7 Heroes

Vocabulary
Jobs 3   Read the information and write the job.

1   Look at the photos and write the jobs.

Check out these
1 2 3
JOB ADVERTS!
A shoe shop needs
A lovely family
someone to help
wants someone to
on Saturdays.
cook lunch for the
2s
5 kids twice a week.
a
1 chef
4 7
A school newspaper needs someone who is
good with a camera. 3 p

6 A businesswoman A magazine for

wants someone young people
to help put her needs someone to
company online. write about sports.
4w 5j
d
9 10
8
Interested? Email us on under18jobs@jobs.com.

4   What’s the best job for these people?

1 I like helping other people to learn new things and
1 singer 6 d I don’t mind working with children. teacher
2 t 7 t d 2 I’d love to start my own company.
3 w 8 r
4 a 9 a 3 I wouldn’t like to be a doctor, but I enjoy helping
5 d 10 p o people who aren’t well.
4 I’m interested in transport. I’d love to design better
2   Match the jobs in the box with the and faster trains.
descriptions. There are two extra words. 5 I’d love to help people who have got problems
with the police.
accountant ​businessman/woman ​engineer 6 I love helping my uncle repair old cars. It’s a lot of
​nurse ​
lawyer ​mechanic ​pilot scientist fun!

1 I look after people who are not well. nurse 5   Answer the questions for you.
2 I repair cars. 1 Describe your perfect job.
3 I help people with their money.
4 I give people advice about the law. 2 Which jobs do you not want to do? Why?
5 I do research and study science.
6 I fly planes. 3 Choose two of the jobs on this page. What do you
think are the most difficult things about them?

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 Starter
Grammar 7
1
Past simple of irregular verbs: 4   Correct the sentences using the
information in brackets.
affirmative and negative
1 A
 melia Earhart was the second woman to fly
1   Complete the table with the correct form across the Atlantic Ocean. (first woman)
of the verbs. She wasn’t the second woman. She was the first.
2 W
 illiam Shakespeare was perhaps the greatest
Infinitive Past simple English writer. He wrote 15 plays. (37 plays)
do 1 did
2 took 3 N
 elson Mandela came from the USA. He
was the first black president of that country.
decide 3 (South Africa)
4 left
5 4 M
 argaret Bourke-White was a famous
stay
photographer and journalist. She took photos of
6 worked Elvis Presley. (Gandhi)
go 7
8 finished 5   Complete the email with the past
simple form of the verbs in the box.
2   Write the infinitives in exercise 1 in the
correct group. not do ​go ​finish ​
have ​meet 
Regular: decide ​play ​wake up ​watch ​not win

Irregular: do
Madi To: Rosie

Hi Rosie,
3   Complete the text with the past simple
form of the verbs in brackets. I1 had a great weekend. I 
2  anything very different. I
3 a volleyball match on Saturday

WOMEN
morning but we 4 the match. I
5 my friends in the afternoon
and we 6
who changed shopping in the new
department store. On Sunday, I 7

the world quite early and I 8

homework. In the afternoon, I 9
doing my

a TV series. That’s all, really. What did you do last

weekend? Where did you go?
When Florence Nightingale 1 was
(be) 31, she 2 (go) to Germany to Madi
learn to be a nurse. In 1853, war 3
(begin) in Crimea, and in 1854 she
4 (go) to Turkey to help people 6   Answer the questions at the end of
there. She 5 (see) that many of Madi’s email in exercise 5 for you.
the people in the beds 6  (be)
unwashed, hungry and cold. She 7
(work) hard to change this and saved many
lives. She often 8 (spend) the night
making sure everyone was comfortable. When
she 9  (come) back to England,
she 10  (begin) the first school
for nurses.

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 7 Vocabulary
Adjectives to describe people 5   Match pictures A–F with sentences 1–6
in exercise 4.
1   Complete the adjectives with the
missing vowels.
1 c a r e f u l
2 fr ndly
3 g n r s
4 k nd
5 l zy
6 sp c l
A B
7 t l nt d
8 r d

2   Match the words with their opposite in

exercise 1.
1 careless careful
2 polite
3 unfriendly
4 unkind
5 normal C D

3   Write the words in exercise 1 and 2 in the

table.

