3 - Egis

Student’s Book
Virginia Evans - Jenny Dooley

3
MODULE
Legends
What’s in this module?
ñ famous people
ñ appearance & character
ñ film heroes
ñ past simple (regular verbs)
ñ narrating past events
ñ describing a film
Find the page numbers for
ñ a quotation
ñ a story about a monster
ñ a film poster
Vocabulary
ñ Historical figures
Look at the pictures. Who was
a/an: Italian architect, Egyptian
queen, Mongolian emperor, Scottish
warrior, American pilot, Polish scientist,
English queen, American president?
Queen Elizabeth I was an English queen.
Reading years
In English, we read the years as two sets
of two digit numbers.
1561 = fifteen sixty-one
1807 = eighteen oh seven
1972 = nineteen seventy-two
BUT
2009 = two thousand and nine
Ask and answer.
A: When was Queen Elizabeth I born?
B: In 1533. When did she die?
A: In 1603.
1. Cleopatra
(Egypt) 69 BC-30 BC
3. Marie
Skłodowska-Curie
(Poland) 1867-1934
5. Leonardo da
Vinci
(Italy) 1452-1519
7. Amelia Earhart
(USA) 1897-1937
2. Queen Elizabeth I
(England) 1533-1603
4. William Wallace
(Scotland) 1270-1305
6. Genghis Khan
(Mongolia) 1162-1227
8. Abraham Lincoln
(USA) 1809-1865
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Reading 3a
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2
Hua Mulan was a warrior in ancient China. She was born in the fifth century.
Mulan, could fight with a sword and ride a horse very well. This was very unusual for
women in ancient China. One year, there was a war. The emperor asked Mulan’s father
to join the army but he was too old, and her brother was very young. Mulan’s father was
very sad. Mulan decided to dress as a man and take her father’s place. Mulan was a
brave person. She returned home ten years later with a beautiful horse, the emperor’s
gift to the brave soldier.
Her friends in the army didn’t have any idea that Mulan was a woman. They only
realised that when they visited her at her home.
Mulan’s story appeared in poems, stories, songs, paintings and ballads.
Nowadays, her statue welcomes visitors to her hometown, a small
village in Henan Province. Two stone tablets tell Mulan’s story.
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What do you know about Hua Mulan?
What else would you like to know about
her? Think of three questions.
Listen and read the text. Can you
answer your questions?
Read the text and mark the sentences
T (true), F (false) or DS (doesn’t say).
1 Hua Mulan was from China. .....
2 She was born in the fifteenth
century. ......
3 She could fight with a sword. ......
4 She didn’t have a mother. .....
5 Hua Mulan was very brave. .....
Match the words in the two columns.
1 could fight with
2 could ride
3 to join
4 she returned
5 she decided to dress
6 her friends didn’t have
7 two stone tablets tell
6 Other soldiers couldn’t tell
that she was a woman. .....
7 There are a lot of films about
her in China. .....
8 No one remembers her in
her hometown. .....
a home
b the army
c a sword
d any idea
e a horse
f Mulan’s story
g as a man
Check these words
warrior, ancient, fight,
sword, emperor, join
the army, dress, brave,
gift, soldier, realise,
appear, ballad, statue,
hometown,
stone tablet
ñ Use the phrases above to tell the class the summary of the text.
Hua Mulan was a warrior in ancient China. She could fight with a sword.

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5
6
ñ Appearance & character
Read and choose the right words.
1 curly, wavy, straight,
spiky, thick, long, short,
brown, fair, grey
hair/mouth
2 big, long, small
lips/mouth
Write the words in the spidergrams: tall, overweight,
short, plump, thin, handsome, slim, beautiful, old, ugly,
young, well-built, attractive, middle-aged, of medium height.
tall ................. old
.................
fat
.................
Height
.................
.................
.................
handsome
Age
Weight Looks
.................
3 big, small, blue, green
eyes/face
4 small, wide nose/hair
5 thin, full lips/nose
6 long, round eyes/face
.................
.................
.................
.................
Use the words from Exs 4 & 5 to describe the
people in the pictures.
Dave
Helen
Bill
Jim
.................
Dave is tall and thin. He’s got wavy brown hair and thin lips.
Ann
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Vocabulary 3a
Match the adjectives (1-6)
to their opposites (a-f).
Then fill in the gaps.
1 funny
2 brave
3 hardworking
4 stupid
5 patient
6 honest
a lazy
b clever
c impatient
d dishonest
e boring
f cowardly
1 His dad is ............................ .
He can’t wait for us.
