FIND THE NUMBERS

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, 36, 38, 40, 44, 46, 48, 55, 57, 59, 60, 63, 67, 69, 70, 77, 80, 81, 84, 90, 92, 100, 117, 200, 316, 440, 500, 609, 711, 800, 883, 905, 1.234, 3.000, 7.011, 8.080, 9.064, 10.000, 30.000, 1.000.000, 9.000.000, 12.000.000

Presidents of the United States

Name_______________________________________________ Date_______________

U L Y S S E S G R A N T S O O S N X L N U R C E N M I Z W Y 

D A N D R E W J O H N S O N O O O P Z O I B A D O P D V I E 

E N P R Z N G M K T N E C P S H D O G T L O L X S R F P L L 

T F A X E L O K L G G N U I S V E W N G M Y V G N R C G L N 

Z H T L E V E S O O R E R O D O E H T N G D I K H E F E I I 

R K O Q E G O V K M Y R D W I G H T E I S E N H O W E R A K 

B I M M H V J O R C A E T O O R G I R H W N C K J R U A M C 

J N C I A X E C H H A X T C H E F E J S U N O L N O T L H M 

M O X H J S Q L N T F J P R O Q T O Y A W E O O O L S D A M 

J M H R A F J I C L R O W R D R H F N W Q K L P D Y O F R A 

Y A Q N L R M E B R C E G E A U P E N E F N I S N A D O R I 

B F M H Q A D Y F A E E B C R Q N C D G T H D E Y T A R I L 

T F C E J A H N F F B V Y R A D L K R R O O G M L Y F D S L 

U L H N S K D W I U E M O Y E Y N H L O X J E A L R W Q O I 

R F E T A G S A S X M R N R W H I A O E H N O J L A I T N W 

E B S V E B A H M I O U S R G Z G B M G M S U S F H R U J W 

R O T A E X R R J S Z N E O B C J I D B W B M Y J C D M O N 

O O E N G S L A F Z H F R A N K L I N P I E R C E A F O E N 

N N R E A M O I H I N O T N I L C M A I L L I W F Z D R A N 

A A A E M M A O J A E S E Y A H D R O F R E H T U R U N O J 

L G R C L Q U K R X M L D R S M A D A N H O J O O B A S A S 

D C T N X Y L R S N N L D T F A T M A I L L I W N H I M Q J 

R S H K S E T J T H I F I R W C D I K D E W W A C D E V V L 

E D U G B M B N N Y I L R N S K S P M W I I V U A S V S J G 

A Z R X M J R X H L R E K E C T O Z U C L N B M M B B E I U 

G Y L D Q A V K L O Y R V N H O H K F S I S S O C O U R Z H 

A Z M X R H I M F I J C A Y A N L L O T E E N S F L S J I B 

N X O P D I O Q S C Y R H H O R D N R M M R M S B S Z A Z S 

T G N I D R A H N E R R A W G T F A A A O G X Y J R D X Y X 

Z E U G E O R G E W B U S H F N M J J E L R V C J B O O L Z 

ABRAHAMLINCOLN

ANDREWJACKSON

ANDREWJOHNSON

BENJAMINHARRISON

CALVINCOOLIDGE

CHESTERARTHUR

DWIGHTEISENHOWER

FRANKLINPIERCE

FRANKLINROOSEVELT

GEORGEBUSH

GEORGEWASHINGTON

GEORGEWBUSH

GERALDFORD

GROVERCLEVELAND

HARRYTRUMAN

HERBERTHOOVER

JAMESBUCHANAN

JAMESGARFIELD

JAMESMADISON

JAMESMONROE

JAMESPOLK

JIMMYCARTER

JOHNADAMS

JOHNKENNEDY

JOHNQADAMS

JOHNTYLER

LYNDONJOHNSON

MARTINVANBUREN

MILLARDFILLMORE

RICHARDNIXON

RONALDREAGAN

RUTHERFORDHAYES

THEODOREROOSEVELT

THOMASJEFFERSON

ULYSSESGRANT

WARRENHARDING

WILLIAMCLINTON

WILLIAMHARRISON

WILLIAMMCKINLEY

WILLIAMTAFT

WOODROWWILSON

ZACHARYTAYLOR

last sumer

Last summer, Joel and Sara travelled to England for two weeks. They travelled in August and stayed in a college with other students in Brighton, the South of England. It was really fantastic because they talked to a lot of students of different nationalities and learned a lot about other cultures and customs. Of course, they learned a lot of English too because they practiced it every day. In the morning they studied a little, they asked the teacher to speak slowly when necessary and answered her questions.  In the afternoon they visited different places or played different sports at the college. It was so much fun. They often walked down to the beach with their new friends and played or chatted. In the evening they were tired so they sometimes watched videos or played board games.

