Bill is a firefighter and his job is dangerous so he is ..............

Mike has got two jobs and takes night classes so he is.......

This is my friend Devlin. His 1) ……………. name is Mark. He’s from a 2) ……………. family and he’s got really 3) ……………. manners. He’s got a 4) ………...…. body because he used to be an athlete. He’s also got short 5) ……………. brown hair. He’s also got a 6) ……………. face with large eyes and thin lips.

Abraham Lincoln was a free/respected leader.

William Wallace died a cruel/strong death.

and Alexander the Great was a weak/brave hero.

The Mayans lived in ancient/old times.

and Scotland wasn’t a brave/free country in the early thirteenth century.

Dad ………..……………………… (not/take) us to the park last week

Alan ………..……………………… (buy) a new car last month.

and Mike and Alice ………..……………………… (not/work) yesterday.

Sam ………..……………………… (travel) to Spain last week and I ………..……………………… (go) to India two years ago.

Genghis Khan ......................................... (live)

800 years ago.

and Elizabeth I ............................ (not/die) in

1533. She ......................... (die) in 1603.

and also William Wallace ......................................

(fight) against England.

According to an Irish legend, Finn MacCool ....

(build) the Giant’s Causeway.

and Alexander the Great ...............................

(become) king at the age of twenty.

Read the text and mark the True statements

Vincent van Gogh was a brilliant Dutch painter. He was born in 1853 in the Netherlands. Van Gogh had many different jobs when he was young. He worked in a bookshop, sold works of art and was a teacher. But in the end, he decided to study painting. In 1886, he went to Paris to live with his brother Theo. Theo was Van Gogh’s best friend and always gave his brother money for food. In Paris, Van Gogh met many famous painters like Monet and Gauguin and learned about painting from them.

Read the text and mark the False (F) statements

Van Gogh painted day and night for many hours, so he didn’t eat or sleep well enough. Because of this,he soon became sick. In 1889, he moved to the countrysid in Arles, in the south of France. In 1890, he died at the age of 37. During his life, Van Gogh sold only one painting. But today his paintings are some of the most popular and expensive works of art in the world. In his short life, Van Gogh achieved great things and people continue to admire his paintings today. His most famous work is The Starry Night (1889).

Complete the dialogue. Fill in:

1) You can rent it on DVD.

2) What did you watch?

3) Sounds interesting.

4)What’s it about?

5) How was your weekend?

Ned: Hi Fred. 1) ................................................

Fred: Not so good. I was ill, so I stayed home.

Ned: I’m sorry about that.

Fred: That’s OK. I saw a great animated film.

Ned: 2) ..............................................................

Fred: How to Train Your Dragon. It was brilliant.

Ned: Really? 3) .................................................

Fred: It’s about how Hiccup, a Viking boy, becomes friends with a dragon.

Ned: 4) .................................... Who stars in it?

Fred: Well, Jay Baruchel does Hiccup’s voice, and we also hear Gerard Butler’s and America Ferrera’s voices.

Ned: Wow! It’s a pity I didn’t watch it.

Fred: Don’t worry! 5) .........................................

Finn MacCool and Benandonner/be/giants?

Read the text and which answers of the questions you CAN NOT find in the text.

Jim Davis, the famous cartoonist, was born in the USA, in 1945.When he was a child, Jim and his family lived on a small farm. Jim and his brother grew up with lots of animals. He liked to draw funny pictures. After he left high school in 1963, he went to Ball State University. In 1969, Jim started to work as a cartoonist. He created his own comic pet, Garfield.Jim named the fat orange cat after his grandfather, James Garfield. The comic strip Garfield first appeared in newspapers in 1978. Forty-one newspapers put Garfield inside their pages and suddenly he was the best-loved cat in the world! From 1988 to 1994, Garfield had his own cartoon series on TV too.

Garfield is still a very popular comic cat!

Amelia Earhart/be/from Italy?