This document contains a vocabulary unit about verbs related to historic achievements and life events, as well as grammar lessons on the past simple tense of regular and irregular verbs. The vocabulary exercises ask students to complete crosswords and sentences using verbs like "discovered", "painted", and "invented" to describe things people in history did. The grammar lessons provide examples of the past simple tense and ask students to correct mistakes or write original sentences in the past tense form.

1. Unit 4 Vocabulary
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Verbs: Historic achievements
1 Complete the crossword. What is the hidden
verb?
1 _____ a dress
2 _____ a picture
3 _____ maths at university
4 _____ students in a school
5 _____ an idea
6 _____ a new machine
7 _____ a country
8 _____ a new place
The hidden verb is ____________ .
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2 Complete the sentences. Use appropriate past
simple verbs
1 Jesse Owens w____________ Olympic gold
medals for sprinting.
2 Elizabeth I r____________ Britain in the
sixteenth century.
3 Christopher Columbus d____________ America.
4 Pablo Picasso p____________ Guernica.
5 Konrad Zuse i____________ an early computer.
6 Socrates t____________ philosophy in
Ancient Greece.
7 Hernando Cortés e____________ Mexico.
8 The Wright brothers f____________ the first
aeroplanes.
Verbs: Life events
3 Correct the mistakes.
1 My parents felt in love when they were at school.
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2 Alicia and Paul get married last year.
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3 My uncle born in Africa.
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4 They became engaged on their fifth anniversary.
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5 Eric travelled to abroad when he retired.
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6 Katia was to school from 1998 to 2010.
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4 Complete the text. Use appropriate past simple
verbs.
Elsie, my great-grandmother, (1) _________ born in
1917. She only (2) _________ to school for eight
years. When she was fourteen, she (3) _________
school and she (4) _________ working in a local
factory. She met a boy called Albert there and they
(5) _________ in love. But six months later, his
family (6) _________ house. Elsie’s heart was
broken! When she was 28, she met a man called
Peter. They (7) _________ engaged, and six
months later, they (8) _________ married.
Together, they (9) _________ a house and
(10) _________ four children. After many happy
years, they (11) _________ grandparents – my
mum was born. Only a few months after Peter
(12) _________ from work, he died. Now she was
alone, Elsie (13) _________ to drive. On her first
lesson, she immediately knew her driving instructor
– it was Albert! On her 65
th
birthday, Elsie married
for the second time. On their honeymoon, they went
to France. It was the first time that she and Albert
(14) _________ abroad.

2. Unit 4 Grammar
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Past simple affirmative
(regular verbs)
1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple of
the verbs in the box.
1 My grandfather ___________ chocolate.
2 We always ___________ at that café for coffee.
3 They ___________ me to do my homework.
4 My parents ___________ their holiday.
5 We ___________ on the Internet every night.
6 We ___________ football in the park.
7 Javier ___________ DVDs all day.
8 I ___________ my homework at 5 p.m.
Past simple affirmative
(irregular verbs)
2 Correct the mistakes.
1 We was on the bus.
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2 Allie meeted her friends at the cinema.
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3 We were into town on Saturday night.
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4 Dan want to see the film yesterday.
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5 I were really hungry.
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6 I felt off my bike. It was so embarrassing!
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7 Sally writed an excellent story.
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8 Mr Harris teached me English last year.
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3 Write sentences. Use the past simple and add
any necessary words.
1 my cousin / engaged / 2009
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2 we / Disneyland / July
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3 I / some new jeans / the weekend
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4 Hayley’s daughter / born / 27
th
May
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4 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple of
appropriate irregular verbs.
1 Anna’s really good at crafts. She ___________
this bag for me!
2 Jim ___________ his leg on Saturday and he
can’t play football for two months.
3 We ___________ to that new Japanese
restaurant for dinner last night.
4 Ben ___________ some new trainers at the
shopping centre. They’re cool!
5 Jenny ___________ very tired last night.
6 I ___________ breakfast at 7:30 this morning.
7 My parents ___________ very angry with me.
8 I ___________ a really good film at the cinema.
could / couldn’t
5 Write sentences. Use could / couldn’t and add
any other necessary words.
1 Pete / ride a bike / when / six years old.
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2 She / speak / Italian / when / ten.
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3 They / see / the film / last night.
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4 We / swim / when we / young.
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5 Gino / read / when / four.
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6 Rewrite the sentences in exercise 5 as
questions. Then write short answers.
1 _______________________________________
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2 _______________________________________
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3 _______________________________________
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4 _______________________________________
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5 _______________________________________
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