The best days were Saturday and Sunday because they travelled to London. The city is very big and they visited all the monuments like Big Ben, The London Eye and Buckingham Palace. They wanted to see the Queen but they didn’t see her, only her guards!

They liked everything in the city but their favourite thing was the museums, especially Madam Tussards. There were lots of realistic figures of famous people there.

At the end of the two weeks, they were sad to return home. The holidays were fun and different from usual. They cried a little when they waved goodbye to their new friends and promised to write or send emails when they arrived home.

True or false? Correct the false ones.

Joel and Sara travelled to England for three weeks.

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They stayed in a college.

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Brighton is in the North of England.

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They asked the teacher to speak fast.

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They sometimes walked to the beach.

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Answer the following questions.

 What did Joel and Sara do in the afternoon?

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Did they learn a lot of new things?

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What did they like the best?

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What did they visit in the capital?

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Did they like the museums?

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What museum did they like the best?

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Did they see the Queen?

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Were they happy at the end of the holidays? Explain.

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What did they promise to do when they arrived home?

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Write the past simple of these verbs. Pay attention to the spelling rules:

Travel – ________________________.

Copy-________________________.

Count-________________________.

Play-________________________.

Close-________________________.

Open-________________________.

Dance-________________________.

Drop-________________________.

Cook-________________________.

Live-________________________.

Look-________________________.

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was an American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat. He is best known for playing a key role in the writing of the Declaration of Independence and for signing the original United States Constitution.

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston. His father, Josiah Franklin, had seven children with first wife, Anne Child, and ten more with second wife, Abiah Folger. Ben was his 15th child and youngest son. He learned to read at an early age and was a good student, but he stopped going to school when he was ten and started working full-time. When he was twelve, he started working at his brother’s print shop. He learned a lot about publishing and newspapers. In 1723, he moved to New York and then to Philadelphia.

In Philadelphia, Franklin worked as a printer. He wanted to start his own printing shop and travelled to London to buy the things that he needed for it. In London, he had to work, but he also had a lot of fun. He went to coffee houses and swam in the Thames. He returned to America in 1726 and continued his printing activities. He also continued studying. Franklin bought The Pennsylvania Gazette and made it one of the most successful newspapers in America. In 1732, he started publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack.

Franklin became one of the richest men in Pennsylvania. In 1748, he moved into a new house and bought his first slaves. Later, he came to see that slavery is evil and he freed his slaves in the 1760s. Franklin also became interested in electricity and made some important scientific discoveries. He also took part in politics. In 1776, he became one of the five men who wrote the Declaration of Independence.

After the USA became independent, Franklin went to France as America’s first ambassador. He was very popular with French aristocrats. After ten years in France, Franklin returned to America. He was politically active and worked against slavery.

Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the home of his daughter, Sarah Bache. His Autobiography got published in 1794.

1 Read the text and answer the following questions.

1 How many children did Benjamin Franklin’s father have? __________________________________________

2 How old was Benjamin Franklin when he started working? _________________________________________

3 Where did Benjamin Franklin move in 1723? ____________________________________________________

4 Why did Benjamin Franklin travel to London? ___________________________________________________

5 What did Benjamin Franklin do in 1748? _______________________________________________________

6 What did Franklin later think about slavery? ____________________________________________________

7 Where did Franklin live after America became independent? _______________________________________

2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1 Benjamin Franklin was his father’s youngest child. _____

2 When he was twelve, Benjamin Franklin worked for his brother. _____

3 When Benjamin Franklin was in England, he spent all his time working. _____

4 Benjamin Franklin bought a newspaper and made it popular. _____

5 Benjamin Franklin did some experiments with electricity. _____

6 Benjamin Franklin stopped taking part in politics after he returned from France. _____

7 Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography was published after his death. _____

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer best-known for his creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes.

Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland. His parents were rich, but his father had problems with alcohol. Doyle's mother, Mary, was a lively and well-educated woman who loved reading. She told her son a lot of strange and interesting stories.

When he was nine, Arthur Conan Doyle started studying at a Jesuit school in England. In 1876, he started studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh. There he met Professor Dr. Joseph Bell, who had excellent powers of deduction and who became the model for Sherlock Holmes. Doyle’s classmates included future famous authors James Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Doyle finished his medical studies in 1881. His first job was to work as a doctor aboard Mayumba, a ship travelling from Liverpool to Africa. After that, he lived in Plymouth and then in Portsmouth, where he worked as a doctor. In 1885, Doyle met and married his first wife, Louisa Hawkins. They had two children, a daughter and a son.

