“2022.

Año del Quincentenario de la Fundación de Toluca de Lerdo, Capital del Estado de México”

Vocabulary
 Great achievements/Past activities

A Fill in: painted, sketched, walked, studied, discovered, became, designed, invented.

1 Abraham Lincoln ......................................... 5 Dr Martin Cooper ............................... the

president of the USA in 1861. mobile phone in 1973.
2 Pablo Picasso ............................. Guernica. 6 Maria Montessori .....................................
3 Ken Shuttleworth .................................... 30 Engineering at university.
St Mary Axe, the London office block known 7 Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr Mike
as ‘the Gherkin’. Stroud ......................... across Antarctica
4 Leonardo de Vinci ..................................... a in 1993.
design for a helicopter in the 1400s. 8 Europeans ................................ Australia
in 1606.

B Fill in: lifetime, intelligent, engineer, industry, canal, range, curious, detailed, accurate,
proportions.

1 John worked for 50 years in the steel 6 A good actor can express a whole
............................. . ............................. of emotions in just one look.
2 Maps need to be ............................. or 7 You have to be very ............................. to be
they are not very helpful. a scientist.
3 Amsterdam’s ............................. system 8 Inventors tend to be people who are
was designed in the 1600s. ............................. about how things work.
4 You must be a talented artist to be able 9 Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the
to draw the perfect ............................. of ............................. who designed the Clifton
the human. Suspension Bridge in Bristol.
5 Da Vinci achieved incredible things in his 10 Clare made a ............................. sketch of
............................. . the statue for her Art project.

 Leaders

C Write the words that are formed from the words in brackets.

1 Marco Polo was an ….…………… . 3 Julius Caesar was a Roman

(explore) ……………………… . (rule)

2 4
 Genghis Khan was a Alexander the Great was a great
 ……………..… . (war) Sailing to a new ……………..…… . (lead)
life

D Complete the sentences with the following words.

 survived  grow  feast  reached  hunt for  start  settled in

1 Every year on Thanksgiving, Americans 5 Not many Pilgrims ...................................

have a ...................................................... in the winter during their first year in
remembrance of the Pilgrims’ first harvest. America.
2 They ......................................... an area not 6 When they settled in America, they
far from the coast. decided to .................................... a town
3 The Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how that they called Plymouth.
to .................................... crops such as 7 The Pilgrims sailed for 66 days before
corn. they ............................................ land.
4 They didn’t know how to ................................
food, but the Native Americans helped them.

 Legendary creatures

E Underline the correct word.

A
Dragons have 1) horns/wings, a
long tail and sharp teeth. They
can breathe 2) fire/blood. They
are 3) terrifying/ mysterious.

Unicorns look like

1) humans/horses with a
2) wing/horn on their heads.

Fairies are 1) large/small, with

2) wings/horns and
3) terrifying/magical powers.
 Breaking the law

F Look at the newspaper headlines and write the correct verb.

 steal  burgle  arrest  spray  vandalise  rob

1 VANDALS ……………STATUE OF MAYOR WITH INSULTS

2 GANG OF MASKED MEN ……………NATIONAL BANK

3 ART THIEVES ……………VALUABLE PAINTING

4 POLICE ……………3 IN FRAUD CASE

5 CROOKS ……………TEN HOUSES IN ONE NIGHT

6 TEENS ……………TOWN HALL CAUSING £5,000 DAMAGE

G Underline the correct word.

1 The museum staff assumed/realised that the museum photographer had taken the
painting to his studio, when really it was missing.
2 We will never know who did/committed the crime.
3 The thief was caught and had/served 5 years in prison.
4 The guard attempted/admitted leaving his post for a few minutes.
5 You have to know how to unhook/ remove a painting from the wall because there is a
special fastening.
6 The museum knows that a theft will cause/make a scandal.
 Jobs

H Fill the crossword with jobs.

1 2 3 4
N W P S

5
A

6
P


Prepositions

I Choose the correct item.

