Mary really
13) ...................................... (need) to spend a day away from the city noise and immediately
14) ...................................... (feel) happy and relaxed. She 15) ...................................... (know)
this would be a nice day away from it all.

H Choose the best answer.

1 Jenny ......... read when she was four 7 Most people didn’t ......... a television at
years old. home before the 60s.
A could B can C was A had B have C having

2 Was Max ......... last night? 8 Did the ancient Egyptians ......... in the
A study B studied C studying River Nile?
A fish B fished C fishing
3 Cathy and I ......... schoolmates.
A was B were C be 9 Mary ......... know the answer to the
question.
4 The Incas ......... in Machu Picchu.
A didn’t B hadn’t C wasn’t
A lived B live C are living
10 The king’s palace ......... at the centre of
5 They ......... only great builders. They were
the city in Troy.
also good farmers.
A was B had C were
A weren’t B were C wasn’t

6 ......... she dance at the party?

A Has B Did C Was

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Reading

Read the text and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).

Albert Einstein - the Hidden Genius

Albert Einstein is a famous name in the world of physics today. However, this was not always
the case. In fact, he failed many times before he became famous for his brains.
Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany. Compared to other children, he learnt things
very slowly. He could not speak at the age of 4 or read until he was 7. When he eventually spoke,
he was very slow and his parents were worried that he was just not as smart as other children his
age. Of course, we now know that they didn’t have anything to worry about!
At the age of five, his father showed him a compass. He was amazed by how the needle
always pointed north and guessed that there was a special ‘pull’ that people could not see. After
this, he had a huge interest in science. Although he did well in science and mathematics,
throughout school he was an ‘average’ student. In fact, he even failed his first exam to get into
university, because of his bad grades in history, languages and geography.
Despite all this, Einstein went on to become one of the most important men in physics. He
won many awards for his research, including the most impressive of them all, the Nobel Prize in
Physics in 1921.

1 People did not always think Einstein was clever. ………….

2 Einstein could speak when he was 4. ………….
3 Einstein did not enjoy school. ………….
4 Einstein was interested in science from an early age. ………….
5 Einstein never got into university. ………….
6 Einstein won a Nobel Prize. ………….

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Listening

You will hear five people talking about films.

Listen and match the sentences to the speakers. One sentence DOES NOT
match.

A I only watch films in the cinema.

B I don’t like watching films that much. Speaker 1
C Films make me feel relaxed. Speaker 2
D Technology makes a film worth watching. Speaker 3
E I think going to the cinema is too expensive. Speaker 4
F I enjoy comedies the most. Speaker 5

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