Positive Negative Neutral

careful careless normal

E F

6   Answer the questions for you. Use the

words in exercise 3.
1 Describe a famous person. What’s he/she like?


4   Complete the sentences with some
of the words in exercise 3. 2 Describe one of your friends. What’s he/she like?
1 My best friend talks to everyone and makes
new friends easily. He’s friendly .

2 My sister does everything quickly and makes

a lot of mistakes. She’s .
3 What are you like?
3 My granddad loved painting and he was
really good at it. He was .
4 That waiter didn’t smile or say ‘hello’ and then
he shouted at us. He’s .
5 My brother never helps at home. He just sits
on the sofa. He’s .
6 My aunt donates both her time and money
to charity. She’s .

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 Starter
Grammar 7
1
Past simple: question forms 3   Complete the sentences with the past
simple form of the verbs in brackets.
and ago
1 I had (have) a party a month ago.
1   Match questions 1–6 with answers a–f. 2 My mum (meet) my dad in 2001.
1 Did you have lunch at school? a
Yes, you did. 3 We (begin) school at the
2 Did your dad go by plane? b
No, she didn’t. age of six.
3 Did I take your pencil case? c
Yes, I did. 4 I (wake up) four hours ago.
4 Did we raise a lot of money? d
No, they didn’t. 5 I (travel) by plane in 2017.
5 Did your sister start her blog? e
Yes, we did.
6 Did the singers dance too? f
No, he didn’t. 4   Write the past time expressions in the
sentences in exercise 3.
2   Complete the questions with the 1 a month ago
past simple form of the verbs in brackets. 2
3
This week we ask our readers
4
about their heroes from history.
5

5  Complete the questions with the

information in exercise 3.
1 When did you last
have a party?
2 When your dad?
3 When school?
4 When ?
TeenMag: M egan, your hero is Neil Armstrong.
What 1 did he 5 When last
do (do)? by plane?
Megan: H
 e was the first man to walk on the Moon.
TeenMag: Why is he your hero? 6   Write your own answers to the
Megan: B
 ecause I think he did something questions in exercise 5.
really amazing. 1
TeenMag: When 2 he
2
(start) flying?
Megan: H
 e always loved planes and he became 3
a pilot on his 16th birthday. That’s 4
before he learnt to drive. 5
TeenMag: What 3 he
(study) at university?
Megan: He studied to be an engineer.
TeenMag: When 4 he
(begin) working
for NASA?
Megan: H
 e began after he finished university. First,
he 5 (be) a pilot for
NASA and he flew more than 1,100 hours
testing their planes.
TeenMag:  When 6 he
(walk) on the Moon?
Megan: O
 n 20th July 1969, Neil Armstrong
walked on the Moon and said, ‘That’s
one small step for [a] man, one giant leap
for mankind.’ What a hero!

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7 Reading
A web article

WHO’S YOUR HERO?
Is it a sports star, a singer, an actor or perhaps someone in your town?
We asked you about your heroes and here are the most popular.

LIONEL MESSI
Many of you wrote about one of the best footballers in the world. Messi began playing football in
Argentina, but he moved to FC Barcelona when he was 13. Three years later, he started playing in
the first team. Messi also donates his time to UNICEF and he’s one of their Goodwill Ambassadors.
ARIANA GRANDE
Singer and actor Ariana Grande was also one of your favourites. She began her career in the theatre,
later on television and then started making albums. When she isn’t performing, she works with
charities. When she was just ten, she helped form a charity group called Kids Who Care.
TEACHERS
A lot of you wrote about amazing teachers, like Zhang Lili from China.
She pushed her students away from a bus which was out of control
and lost both her legs. Another teacher in Iran visited one of his
students in hospital every day to tell him about his
classes. And Rajesh Kumar Sharma in India
opened a free school under a bridge for New
Delhi’s poorest children.

