Unit 9 focuses on vocabulary related to famous people, basic adjectives, and transport. It includes exercises on the past tense of the verb 'to be,' descriptions of people, and classifications of transport modes. The unit emphasizes grammar, reading comprehension, and writing skills through various activities and quizzes.

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UNIT 9
LANGUAGE CONTENTS
Vocabulary
Famous people
Basic adjectives of description and opposites
Transport
Grammar
Past tense of the verb "to be". – A Quiz : Famous People
There was / there were
Past Simple of regular verbs
Reading 1
The Original Madame Tussaud
Reading 2
A Prince and a King
Writing
Word order : adjectives (revision)
Progress Check 9

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UNIT 9
VOCABULARY
Famous people
1. Match the jobs with pictures 1-10 . Write the words next to the numbers and then
add the name of a person for each job as it is shown in the example:
JOBS EXAMPLE
1. businessperson Bill Gates
2…………………………………… …………………………………………
3…………………………………… …………………………………………
4…………………………………… …………………………………………
5…………………………………… …………………………………………
6…………………………………… …………………………………………
7…………………………………… …………………………………………
8…………………………………… …………………………………………
9…………………………………… …………………………………………
10…………………………………. …………………………………………

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Basic adjectives of description - Opposites -
2. Look and learn. Then write the words in Catalan. You can use your dictionary:
………………………. ……………………… ……………………… ……………………..
………………………. ……………………… ……………………… ……………………..
3. Circle the correct adjective for each picture:
4. Fill in the blanks with the correct letters to form an adjective:

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5. Circle the correct word which better describes these people:
6. Choose one adjective to write true sentences:
1. big / small - Elephants are………………….. - Ants are……………………
2. young / old - A grandfather is……………….. - A baby is ………….
3. long / short - Fingers are……………….. …... - Toes are …………………..
4. ugly / beautiful - A spider is ……………………… - A flamingo is ………………
5. fat / thin - Snakes are …………………….. - Pigs are…………..………..
7. Complete the descriptions of some of the famous people in exercise 1:
a) The singer in picture 2 is a …………………woman with a very …………..………voice
b) The writer in picture 5 is ………………… and ill because he can't get out of bed.
c) The model in picture 6 is ……………………, …………………… and …………………
I think she is …………………… because she's smiling.
d) The Spanish actor in picture 9 is ……………………… and ………………………
e) The artist in picture 10 is ……………………

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Transport How do you travel?
6. Look at the pictures and their names in English. Then fill in the gaps with the Catalan
word:
by bicycle:…………………… by motorbike:………………
by car:…………………….
by bus:………………………
by aeroplane:…………………….
by train:…………….
by taxi:…………
by
by taxi:……………….. by ship:……………..
by
by helicopter:……………… on foot:………………….

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More transport
7. Write the names of the following means of transport in Catalan:
8. Classify the previous means of transport ( exercises 6 and 7) into the following
categories:
LAND TRANSPORT AIR TRANSPORT SEA TRANSPORT
bicycle, helicopter, ship,
A small questionnaire about transport
9. Complete the sentences with information about yourself and the words you have
learnt about transport:
How can you travel to … ?
… the United States? I can travel to the United States by ______________________
… Madrid? I can travel to ________________________________________________
… Menorca? I can _____________________________________________________
… Girona? ___________________________________________________________
... the planet Mars? ____________________________________________________
How do you go to ... ?
… school ? I go to school ________________________________________________
… the hospital?________________________________________________________
… the park?___________________________________________________________
… the supermarket?____________________________________________________

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GRAMMAR
Past tense of "to be"
10. Find in the Grammar section of your student's book the missing forms of the verb
"to be" in the past :
Affirmative Negative
I was at the cinema I wasn't at the cinema
You………… at home You………… at home
He ………… in Paris He ………… in Paris
She ………. at school She ………. at school
It was a good idea It wasn't a good idea
We ………… very happy We ………… very happy
You were in class You weren't in class
They ……… Italian boys They ……… Italian boys
Interrogative Short answers(examples)
Was I ………………?
……………you at home? Yes, I was (at home)
…………… he in Paris? No,he wasn't (in Paris)
…………… she at school?
Was it a good idea? Yes, it was (a good idea)
…………… we very happy?
Were you in class? No, we weren't (in class)
…………… they Italian boys?
Time expressions
last night / week / month … = la nit passada / setmana passada/ el mes passat ...
last Tuesday / May ... = el dimarts passat, el maig passat
yesterday = ahir
a week ago / a month ago / a year ago = fa una setmana / fa un mes / fa un any
Use
El passat del verb "to be" (was /were) es fa servir per parlar sobre estats de les coses I
les persones en el passat. Per exemple:
It was a good idea = Era una bona idea
You weren't in class = No eres a classe

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Exercises
11. Choose the correct option:
1. Mary and John was / were in my class last year
2. I wasn't / weren't at the library yesterday
3. Our school trip was / were last Monday
4. The film was / were terrible and we were / was very bored
5. Sally and I wasn't / weren't good friends a year ago
6. You was / were a student two years ago
7. They wasn't / weren't in London last July
Where were the people last night?
12. Look at the pictures and complete with was, wasn't, were or weren't :
Example : Elle was at the library
1. Adam………………at a guitar lesson.
2. Ben and Jade……………… at a football match.
3. Josh …………………at home.
4. Ross and Molly……………… at a party.
5. Adam ……………at the gym.
6. Elle ………………at a party.
7. Ben and Jade ………………… at the cinema.
13. Write questions with the given words and then answer them so they are true for
you:
1. you / at school / yesterday
- ………………………………………………………… ? ………………………………...
2. your mother / tired / last night
- ………………………………………………………… ? ………………………………...
3. you / a student / ten years ago
- ………………………………………………………… ? ………………………………...
4. your friends / at your house / yesterday afternoon
- ………………………………………………………… ? ………………………………...