1 In the past, ordinary people had little 7 The girl wanted to get rid …… the giant.
knowledge …… science. A of B at C with
A on B about C in
8 Lisa’s friends made fun …… her because
2 Leonardo da Vinci was years ahead …… she believed in fairies.
his time. A with B at C of
A with B of C at
9 The novel is based …… a true story.
3 The Romans fought …… many armies A at B for C on
while building the Roman Empire.
10 The guard …… duty left his post for a few
A against B with C for
minutes, so the thief stole the painting.
4 Julius Caesar fell …… love with A at B in C on
Cleopatra.
11 If you go …… a tour of the Louvre, don’t
A for B on C in
forget to see the Mona Lisa.
5 Many people have wasted their time A on B with C for
searching …… monsters.
12 At a living museum, you can sometimes
A against B for C of
see a re-enactment …… a battle.
6 Wendy often dreams …… becoming an A in B of C for
actress one day.
A at B for C of
 Verbs

J Fill in the verbs in the correct form: survive, achieve, construct, lead, inspire, reside,
set sail, import, stab, conquer, bite, consider, win, explore.

Did you know …?

1 Many early sea voyages took place in an effort

to ........................................… gold and spices from faraway lands.
2 Columbus ........................................… the coasts of Cuba, Haiti, the
Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
3 Da Vinci .............................................… things in the 15th century that
are still impressive today.
4 Caesar died when his best friend Brutus .............................................…
him.
5 Architects in Norway in 2001 used a design by Da Vinci
to .............................................… a bridge.
6 Alexander the Great .............................................… most of the known
world.
7 Genghis Khan .............................................… the Mongols to create a
huge empire.
8 Cleopatra killed herself by allowing a poisonous snake to
.............................................… her.
9 Frida Kahlo became .............................................… to paint while she
was recovering from an accident.
10 Many people .............................................… the Mona Lisa to be the
most famous painting in the world.
11 Charles Dickens .............................................… in England in the 19th
century.
12 Mary Curie .............................................… two Nobel Prizes in Physics
and Chemistry.
13 The Pilgrims only .............................................… their first winter in
America because of the Native Americans.
14 The Mayflower .............................................… for the New World from
England in 1620.
Grammar
 Past simple

A Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple. Then match the questions
to the answers.

1 What ....................................
(be) Charles Dickens’ job?
2 Who .....................................
(invent) the telephone?
3 Who .....................................
(write) Macbeth?
4 What ....................................
(Marie Curie/discover)?
5 How many times .................. a Neil Armstrong
..............................................
(the Red Cross/receive) the b William Shakespeare
Nobel Peace Prize?
c 9
6 Who was the first man who
.............................................. d Waterloo, Belgium
(walk) on the moon?
7 How many symphonies ........ e polonium and radium
..............................................
f a writer
(Beethoven/write)?
8 Where .................................. Alexander Graham
g
(Napoleon/lose) his last battle? Bell
h 3
B Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great 1) ………………….…… (be) born in Pella, Greece in 356 BC.
Aristotle 2) ………………….…… (teach) him until he was 16. His father was Philip II
and Alexander 3) ………………….…… (inherit) the throne in 336 BC. Soon after, he
4) ………………….…… (go) to war. He 5) ………………….…… (defeat) his enemies
and 6) ………………….… (make) Greece powerful. Then he 7) ………………….……
(set off) to conquer the Persian Empire. He 8) ………………….…… (win) every
battle against the Persians and 9) ………………….…… (conquer) Asia Minor, Syria
and Egypt. He 10) ………………….…… (become) pharaoh of Egypt and the great
king of Persia. He 11) ………………….… (found) over 70 cities and
12) ………………….…… (create) a huge empire. He 13) ………………….……
(marry) Princess Roxana of Bactria. He 14) ………………….…… (die) of a fever in

C Put the words into the correct order to form questions based on the text in
Ex. B. Answer the questions.

1 live/Italy/in/Alexander the Great/did? 4 75 cities/found/Alexander/did?

.................................................................... ....................................................................
.................................................................... ....................................................................
2 Aristotle/did/teach/Alexander? 5 get married/did/Alexander?
.................................................................... ....................................................................
.................................................................... ....................................................................
3 conquer/the Persian Empire/Alexander/ did? 6 die/did/Alexander/in 356 BC?
.................................................................... ....................................................................
.................................................................... ....................................................................
 Wh - questions

D Fill in: who, where, why, what, which, when, how, how long.