2 The clown is very ................ .
He plays a lot of tricks.
3 Mary is ................................ .
She always gets high marks.
4 James is ............................... .
He doesn’t study at all.
5 Mulan was ........................... .
She wasn’t afraid to fight.
6 My sister is .......................... .
She always tells the truth.
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Speaking
ñ Describing people’s
appearance and
character
Find out about your partner’s
friends.
A: What does your best friend
look like?
B: He’s tall and thin with short
fair hair, blue eyes and a
small nose.
A: What’s he like?
B: He’s patient and honest.
Describe someone from the
class. Let your friends
guess who he/she is.
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Grammar 3b
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2
ñ Past simple (affirmative) –
regular verbs
Read the table and complete the rule.
Say the example in your language.
Affirmative
I played tennis yesterday.
You played tennis yesterday.
He played tennis yesterday.
She played tennis yesterday.
It played tennis yesterday.
We played tennis yesterday.
You played tennis yesterday.
They played tennis yesterday.
Form: verb + ..............
We use the past simple for actions which
happened at a certain time in the past.
He watched TV last night. (When? Last night.)
Spelling:
ñ verbs ending in -e + -d like - liked
ñ verbs ending in consonant + -y ➝ -ied
try - tried
ñ verbs ending in vowel + -y + -ed play - played
ñ verbs ending in one stressed vowel
between two consonants, double the last
consonant + -ed stop - stopped
Put the verbs in brackets into the past
simple.
Genghis Khan 1) lived (live) in southeast Asia 800
years ago. His people 2) .................... (call) him
Genghis Khan which means ‘great king’. He
3) .................... (start) the Mongol Empire. He
4) .................... (join) many tribes together. He
5) .................... (invade) many parts of China and
Central Asia. Some people
6) ............................ (hate) him and
some people 7) .................... (like)
him. He 8) .................... (die) in
1227. His men 9) ....................
(bury) him somewhere in
Mongolia but no one knows where.
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4
ñ Past simple (negative)
Read the table and complete the rule.
Say the example in your language.
Negative
I did not/didn’t play tennis yesterday.
You did not/didn’t play tennis yesterday.
He did not/didn’t play tennis yesterday.
She did not/didn’t play tennis yesterday.
It did not/didn’t play tennis yesterday.
We did not/didn’t play tennis yesterday.
You did not/didn’t play tennis yesterday.
They did not/didn’t play tennis yesterday.
Form: noun/pronoun + ................... + base form
of the main verb
I didn’t listen to music yesterday.
Read the text in Ex. 2 again and correct
the false statements below.
1 Genghis Khan died in 1224.
He didn’t die in 1224. He died in 1227.
2 Genghis Khan lived in Europe.
..................................................................
..................................................................
3 He started the British Empire.
..................................................................
..................................................................
4 He joined only two tribes together.
..................................................................
..................................................................
5 He invaded many parts of Australia.
..................................................................
..................................................................
6 His men buried him in Italy.
..................................................................
..................................................................

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ñ Past simple (interrogative)
Complete the table.
Interrogative Short answers
Did I play tennis yesterday?
Did you play tennis yesterday?
Did he play tennis yesterday?
Did she play tennis yesterday?
......... it play tennis yesterday?
Did we play tennis yesterday?
Did you play tennis yesterday?
Did they play tennis yesterday?
Yes, I did./No I didn’t.
Yes, you did./No you ......... .
Yes, he ........ ./No he didn’t.
Yes, she did./No she didn’t.
Yes, it did./No it ......... .
Yes, we did./No we didn’t.
Yes, you did./No you ......... .
Yes, ..... did./No ..... didn’t.
a) Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.
Marco Polo 1) ............................. (live) in
Venice in the 13th century. He
2) ........................... (travel) to Asia with his
father and his uncle in 1271. They
3) .......................... (visit) the court of Kublai
Khan, the grandson of Genghis. They
4) ........................... (stay) in Asia for 17 years.
Marco Polo 5) ........................... (explore) all of
China and the Silk Road. He
6) ........................... (return) to Venice in 1295.
People 7) ........................... (enjoy) the stories
about his adventures.
He 8) ........................... (die) in 1324.
b) Put the words in the correct order to form
questions based on the text. Answer them.
1 Marco Polo/live/Did/Venice/in?
Did Marco Polo live in Venice? Yes, he did.
