Inspiration 3 Unit 6 (2)

GRAMMAR

1 Match 1-10 with A-J and put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense (past simple or past perfect).

1 I __________ (miss) the train A by the age of ten.

2 He walked quickly B after she __________ (be) there

only a few weeks.

3 Mick __________ (already live) in C because it had already left the

four countries station.

4 Nobody had understood her D so she spent a few days in hospital.

5 She __________ (break) her leg in E just after he had finished his

an accident video game.

6 She had learnt to drive F as he __________ (see) someone

following him.

7 His phone __________ (ring) G most of his friends __________

(already buy) mobile phones.

8 He had no money left H before she __________ (improve)

her pronunciation.

9 She decided to leave her job I because he __________ (go out)

every night.

10 By the year 2000 J before she __________ (be)

sixteen.

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2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple tense or used to.

1 Ten years ago this part of town _________________ (be) fields.

2 I _________________ (visit) six different countries while I was at college.

3 I _________________ (not like) his music, but now I love it.

4 _________________ (know) that paper was first made in Japan?

5 They _________________ (watch) the show to see what it was like.

6 He _________________ (go) to the cinema, then met his friends.

7 Before she met him, she _________________ (never go) dancing.

8 They _________________ (buy) new clothes for the party.

9 _________________ (invent) things when you were young?

10 He _________________ (never do) any sport but now the doctor says he must.

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3 Complete 1-10 with the correct form of the verb in brackets (past simple active or passive).

Have you ever heard of the clockwork radio? No need for batteries or electricity - you just turn a handle to get power! It 1 _________________ (invent) by Trevor Baylis in 1994. He started working on it when he 2 _________________ (hear) that people in parts of Africa couldn't get information about Aids from the radio because they 3 _________________ (not have) electricity. He worked on his invention for three months and then tried to get companies to help him develop it, but his idea 4 _________________ (not accept) by them and he nearly 5 _________________ (give up). But he 6 _________________ (encourage) by the BBC, and in 1993 a programme about Trevor and his invention 7 _________________ (broadcast). After that, people 8 _________________ (ring) him with ideas and money. He started work again, but he 9 _________________ (have) problems making the radio sound loud enough. After a year of hard work, he solved the problem, and the first radio 10 _________________ (produce) by a factory in South Africa in 1995. Now clockwork radios are sold all over the world.

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VOCABULARY

4 Complete 1-10 with words from the group.

Containers

Inventions

Materials

1 B _ _ _ E _

2 C_ _

3 _ A _ T _ _

4 L _ G _ T B _ _ B

5 R _ _ _ T

6 P _ _ N _ I _ _

7 LE _ _ _ E _

8 _ _ N _ M

9 _ _ T _ L

10 _ _ BB _ _

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5 Complete the definitions with one word from the box.

cars colours try works build

wood language see person hands

1 A blind person is someone who can't ___________ .

2 An attempt is when you ___________ to do something.

3 A translator is someone who changes one ___________ into another.

4 You wear gloves in winter to keep your ___________ warm.

5 Brick is a material often used to ___________ houses.

6 A dye is something that ___________ material.

7 A genius is a very clever and imaginative ___________ .

8 ___________ , buses, lorries and bicycles are all examples of vehicles.

9 When you test something you check to see that it ___________ .

10 A carpenter is someone who works with ___________ .

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READING

6 Read the text and choose True or False.

The origins of popular British sports

Football

Some people think that the Ancient Chinese invented a kind of football. However, there is evidence that the Ancient Romans and Egyptians also played an early form of football. Football became popular in England during the fourteenth century. These games were chaotic and violent. Large crowds of hundreds of people played. Broken arms and legs were frequent and sometimes people were killed. In 1314, football was forbidden by the King of England but people continued to play it.

Cricket

The traditional English game of cricket originated in the English countryside, probably in the fourteenth century. An early form of the game was played by farm workers who threw balls against trees. Another worker stood by the tree and tried to hit the ball away with a stick. The game later developed and became popular all over England.

Tennis

Some people believe that tennis originated in Ancient Egypt but there is little to prove this. The most popular theory is that it was first played in twelfth-century French monasteries. It is thought that the game was played by monks who hit a ball with their hand against a wall. The game became increasingly popular and eventually gloves were worn to protect players' hands. Later, the gloves were replaced with a racquet and the ball was hit over a low rope hung across a courtyard.

1 We do not know for certain who invented football. True / False

2 Football was a dangerous game in fourteenth

century England. True / False

3 The King of England played football in 1314. True / False

4 People stopped playing football in 1314. True / False

5 Cricket is a traditional English game. True / False

6 English farm workers used to play an early form of

cricket in the fourteenth century. True / False

7 The farm workers hit trees with sticks. True / False

8 Most people think that tennis was invented in France. True / False

9 Monks used their hands to hit the ball in tennis. True / False

10 Tennis racquets were replaced with gloves. True / False

LISTENING

7 Listen to the radio programme about inventors and complete the chart.

Inventor	Invention	Date of invention	Inventor's age
Blaise Pascal	1 _____________	2 _____________	3 _____________
Louis Braille	Braille	4 _____________	5 _____________
Thomas Edison	telegraphic repeating instrument	1862	6 _____________
Philo Farnsworth	7 _____________	1920	8 _____________
Taylor Hernandez	magic sponge blocks	9 _____________	10 _____________

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WRITING

8 Use these notes to write a paragraph on the history of pizza. Use then,

when, after and finally.

1 Flat bread sold to poor people in streets of Naples, Italy, 18^th century.

2 Tomatoes brought to Europe. Put on top of bread.

3 Queen Margherita of Savoy, Italy, noticed poor people eating this. Tried it. Liked it.

4 Margherita told cook, Raffaele Esposito, to make pizza in palace.

5 Raffaele made special pizza: tomato, mozzarella cheese, basil. Colour of

Italian flag. Great success. Called Pizza Margherita.

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