1 A: ………………. book is yours?

B: The one with the blue cover.
2 A: Do you know ………………. Cleopatra died?
B: A poisonous snake bit her.
3 A: ………………. was Mozart born?
B: In Salzburg, Austria.
4 A: ………………. are you sad?
B: I didn’t pass my exam.
5 A: Can you tell me ………………. travelled to Central Asia and China in the 13th century?
B: I think it was Marco Polo.
6 A: ………………. did she stay with you?
B: One week.
7 A: ………………. was Albert Einstein famous for?
B: His theory of relativity.
8 A: ………………. did you get married?
B: In 2003.

 Past simple - Past continuous

E Underline the correct verb.

1 We looked/were looking at the paintings when the alarm went off.

2 While she was watching/watched TV, the lights went out.
3 As I was driving along the motorway, I was hearing/heard police sirens.
4 Someone was breaking/broke into Jim’s car and stole/was stealing his CD player last
night.
5 He panicked when he was seeing/saw the robber.
6 The police were catching/caught the two thieves while they tried/were trying to leave the
country.
F Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.

The Missing Paintings

In 2004, masked gunmen 1) …………………………. (enter) the

Munch Museum in Oslo and 2) …………...…………..…. (steal) two
paintings by Edvard Munch, The Scream and Madonna. As the thieves
3) ………………………. (escape), a passer-by 4) …………………….
(take) a photo of them, but the police 5) ……………..……………….
(not/catch) the thieves straight away. In 2005, Norwegian police
6) …………………….………..……. (arrest) 4 suspects, but they
7) …………………….…………. (not/find) the paintings. Over the next
12 months, the police 8) ………………..………………. (search) for the
paintings and eventually they 9) ………………...…………. (find) them
in 2006. Despite being damaged, the paintings 10) ………..…….…….
(go) on display in 2006 for five days. Then the restorers
11) …………………..……….……. (work) on them for the next two
years to repair the damage.

 Linking words

G Underline the correct word.

1 The play was good, and/but/also few people came.

2 He wanted to become a lawyer so/also/ and he studied Law.
3 We didn’t enjoy our holiday so/but/ because it was raining most of the time.
4 She’s a journalist and also/too/so writes books.
5 She slipped so/also/and fell down the stairs.
6 He exhibited his work all over Europe and America too/also/so.
Reading

Read the text and for questions 1-5, choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

The Kelpie’s Fireplace

Kelpies are fearsome creatures of Scottish folklore. They

usually haunt lakes and rivers in the shape of a horse and try to
lure humans into the water. When someone mounts them, they
get stuck fast. The kelpie then draws them underwater to kill and
eat them!
The kelpie of Loch Garve lived at the bottom of the lake with
his wife. The woman hated it there. While the kelpie was
swimming around happily catching fish, she was complaining of
the cold and shivering to keep warm. The kelpie worried that she
might leave him because she was so unhappy, so he thought of
a clever plan.
The next day, in the form of a handsome white horse, the
kelpie visited the cottage of a local builder. The builder couldn’t
resist climbing up on the animal and immediately got stuck. Then
the kelpie galloped off towards the lake with him and plunged
into the dark, icy water.
The builder didn’t drown, but he was terrified. “Why did you
bring me here?” he cried. Instead of eating him, the kelpie struck
a bargain. The man built a huge and magnificent fireplace at the
bottom of the lake for the kelpie’s wife. In exchange, the kelpie
let the builder go and made sure his family always had plenty of
fish to eat.
Today, when the lake freezes over in winter, there is always a
patch that doesn’t turn to ice. People say that is because a fire is
still burning merrily in the kelpie’s fireplace down below!
1 Kelpies mostly live
A in the mountains.
B around rivers and lakes.
C under the sea.
D in haunted lakes.

2 The kelpie’s wife didn’t like living in the lake because

A her husband was always complaining.
B she worried about her future there.
C the place was too cold.
D there were very few fish to eat.

3 When the kelpie visited the builder’s cottage,

A he got stuck in the mud.
B the builder was riding his horse.
C he changed into a beautiful animal.
D the weather was cold and icy.

4 In the end, the builder

A went away to feed his family.
B made an agreement with the kelpie’s wife.
C found something at the bottom of the lake.
D did some work for the kelpie.

5 In the winter months,

A the lake gets partly frozen.
B the kelpie disappears from the lake.
C people light fires round the lake.
D people enjoy skating on the lake.