2 he/Asia /travel/his mother and father/Did/to/with?
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
3 the/Kublai Khan/court/of/they/Did/visit?
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
4 stay/they/Asia/17 years/Did/in/for?
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
5 1295/he/Did/return/Venice/to/
in?
...............................................
...............................................
6 he/Did/die/1326/in?
...............................................
...............................................
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Grammar 3b
ñ Talking about
the past
What did you do
yesterday afternoon? Talk
with your friend.
ñ listen to music
ñ watch TV
ñ play computer games
ñ study English
ñ visit a friend
ñ cook dinner
Did you listen to
music yesterday
afternoon?
Writing
Write three things
you did yesterday and
three things you didn’t do
yesterday. Find someone in
the class who did exactly
the same things as you.
Workbook pp. ...
No, I didn’t.
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Skills 3c
A
C
1
2
3
Reading
Read the story again and complete the sentences.
1 Peter travelled to ......................................
last .......................................................... .
2 He wanted to see .................................... .
3 Peter walked to the ...................................
of the lake to take some .......................... .
B
D
by Peter Turner
Last summer we travelled to Scotland for a
holiday. I was really excited, as I wanted to visit
and see Nessie, the famous monster. According
to legend Nessie lives in this lake.
We started our journey to Loch Ness very early
in the morning.
We soon arrived at the lake. I wanted to take
some photographs so I walked to the edge of
the lake. Suddenly, a long neck appeared from
out of the water. “Was it the Loch Ness
monster?” I wondered.
I stepped back in horror, dropped my camera
and shouted for help. My family tried to calm
me down. A few seconds later my dad started
laughing.
“It’s not Nessie, John. It’s a log. Look!” He was
right. I started laughing at my mistake.
We had a great picnic by the lake and we all
enjoyed Mum’s sandwiches. It’s a pity Nessie
wasn’t there to have one.
Check these words
travel, excited, legend,
journey, edge, wonder,
step back, in horror, log
Look at the pictures (A-D) and the title of the text. Which monster do
you think the text is about? Read the text quickly to check your answer.
Try to put the pictures in the correct order.
Listen, read and check.
4 A long ............................... appeared from
out of the ............................................... .
5 Peter stepped back in ............... ,dropped
his ...............and shouted for.................... .
6 Then he realised it was a ......................... .

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5
Speaking
Read and put the events in the order
they happened.
They reached the lake.
They started their journey to Loch Ness.
John walked to the lake to take pictures.
John realised his mistake.
A long neck appeared.
They had their picnic.
His dad laughed.
John started shouting.
In pairs, decide on a different ending of
the story. Keep notes and tell the class.
Think about:
ñ Was it a log or Nessie?
ñ What did you and your family do?
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ñ Now give the summary of the story.
Use first, then, next, after that.
Listening
Listen to Jim talking about his
experience. Why did he want to visit
the Banff National Park?
7
8
Are the sentences correct (Yes) or
incorrect (No)? Listen again and
tick (✔) the correct boxes.
1 Jim travelled to the Rocky
Mountains last summer.
2 He didn’t want to go to the
Banff National Park.
3 He went into the forest
because he wanted to take
some photographs.
4 Suddenly, Bigfoot
appeared.
5 Jim didn’t have a good time
in the national park.
Writing
Portfolio: Imagine you are Jim.
Write about your experience in the
Banff National Park for the school’s
English magazine (60-80 words). Give
the story a title.
Your History marks
are very low.
Skills 3c
Yes No
Sorry, but I can’t answer
questions about things that
happened before I was born.
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Everyday English 3d
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2
3
4
5
ñ Describing a film
a) Listen and repeat. The sentences are from a dialogue
between two friends. What is the dialogue about?
ñ How was your weekend? ñ I’m sorry about that. ñ What did you watch?
ñ It was brilliant. ñ What’s it about? ñ Sounds exciting.
ñ Who stars in it? ñ It’s a pity. ñ You can rent it on DVD.
b) Listen and read to find out.
Read the dialogue and answer the questions. Then, say the
sentences in Ex. 1 in your language.
1 What film did Bill watch?
2 What type was it?
3 Which actors were in it?
4 Did Bill like the film? Why?
Ann: Hi, Bill. How was your weekend?
Bill: Not so good. I was ill so I stayed home.
Ann: I’m sorry about that.
Bill: That’s OK. I watched a nice adventure film.
Ann: What did you watch?
Bill: The Golden Compass. It was brilliant.
