look at the phrases from the typescript. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

1.He ..............(teach) at a primary school ...

2.He ..............(spend) a year training to be come a priest ...

3.She .............(make) her first TV appearance at the age of eleven ...

4.He ..............(drop) out of hight school at age of seventeen ...

5.His dad .......(laugh) when he told him his planes ...

6.He ..............(work) in the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles

7.She ............(dream) of fame as an international Gymnast ...

8.She ......(ask) if she could miss school exams to appear in the theatre ...

Exercise 1: Read and answer the questions

Emma Watson is a British actress, model, and activist. She has been widely known not only as a talented young actress, but also a humanitarian. She rose to fame after having her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series from 2001 to 2011. Other successness include her acting in The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Bling Ring. Besides her movie career, she has also earned a bachelor's degree in English literature. She was appointed the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador in July 2014. At the age of 26, she has dedicated he efforts towards the empowerment of young women ad promotion of gender equality worldwide. Emma shared, "I still have so much to learn, but as I progess I hope to bring more of my individual knowledge, experience and awareness to this role."

1. What nationality is Emma Watson?

2. What role turned Emma Watson into a famous actress?

3. What is her highest qualification?

4. What role has she undertaken since 2014?

5. Which gender has Emma promoted development for?

Read the passage and answer the questions with NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS.

1. What nationality is Emma Watson?
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2. What role turned Emma Watson into a famous actress?
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3. What is her highest qualification?
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4. What role has she undertaken since 2014?
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5. Which gender has Emma promoted development for?
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BÀI 6. Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

1. She was more famous (A) as a writer (B) than (C) as singer (D).

2. Our vocalist may not (A) be as famously (B) as others (C) in this list.

3. Everyone cheers (A) for the (B) violinist at (C) our school concert (D) yesterday.

4. I think (A) the (B) drum is one of the (C) oldest music (D) instruments.

5. If you have (A) time, you should (B) pay a visiting (C) to (D) the City Art Gallery.

6. Tracy seem (A) to be anxious (B) about (C) the performance coming up (D).

7. Their voices (A) blend marvellously (B) as (C) they singing (D) in chorus.

8. Her singing (A) became as popularly (B) as her instrumental (C) work (D).

9. I should (A) warn you in advance (B) that I (C) not a very good dancer (D).

10. Her performance in that play (A) put (B) her on the map as (C) a comedy actor (D).

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to  each of the following questions

________ that Rose was able to retire at the age of 40

A. So successful her business was

B. So successful was her business

C. Her business was successful

D. So was her successful business

The feel of music

On of the world’s most famous musicians “hear” through her feet. Evelyn Glennie is profoundly deaf- she has very serious hearing loss. She plays music by feeling the movement of sounds.

As a child, Glennie learned to play several musical instruments and was especially good at piano. But when she was eight, she started to have hearing problems. That did not stop Glennie’s love for music. She soon realized that she could “heat” notes in her feet and body.

At age 12, Glennie decided to take drum lesson. She studied at England’s well- known Royal Academy of Music at 16. At 23, she won her first Grammy. Glennie now plays more than 100 concerns a year. She practices and performs with no shoes on.

Glennie performs with world- famous musicians like the Kodo Japanese drummers, Bjork, and orchestras in the United States and Europe. She is also a keen collector of percussion instruments. She owns more than 1,800 drums and other instruments.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Even as a child Thomas Edison had a very inquisitive mind; at the age of three he performed his first experiment.

A. indifferent 

B. determined 

C. brilliant 

D. curious 

11. He’ll show the photos he has taken ________ his parents.

A. for B. with C. from D. to

12. She ________ a famous singer but she is now working as a hair stylist in my town.

A. is used to be B. is used to being C. used to be D. used to being

13. He’s never gone to school on Sunday, ________?

A. has he B. is he C. hasn’t he D. isn’t he

14. You can ask that man to find out where ________.

A. does John live B. is John living C. John is living D. did John live

15. Our lives ________ since the Internet was invented.

A. improve B. improved C. have improved D. are improving