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UNIT 5 – Myths and Legends

Vocabulary

1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

brave cruel funny kind lazy selfish shy stubborn wise

a Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty in China didn’t like working. He was ______________.
b Some kings and queens of the past just thought about themselves. They were ______________.
c Mr. Bean always makes people laugh. He’s ______________.
d Snow White often helps the seven dwarfs. She’s______________.
e Abraham Lincoln, one of the most popular presidents of The United States, didn’t like being around
people. He was ______________.
f The evil Queen in “Snow White” wants to kill Snow White. She’s ______________.
g Steve Jobs refused to listen to any kind of advice. He did things his own way. He was
______________.
h Sherlock Homes solved many crimes. He was really _________________.
i Moses had a very strong personality: he escaped slavery and took his people out of Egypt across
the Red Sea. He was ______________.
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2 Match the words with the pictures.

a drop
b fall
c sit
d cross
e lift

( ) ( ) ( )

( ) ( )

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Grammar

3 Circle the correct words.

a In the Death Valley, the Timbisha people was working / were working hard to please their
Queen.
b The Timbisha Queen was hitting / were hitting the people.
c They were becoming / was becoming slaves.
d The Queen even hit her daughter because she was doing / were doing the work too slowly.
e Nature and the land was punishing / were punishing her for such behavior.
f The sun were increasing / was increasing its heat, causing the vegetation do dry.
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4 Complete the sentences with the past progressive negative form of the verbs in parentheses.

a The Loch Ness monster __________________ (live) in deep waters.

b Robin Hood _______________________ (fight) to help the rich.
c Local farmers ___________________ (feed) Nessie.
d In 50 AD, Queen Boudicca ____________ (rule) the east of England.

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5 Order the words to make questions. Then match the questions with the short answers.

a you / about Jesse James / reading / Were ?

____________________________________________________________
b Robin Hood / Was / living / in the forest ?
____________________________________________________________
c enjoying / the twins / the movie / Were / about Ancient Rome ?
____________________________________________________________
d raining / it / in the Death Valley / Was ?
____________________________________________________________

( ) No, it wasn’t.
( ) No, they weren’t.
( ) Yes, we were.
( ) Yes, he was.
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6 Circle the correct verb forms.

a Arthur, son of King Uther, was living / were living in a secret place when his father died / die.
b When the Romans was leaving / were leaving Britain, the Saxons were taking / take the country
over.
c Merlin, the King’s magician, was always helping / were always helping Arthur. He watched /
watching over him since his birth.
d While Arthur and Gawain were attacking / was attacking Lancelot, Arthur’s son declared /
declaring himself king.
e A ship was carrying / carrying three queens and they crossed / cross the sea to help Arthur,
who was almost dead.
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Reading

7 Read the text and circle T (true) or F (false).

The Abominable Snowman

In 1921, while he was leading an expedition up Mount Everest, the explorer Charles Howard-
Bury suddenly found some unusual footprints. He asked his local Tibetan guides to look at the
footprints. ‘Metoh-kangmi!’ they shouted. ‘Metoh-kangmi!’

Howard-Bury didn’t know what they were saying, but later when the expedition returned to
Darjeeling in northern India, a journalist interviewed the Tibetan guides and translated their
words into the ‘abominable’ (which means ‘very horrible’) snowman. It wasn’t a very good
translation, but it didn’t matter. The legend of the ‘abominable snowman’ was born.

In the Himalayan countries of Tibet and Bhutan, people already believed in the ‘snowman’.
They called it ‘metoh-kangmi’ or the ‘yeti,’ and they told stories about meeting the ‘snowman’
while they were hunting.

In the 1950s, people from the west led expeditions into the mountains to try to find an
‘abominable snowman.’ They saw hundreds of strange footprints and sometimes saw an
unusual-looking creature in the distance, but they never caught one. The ‘snowman’ remains a
mystery.

a Charles Howard-Bury was the leader of the Mount Everest expedition. T/F
b The local guides didn’t have a name for the creature that made the footprints. T/F
c Howard-Bury invented the name ‘the abominable snowman’ later. T/F
d In the languages of Tibet and Bhutan, there is more than one name for the ‘abominable snowman.’
T/F
e Expeditions in the 1950s didn’t find an ‘abominable snowman.’ T/F
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8 Read the text again and choose the correct answers.

a Howard-Bury was climbing ____ the mountain when he found the footprints.
( ) up ( ) down
b Howard-Bury probably ____ the Tibetan language of the local people.
( ) spoke ( ) didn’t speak
c The name ‘abominable snowman’ ____ a translation from the Tibetan language.
( ) was ( ) wasn’t
d Tibetans believed in the existence of the ‘abominable snowman’ ____ the 1921 expedition.
( ) before ( ) only after
e In the 1950s, expeditions ____ an ‘abominable snowman.’
( ) possibly saw ( ) certainly saw
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Grammar __/52
Reading __/20

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Progress Test Basic Unit 5 - Answer Key

1 a lazy
b selfish
c funny
d kind
e shy
f cruel
g stubborn
h wise
i brave

(c) (a) (b)

( e) (d)

3 a were working
b was hitting
c were becoming
d was doing
e were punishing
f was increasing

4 a The Loch Ness monster wasn’t living in deep waters.

b Robin Hood wasn’t fighting to help the rich.
c Local farmers weren’t feeding Nessie.
d In 50 AD, Queen Boudicca wasn’t ruling the east of England.

5 a Were you reading about Jessie James?

b Was Robin Hood living in the forest?
c Were the twins enjoying the movie about Ancient Rome?
d Was it raining in the Death Valley?

(d) No, it wasn’t.

(c) No, they weren’t.
(a) Yes, we were.
(b) Yes, he was.

6 a was living / died.

b were leaving / were taking
c was always helping / watched
d were attacking / declared
e was carrying / crossed

7 a T
b F

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c F
d T
e T

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b didn’t speak
c was
d before
e possibly saw

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