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A QUIZ
14. Do the famous names quiz and check your answers on the following page:

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The correct answers to the quiz are:
1.b 2. a 3. a 4. a 5. b 6. b 7. b 8. b
- Now read the quiz again and complete the following sentences with the missing
words:
a) J.K. Rowling's famous creation ………………Harry Potter.
b) Salvador Dalí was from …………………
c) Bram Stoker's famous book was ……………………
d) Mary Shelley…………………...an English …………………The name of her book was
…………………………
e) A famous sports star in the 1990s …………………Michael Jordan.
f) The five singers famous in the 1990s ………………………The Spice Girls.
g) ………………………………was the name of the actor in Gladiator.
h) Beethoven and Bach ……………………German composers.
There was / There were
Use
- There was i there were són les formes del past simple de there is i there are.
Examples:
Present Today there are thirty students in class.
Past Yesterday there were twenty-six students in class.

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Exercises
15. Look at the following diaries and complete the sentences with There was / wasn't
and There were / weren't :
1. ………………………a lesson at two
o'clock.
2. ………………………hamburgers for
lunch
3. ……………………..a school football
match.
4. ……………………..two tests in
class 8A.
5. …………………….. a meeting in
the sports hall.
6. …………………….. a "Star Wars"
marathon on TV3.
16. Complete the questions with Was there or Were there and then answer them
according to the picture:
Example:
Was there a computer in the bedroom?
Yes, there was
1. ……………………three children in the room?
……………………………….
2. ……………………a dog on the bed?
……………………………….
3. ……………………. books in boxes?
……………………………...
4. ……………………. clothes in the wardrobe?
………………………………
5. …………………….. a window in the room?
………………………………
6. …………………….. clothes on the bed?
………………………………

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PAST SIMPLE OF REGULAR VERBS
Study the examples and use:
TIME EXPRESSIONS
last night / week / month / year = la nit , la setmana, el mes, l'any passat
last Tuesday / May . . . = el dimarts passat, el maig passat
yesterday = ahir
a week / weekend / month / year ago = fa una setmana, un cap de setmana, un mes, un
any
USE
Amb els verbs regulars totes les persones de les formes verbals del passat acaben
amb –ed. Per tant, és molt important indicar sempre el subjecte de la frase (qui va fer
l'acció) tant si és un substantiu com un pronom.
Exemples:
My brother walked ten kilometres yesterday
El meu germà va caminar deu quilòmetres ahir
She started school in 2000
Ella va començar l'escola l'any 2000
Two days ago we played a tennis match
Fa dos dies vam jugar un partit de tennis
(Per les formes negatives i interrogatives mireu la gramática dels verbs
irregulars en el tema 10)

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Exercises on the Past Simple Regular Verbs (affirmative sentences)
17. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple affirmative and translate them into
Catalan:
1. I ………………………….(play) football yesterday
…………………………………………………………………………………………
2. I …………………………(watch) TV last night
…………………………………………………………………………………………
3. The students …………………………… (visit) the museum last week
…………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Mark ………………………………(clean) his bedroom a week ago
…………………………………………………………………………………………
5. We ………………………………(talk) to our parents last night
…………………………………………………………………………………………
18. Complete the chart with the past tense of the following regular verbs:
cry (plorar) shop (anar a comprar) study (estudiar) live (viure)
listen (escoltar) play (jugar) love (estimar) kick (xutar)
19. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple affirmative of the verbs in the
previous chart:
1. My family ………………..in London four
years ago.
2. I …………………golf yesterday.
3. The boys …………………… to their new
CD.
4. We …………………… for the English
test last night.
5. I ……………………… the ball to Kevin.
6. He ……………………his car next to me.

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READING 1
Read the text with the help of a dictionary:
20. - Answer the following sentences after reading the text:
1. What was Madame Tussaud's first name?
__________________________________________________
2. Where was Benjamin Franklin from?
__________________________________________________
3. When was Madame Tussaud in Paris?
__________________________________________________
4. What was the name of Madame Tussaud's first museum?
__________________________________________________
5. Where is Madame Tussaud's museum today?
__________________________________________________

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READING 2
Some students from Northwood School were at Madame Tussaud's. Read the
text and complete the student's worksheet about the people in the text :
WRITING Word order: adjectives (revision)
Recorda que en anglès els adjectius s'acostumen a posar davant dels noms. Però com
en català, també van darrere el verb to be.
21. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences:
1. was / I / hungry : …………………………………………………..……………………
2. is / she / girl / happy / a : ………………………………………...…………………….
3. king's / the / eyes/ small / were : ……………………………..……………………….
4. is / a / friend / Lisa / good :……………………………………..………………………
5. angry / the / was / man :…………………………………………..……………………
6. bad / to his wives / was / the king : ……………………………………...……………
7. young / were / they / students : ……………………………………………………….

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PROGRESS CHECK 9
1……………….………….
2………………………….
3………………………….
4………………………….
5………………………….
6………………………….
past simple of to be
2
3

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Answers
1…………………………
2 didn't finish
3…………………………
4…………………………
5…………………………
6 didn't like
7…………………………
8 didn't stop