Vocabulary

Jobs
1 Match the jobs with the descriptions.

scientist astronaut explorer nurse athlete

1 This person takes care of you when you are sick. ………………………
2 This person goes to the moon. ………………………
3 This person discovers new countries. ………………………
4 This person works in a laboratory. ………………………
5 This person trains every day. ………………………

2 Use the words given to complete the sentences.

travel
succeed

grab
fail

reach
appear

1 I managed to …………………….. the balloon so it didn’t blow away.

2 My parents like to …………………….. and see new countries.
3 Don’t worry if you ………..……….. the driving test this time, as I am sure you will ………..………..
next time..
4 What time will the train …………………….. the station?
5 How did Tom …………………….. to you today?.

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Reading Writing
3 Read and answer the questions.

Rome is the capital city

of Italy. They started Many Romans lived in
building it in 753 BC and blocks of flats! The
the Romans have a story to Romans called them 1962: Born in Syracuse, USA
explain how this happened. ‘insulae’, which means 1980: Moves to New York
islands, because they
Twin boys, Romulus and 1981: Acts in first film Endless Love
were tall and stuck out
Remus, were taken from
above the streets. 1986: Moves to Hollywood,
their mother and left by the
Stars in first big movie Top Gun
river Tiber to starve. A mother wolf found the babies
1996: Nominated for an Academy Award
and looked after them until they were old enough to
take care of themselves.
Years later, Mars (the Roman God of war) said to the
boys: “Build a city where you were found.” The two
boys started building the city but ended up at war with 4 Put the following words in the
each other. Romulus won the battle. He built the city correct order to write a short
and it became known as Rome. Today, historians and biography about Tom Cruise:
archaeologists agree that people started living in
Rome long before the time of Romulus and Remus, 1 born/Tom Cruise/was/in 1962
but many people still believe in the legend. …………………………………………………..
2 Tom Cruise/New York/moved/to/1980/in
Are these sentences T (True) or F
…………………………………………………..
(False)?
3 film/first/in 1981/acted/he/his/Endless
1 Rome was built near the sea. F Love/called/in
2 Romulus and Remus were …………………………………………………..
brothers. ........... 4 1986/Hollywood/moved/he/to/in
3 A wolf found them and took …………………………………………………..
care of them. ........... 5 movie/big/starred/his/first/in/same/he/the/
4 When the two boys grew up they year/in/Top Gun/called
were gods. ........... …………………………………………………..
5 Romulus and Remus built Rome. ........... 6 an/1996/in/was/he/Academy
6 Romulus won the war against 2 Award/nominated/for
Remus and named the city Rome. ........... ………………………………………………….
What did you do last weekend? Put a Y (Yes) or an N (No) in the boxes for You. Then
ask Student B questions and fill in the boxes.

 You: Did you watch TV?

Student B: Yes, I did./No, I didn’t.

1 2 3

You Student B You Student B You Student B

4 5 6

You Student B You Student B You Student B

7 8 9

You Student B You Student B You Student B

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What did you do last weekend? Put a Y (Yes) or an N (No) in the boxes for You. Then
ask Student A questions and fill in the boxes.

 You: Did you watch TV?

Student A: Yes, I did./No, I didn’t.

1 2 3

You Student A You Student A You Student A

4 5 6

You Student A You Student A You Student A

7 8 9

You Student A You Student A You Student A

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Name: …………………………………… Date: ………………… Class: ………………

Think of a famous person in your country and write a short biography about him/her.
Stick a picture in the space below.

Name:

Job:

Date of birth:

………………………….…………… is a famous ………..………………………….

Place:
born ……………… in ……………… . When he/she was young, ………….…….
………………………….…………………………..………..………………………….
………………..… . Later ………..…………………………………………………….
………………………….…………… is a famous ………..………………………….
………………………….…………….… . Now, …………..………………………….

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 Game

Play in pairs. Both players get a game sheet. Players first fill in the jobs next to the
pictures, then draw lines to match the jobs to the objects. The player who finishes
first, with the most correct answers, win.

a
1 ………………….

2 ………………….

b
3 ………………….
c

d
4 ………………….

e
5 ………………….

6 ………………….
g

7 …………………. f

8 ………………….
h

9 …………………. i
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