Ann: Really? What’s it about?
Bill: It’s about a young girl who travels to the North Pole and joins
forces with talking polar bears to unite the universe.
Ann: Sounds exciting. Is there lots of action?
Bill: Yes, there is. The special effects are amazing too. The animals
looked real.
Ann: Who stars in it?
Bill: Dakota Blue Richards plays the young girl and it also stars
Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.
Ann: It sounds great. It’s a pity I didn’t watch it.
Bill: You can rent it on DVD.
Find sentences in the dialogue which mean the following: Did you
enjoy your weekend? – That’s too bad. – Sounds really good. – Which
actors were in it? – It’s a shame I missed it.
Listen to the dialogue. Take roles and read it aloud.
You watched a nice film on TV last weekend. Use the
sentences in Ex. 1 to act out your dialogue. You can use the
dialogue in Ex. 2 as a model.

was born in Pella in 356 BC.
His father, King Phillip II died
in 336 BC, so Alexander
was king at the age of
twenty! He was a very
young man, but he was clever and strong. He
gathered a big army and attacked the whole
Persian Empire! Alexander was a brave and
respected leader. In just a few years, he ruled
many countries and reached all the way to India!
The journey back was long and dangerous and
many of the soldiers died on the way. In 323 BC,
Alexander also died of a fever in Babylon. He was
only 33 years old! During his short life, Alexander
achieved great things. All over the world, people
remember Alexander the Great as one of the
bravest heroes of ancient times.
Check these words
gather, attack,
respected, rule, reach,
on the way, fever,
achieve, free, fight
against, leader, order,
arrest, cruell
you ?
DID KNOW
ñ Colin Farrell starred
as Alexander in
Alexander the Great
(2004).
ñ Mel Gibson starred
as William Wallace
in Braveheart (1995).
1
2
3
1 Where was Alexander the Great
born?
2 How did he die?
4
Read the text again and answer the questions.
Pronunciation /t/, /d/, /æd/
3 Who was William Wallace?
4 Why did he decide to fight
against England?
Listen and repeat. Listen again and tick (✓). Think of more
words with the same sounds.
watched
wanted
liked
/t/ /d/ /æd/
played
stopped
walked
/t/ /d/ /æd/
Find all the past verb forms in the texts above. How do we
pronounce -ed in each?
ICT
Culture Corner 3e
was a brave Scottish warrior. At this time,
England ruled Scotland. Wallace wanted Scotland
to be a free country so he decided to fight against
England. Many men joined Wallace in his fight.
They called him ‘Braveheart’ because he was a
brave, strong leader. The king of England, Edward
I, hated Wallace and ordered his men to arrest
him. Braveheart died a cruel death, but people still
remember him as a hero of Scotland.
Who are the characters in the pictures? What were they famous for?
Listen and read to find out.
Portfolio: Think of a hero from your country. Write a
short text about him/her. Present it to the class.
ñ Who is he/she? ñ What is he/she famous for? ñ What did he/she do?
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Across the Curriculum 3f
History
1
2
Famous quotations
Listen with your heart,
you will understand.
(Pocahontas)
3
What do you know about Pocahontas? Why do people
call her ‘a child of peace’?
Listen and read to find out.
Read the text. For questions 1-4 choose the correct answer A, B or C.
How are these names related to
Pocahontas? Make sentences using
them and give a summary of the text
to your partner.
ñ Powhatan ñ Virginia ñ Matoaka
ñ the Powhatans ñ the English
ñ John Smith ñ John Rolfe ñ Thomas
ñ King James I
Pocahontas’ father was Powhatan.
Workbook pp. ...
1 Pocahontas came from a(n)
A rich family.
B important family.
C small family.
2 Pocahontas wanted to
A save the English colonists from the
Indians.
B unite the Indians and the English.
C free Indians from the English.
4
Check these words
chief, promote, peace,
colonist, settle, fight,
arrest, save, prison,
good manners, ill
was the daughter of Powhatan, a very important Indian
chief in Virginia. Her real name was Matoaka.
She tried hard to promote peace between her people and the
English colonists who arrived in her country and settled there.
