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History makers
1 Complete the sentences with these words.
architect explorer astronauts composers director painter
1 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were American astronauts. They went to the moon in 1969.
2 Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer. He was the first to sail directly to India.
3 The architect Santiago Caiatrava designed the airport in Bilbao.
4 Leonid Gaidai is a famous Russian director. Yuri Nikulin often acted in his films.
5 Goya was a Spanish painter. You can see some of his work at the Prado Museum.
6 Beethoven and Bach were German composers. They wrote and played classical music.
Irregular verbs
2 Find six irregular past forms in the word square. What are the infinitives?
Past simple: be; there was / were
3 Complete the dialogue with was, were, wasn’t or weren’t.
A (1) Was Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Great Pyramid of Giza?
В No, it (2) wasn’t it (3) was in a smaller pyramid in the Valley of the Kings.
A (4) Were there a lot of mummies inside the tomb?
В No, there (5) weren’t Just Tutankhamun’s mummy. But there (6) was a lot of treasure.
A What kind of treasure?
В There (7) were sculptures and clothes and a lot of jewellery.
A (8) Was there a death mask?
В Yes, there (9) was You can see it in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Past simple affirmative
4 Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Neil Armstong (1) was the first man to w on the moon. He (2) travelled there on Apollo 11 spaceship in July 1969. Armstrong (3) wore special clothes and a helmet and he (4) took photographs of the moon. He (5) spoke to the American President ail he (6) left an American flag on the moon. He (7) stayed there for about three hours and then he (8) returned to Earth. About 500 million people (9) watched the moon landing on television.
Cumulative grammar
5 Choose the correct words.
There (1) are stories about dragons in all cultures, but (2) there isn’t any evidence of real dragons. So, where (3) do dragons come from? Some people (4) say that dinosaurs (5) were probably the origin. Perhaps people (6) found dinosaur bones or fossils and made stories about the imaginary creatures. Pictures usually show that dragons (7) are similar to large reptiles (8) They’ve also got wings, and they (9) usually breathe fire (10) England’s famous dragon story (11) is Saint George and the Dragon. Perhaps Saint George’s dragon (12) was a distant relative or Tyrannosaurus Rex!