WE’D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR HERO!

Send us an email at heroes@magazine.com.

Subskill: Understanding new words

There may be some words you don’t understand
at first, but you can often guess their meaning by
looking at the whole sentence.

3   Read the underlined sentences in the

text and answer the questions.
1 Does Messi work with UNICEF? Does UNICEF give
him any money?
fun Ariana Grande is vegan, which
means she doesn’t eat animals, fish Yes, he does. No, they don’t.
facts or dairy. She told The Mirror, a British 2 What do you think a Goodwill Ambassador does?
newspaper, that she loves animals
more than she loves most people.
3 What do you think ‘perform’ means? Does it mean
‘to sing or act in front of people’ or does it mean
1   Look at the title of the article and the ‘to raise money for charity’?
photos. Who are the people? Why are
they heroes? 4 What does Ariana Grande usually do? And when
she isn’t doing this, what does she do?

5 If a bus is ‘out of control’, is it safe or is it
2   13 Read and listen to the text. Check
dangerous? Why?
your ideas in exercise 1.
6 What did Zhang Lili do to her students? Why?

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 Listening and Speaking 7
1
A radio programme Giving opinions
1   Match words 1–6 to the photos A–F. 1   Complete the table with the expressions in
1 a diver B 4 an air tank the box.
2 a cave 5 a bicycle I (don’t) think … ​If you ask me, … ​
3 a coach 6 a football team No way!  That’s ridiculous. 
​What do you think of … ? ​What about … ? ​
B C
Yes, I think you’re right. ​You’ve got a point.
A

Asking for opinions What do you think of … ?

Giving opinions

D E
Agreeing
F

Disagreeing

2   The words in exercise 1 tell a story. What 2   Complete the dialogues with
do you think happens in the story? expressions from exercise 1.
A
Did you see Bruno Mars on TV
3   14 Listen and check your ideas in last night?
exercise 2.
Yes, I did. I 1 think he’s
Subskill: Listening for numbers a talented singer. What do you
If the task asks you to listen for numbers: 2 of him?
Read all the questions carefully and underline
the key words. Yes, I think you’re 3 .
What 4  that other
Say the numbers in your head and think about
band? Weren’t they terrible?
what each number means.

4   Choose the correct option. Listen No 5 ! They

again and check. were awesome!

1 When did the story begin?  13/21/23 June 2018 B

2 How old was the youngest boy?  11/17/24 years old If you 6 me,
3 How old was their coach?  11/17/25 years old basketball is much more interesting
than football.
4 How long were they inside the cave? 
1 hour/3 days/2 weeks
That’s 7 ! Football
5 Who found the boys?  1/2/3 divers
can be exciting too. Did you see
6 Where were the boys?  3/4/5 kilometres inside the final last night?
7 How many divers came to help the boys? 
100/150/200 You’ve got a 8 .

5  Who do you think the heroes are? Why?

the boys ​their coach ​the British divers ​
the Thai diver

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7 Writing 7
A biography Vocabulary review
1   Read the text and divide it into
four paragraphs. Jobs
Ada Lovelace was born in London in 1815. Her 1 Choose the correct option.
mother was a mathematician and her father was a 1 Who helps others with their teeth?
famous poet. They separated when she was a baby. a 
dentist b doctor c nurse
In the 19th century, girls didn’t often study maths 2 Who serves food in a restaurant?
and science, but Ada did. She began to work with
a businessman b waiter c  sales assistant
Charles Babbage, the father of the modern computer,
when she was a teenager. Between 1842 and 1843, 3 Who makes films?
Ada worked on an article by an Italian engineer and a engineer b actor c pilot
added her own notes. In fact, many people say the 4 Who cooks meals in restaurants?
first computer program was in these notes. A few a 
receptionist b waiter c chef
years after this, Ada became ill and died at the age
of 36. She was the world’s first computer programmer! 5 Who repairs cars and bikes?
a mechanic b teacher c engineer
2   Match the descriptions to your 6 Who writes articles for newspapers?
paragraphs in exercise 1. a 
artist b journalist c photographer
How she got started Early life and family 7 Who helps others with their money?
Later life What she did a accountant b lawyer c  web designer
8 Who drives cars?
3   Write a biography of a person from a pilot b engineer c  taxi driver
history who lived in your city or region.
Adjectives to describe people

Super skills 2 Complete the sentences with an adjective.