Pocahontas tried to stop the war between her people and the
colonists. Pocahontas managed to learn to speak English. She
believed that the English could teach her people a lot of new
things. One winter, the English didn’t have any food so she asked her
father to give them food. But soon, the Powhatans and the English
started fighting again. During a fight the Indians arrested an English
captain, John Smith. Pocahontas saved his life. In 1613, the colonists arrested
her. Pocahontas stayed in prison for a year. She had such good manners that
the English liked her and so they didn't hurt her. In April 1614, she married
colonist John Rolfe. This helped end the war between the Powhatans and the
English colonists. Unfortunately, while she was in England with her husband and son,
Thomas, visiting King James I, she got ill and died. She was only 22.
3 She managed to
A arrest an English captain.
B save an Englishman’s life.
C hurt herself.
4 Pocahontas had a
A big family.
B bad ending.
C short life.
What makes Pocahontas a
person to remember? Why should
people remember her? Spend three
minutes writing on the topic. Read
your sentences to the class.

1
2
3
Leonardo da Vinci used “mirror writing”, starting
at the right side of the page and moving to the
left!
Can you rewrite Leonardo’s sentences in the correct
way?
Do the quiz. Complete the sentences.
1 Abraham Lincoln was ............................................ .
2 Hua Mulan dressed as ........................................... .
3 The Golden Compass is an ............................... film.
4 William Wallace was from ..................................... .
5 Alexander the Great died of a ............................... .
6 Matoaka is Pocahontas’ ........................................... .
Look at Module 3 and write a
quiz of your own similar to the one above.
1 I was born in Florence, Italy.
2 The Last Supper is one of my favourite paintings.
Time Out 3g
Heroes are the people
Who stand up for what is right
They’re there in times of trouble
And they don’t give up the
1) ....................
They’re people you can turn to
And they’ll never let you down
Whenever they are needed
They will always be
2) ....................
We all need a hero
Someone loyal, brave and
3) .................
But take a look inside you
You could be a hero, too
Heroes are survivors
They’re courageous and they’re
4) ..................
And everyone feels safer
When a hero comes along
They save us and protect us
From the dangers that we face
They always do their best
To make the world a better
5) ....................
3 I was also a very talented musician.
4 I invented a lot of things, including a type of helicopter!
5 I could paint with one hand and write with the other!
4
Use the words strong,
true, fight, place, around
complete the gaps.
Listen and check.
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2
3
4
Self Check 3
Write the opposites.
1 patient ≠ i ...................................................
2 honest ≠ d...................................................
3 hardworking ≠ l...........................................
4 clever ≠ s.....................................................
5 funny ≠ b ....................................................
6 brave ≠ c.....................................................
7 plump ≠ t....................................................
Match the words.
1 spiky
a lips
2 well-built b hair
3 full
c face
4 round
d mouth
5 wide
e body
Points: ___ ( 7 X 2 14)
Points: ___ ( 5 X 2 10)
Put the verbs in brackets into the past
simple.
1 I ............................. (watch) TV last night.
2 He ........................... (not/play) basketball
yesterday.
3 She ......................... (work) late yesterday.
4 They .............................. (not/visit) us last
weekend.
5 He ............................ (travel) to Spain last
summer.
Points: ___
( 5 X 4 20)
Put the words in the correct order.
1 where/from/Amelia Earhart/was/? ..............
..................................................................
2 Genghis Khan/explore/didn’t/the Atlantic
Ocean/ ......................................................
..................................................................
3 did/live/Italy/in/Marco Polo/? ....................
..................................................................
4 a/was/Cleopatra/queen/ ............................
..................................................................
5 did/when/die/he/? .....................................
..................................................................
Points: ___ ( 5 X 4 20)
5
6
Fill in: was, were or did. Then answer
the questions.
1 ................................... Abraham Lincoln an
inventor?
No, he ..................................................... .
2 .......................................... you know Plato
was a philosopher?
Yes, I ....................................................... .
3 .......................................... Marco Polo live
in England?
No, he ..................................................... .
4 ................................... Alexander the Great
and William Wallace brave soldiers?
Yes, they .................................................. .
5 ................................. Queen Elizabeth I die
in 1533?
No, she ................................................... .
1
2
3
4
Points: ___ ( 5 X 4 20)
Match the questions to the answers.
A
When was Marie Curie
born?
When did she die?
What was she?
Where was she from?
Points: ___ ( 4 X 4 16)
My score: ____ ( 100)
Mark.
ñ talk and write about the past
ñ read years
ñ talk about my activities last weekend
ñ write about a hero
ñ write a story
ñ describe people’s appearance and character
CChheecck your progress
ñ describe a film
GOOD VERY GOOD EXCELLENT
B
a In 1934.
b Poland.
c In 1867.
d A scientist.