VOCABULARY AND LISTENING - Jobs and skills

Genius! 

Grace Hopper

A mathematics ¹ expert || artist and computer ² programmer || winner. She was also a university ³ professor || inventor.

Marie Curie

The ⁴ scientist || artist who discovered radium. First female ⁵ winner || writer of the Nobel prize for physics.

Judit Polgár

Number one female ⁶ player || genius in the world from the age of twelve, and the best female chess player in history. She beat the world ⁷ champion || winner, Garry Kasparov, in 2002.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A talented ⁸ musician || scientist and ⁹ composer || programmer.

Charles Dickens

One of the greatest ¹⁰ writers || champions in the English language.

Leonardo da Vinci

A ¹¹ mathematician || champion, scientist, inventor and artist. Leonardo was a ¹² genius || player with many different talents. 

1. Clare isn’t very good at maths. ​

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

2. Mozart couldn’t compose music when he was eight.

1. FALSE
2. TRUE

3. Most children can read when they’re six. 

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

4. Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t very good at spelling.

1. FALSE
2. TRUE

5. Kieron Williamson had £22,000 from his art when he was ten.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

1. wet   
2. met     
3. head
4. hand

1. girl
2. burn
3. turn  
4. fill

1. left   
2. debt    
3. fan 
4. dead

1. train
2. tale  
3. mine  
4. rain

1. die     
2. bicycle
3. high   
4. min

1. meet     
2. feed   
3. speed  
4. fit

1. limit  
2. lipid   
3. treat   
4. hit

1. curve   
2. term  
3. gear  
4. herm

1. truck   
2. drunk  
3. mug     
4. dark

1. sign   
2. light     
3. bye      
4. tin

1. traffic     
2. pavement  
3. plane    
4. station

1. recycle  
2. vehicle
3. helicopter  
4. reverse

1. railway  
2. mail    
3. sail  
4. captain

1. sign     
2. mistake  
3. triangle
4. drive

1. nearest
2. head    
3. bread
4. health