1 When we went to the party, my sister talked to
everyone. She’s friendly .
CREATIVITY
2 Thanks for the wonderful birthday present. That’s
To do creative tasks, we can use so k of you.
people’s feedback to improve our work. 3 When you go to your aunt’s house, don’t forget
to be p and say ‘please’ and
This part is really clear.  I really like the part about …
‘thank you’.
How about …  I didn't really like the part about …
4 Please get off the sofa. Stop being so
Why don't you … ?  What do you think about … ?
l and help me clean the living
What would you say in situations 1–4? Use room!
some of the Key phrases in the box. 5 My best friend loves drawing and painting. She’s a
t artist.
1 The presentation needs pictures.
6 It’s r in some countries if you
don’t say ‘good morning’ or ‘good afternoon’ to
2 The section on their childhood is good.
everybody in the street.
7 My brother lost his mobile three times last week.
3 Some of the information isn’t clear.
He’s very c with his things.

8 My cousin always pays for everything when we
4 The person was a singer and you want
go out together. He’s very g .
to hear their songs.

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 Look what you know! 7
Grammar review Round-up 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Past simple of irregular verbs: Correct one mistake in each of the bold parts.
affirmative and negative
1 Complete the text with the correct past simple A N IM A L H ER O ES
form of the verbs in brackets. Have you got
We asked our readers; ‘1 Have you a hero?’ and
some answered with an animal.
A SUPERHERO
with problems Perhaps 2 the more famous dog in the
world was Lassie. 3 There was Lassie
Peter Parker 1 was (be) a quiet films, a TV series, a novel and a short
boy. His classmates 2 story. Animals in films 4 didn’t be
only heroes. There were also villains
(not be) kind to him. One day, a boy in
like Scar in The Lion King or Nagini
his class 3  (break) his
in Harry Potter.
glasses during a fight. Then at a science
fair, a radioactive spider 4 A long
(change) Peter’s life. time ago,
Simon the cat
Suddenly, Peter 5 (start)
5 live on a ship.
climbing walls and he 6 6 There were
(not need) glasses any more. Weeks much rats on the
later, Peter 7 (see) a ship – 7 one of them
man kill his uncle, and that was when he was bigger that
8  (become) Spider-Man. normal. Simon got
He 9  (begin) to fight hurt very badly during the war, but he found and
crime. 10  (do) his problems killed them all. He even got a medal for it!
11  (go) away because he 8 Are any stories of animal heroes today? Yes! A
was Spider-Man? No, he 12  fire began in a house in Oklahoma. Baby, the dog,
(be) a superhero with everyday problems. woke up her owners and helped them to escape.
9 She then goes back into the house and rescued
their other dogs. 10 One be under the bed.
Past simple: question forms and ago
2 Complete the questions with the verbs in
the box. Self-evaluation
do  ​be ​have ​go
Read the objectives for this
unit. How well can you now
1 Where were you yesterday?
do each one?
2 What you last
1 I can talk about different jobs
night?
and describe people.
3 Who you to the cinema with? 2 I can talk about past events
4 you a good using the past simple.
time? 3 I can ask and answer questions
using the past simple.
3 Complete the second sentence using the 4 I can understand new words in
words in brackets. a text.
1 Today’s Friday. We didn’t have pizza today because 5 I can understand numbers in a
we had it on Wednesday. (ago) recording.
We had pizza two days ago . 6 I can ask for and give opinions.
2 Vivi’s 14. When she was 9, she wrote a book. (ago) 7 I can write a biography of
Vivi wrote . someone from history.
3 Lisa was born in 2004. She began school If you choose , ask your teacher for extra help.
in 2008. (when)
She began .
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