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Unit 6: Great achievers
Past simple

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Session 1

Welcome to Unit 6! You're going to meet lots of interesting and exciting people - and learn about the past simple tense. In Session 1, Emma does a pub quiz about some great achievers. Join her team and see if you know the answers. Then, listen to the after-quiz conversation and hear examples of the past simple tense in action.

 

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Activity 1

Great Achievers Quiz

Welcome to Unit 6. It's time to find out about the past simple tense. Let's have some fun: here’s Emma ...

Watch the video and try the quiz

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Emma
Hello. Emma here. Look - there's a quiz taking place in this pub. Let's give it a go.

Ooh we're just in time! I hope you are feeling clever as I really need your help! Will you be in my quiz team please? Great!

It should be really interesting - all the questions are about people who have achieved great things. Are you sitting comfortably? Do you have a drink? Good. We can begin. I'll let you know what the questions are and then you need to select the correct answer. Good luck!

To do

Help Emma's team in the quiz - see if you know the answers to these questions.

Great achievers quiz

6 Questions

Can you answer these quiz questions?

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How many correct answers did you get? On the next page you can hear how another team got on.

Session Grammar

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Session Vocabulary

  • achieve
    succeed in doing or getting something, especially after a lot of effort

    hurdles
    frames or fences that people jump over in a running race

    sailed
    travelled across water in a boat or ship

    the South Pole
    the point on the earth’s surface (in Antarctica) that is further south than any other point

    qualify
    (here) be successful in one stage of a competition so that you are allowed to move to the next stage

    retired
    stopped working because of old age

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