In 1886, Doyle started writing a story which he would later publish as A Study in Scarlet. This novel introduced readers to Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson. It was the first of about sixty stories about them and it made Arthur Conan Doyle famous. During the 1890s and early 1900s, he composed four of his most popular Sherlock Holmes books: The Sign of Four (1890), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892), The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1894) and The Hound of Baskervilles (1901).

In 1906, Doyle's wife died of tuberculosis. A year after her death, Doyle married Jean Leckie. They had two sons and a daughter. In 1912, Doyle published The Lost World, a story about Professor Challenger, who goes on an expedition to South America and finds there living prehistoric animals. Doyle also wrote a lot of books about spiritualism. In 1928, he published his final twelve stories about Sherlock Holmes in a book called The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on July 7, 1930.

1 Read the text and answer the following questions.

1 How old was Arthur Conan Doyle when he started studying at a Jesuit school? _______________________

2 Who was the inspiration for the character of Sherlock Holmes? ____________________________________

3 What was Arthur Conan Doyle's first job? _____________________________________________________

4 How many books about Sherlock Holmes did Arthur Conan Doyle write? ____________________________

5 How many daughters did Arthur Conan Doyle have? _____________________________________________

6 What does Professor Challenger find in South America? __________________________________________

7 What was the last book about Sherlock Holmes? _______________________________________________

2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1 Arthur Conan Doyle came from a poor family. _____

2 Doyle's father had some problems with drinking. _____

3 Doyle's mother liked books and told her son interesting stories. _____

4 Doyle went to university with other famous writers. _____

5 The Sign of Four was the first book about Sherlock Holmes. _____

6 Doyle's second wife died of tuberculosis. _____

7 Arthur Conan Doyle wrote some books about spiritualism. _____

Burke and Hare – murderers!

Doctors haven’t always known what is inside the human body. In the past, they didn’t know about the skeleton and the organs of the body. They didn’t know how blood travels around the body. They needed dead bodies to help them find out. They used to practise on the dead bodies of criminals who had been hanged. However, in the 19^th century, the supply dried up because not so many people were being executed. Doctors turned to ‘grave robbers’ or ‘body snatchers’.

In Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1828, two men took this a step further! William Burke and William Hare murdered sixteen people and sold the bodies to Dr Robert Knox. He dissected the bodies to improve his knowledge of anatomy.

Finally, Burke and Hare were caught. Hare made a deal and testified against Burke, who was hanged for his crimes. Hare was sent to prison.  Burke’s skeleton is still on display at the medical school in Edinburgh.

 Answer the following questions.

A)   In the past, why did doctors need dead bodies?

B)   Where did they get their supply of corpses from?

C)   What changed to make things difficult for doctors who wanted to study anatomy?

D)   Doctors turned to grave robbers or body snatchers. Can you describe what these terms mean?

E)   Where did Burke and Hare come from?

F)   How did they acquire bodies?

G)   Who did they sell the bodies to?

H)  Why did Robert Knox want bodies?

I)    Did Hare claim that Burke was innocent?

J)   What happened to them both?

Mr Magicman

Mr Magicman is a magician. He performs magic tricks. He is famous in his town and he goes to all the children’s parties. He performs lots of magic tricks for them. He makes all kinds of animals from balloons. He plays card tricks. And, like Harry Potter, he can make things disappear! He tells wonderful stories. Sometimes, he sings and dances for the children.  All the children love Mr Magicman.

When children see him in town, they wave and they shout ‘Hello!’ at him. He waves back and sometimes, if he has his hat on, he raises it to greet them.

Today, Saturday June 10^th, it is Peter’s birthday. Peter is ten. At 2 o’clock, all the children are at Peter’s house. They play party games and eat some delicious cakes. They wait for Mr Magicman, but Mr Magicman does not come. The children are sad. Then Peter’s Dad comes in. He says:

 ‘I am very sorry. Mr Magicman has got a bad back and he cannot come!’

All the children are upset! They think a bit and then they make a plan. They make a banner and they go to Mr Magicman’s house. They knock on his door. Mr Magicman slowly opens his door. He sees the children and he smiles. The children hold up their banner. The banner says: Get well soon, Mr Magicman. We all love you.

Then they give him a cake. Mr Magicman opens his mouth – and he makes it disappear!   

Is it TRUE or FALSE? Put T or F on the line.

1. ___ Mr Magicman is a magician

2. ___ He goes to all the children’s parties.

3. ___ He uses balloons to make animals and he does card tricks.

4. ___ He never sings and dances for the children

5. ___ In town, the children don’t speak to him.

6. ___ Mr Magicman sometimes wears a hat.

7. ___ On Saturday, June 10^th, it is Jim’s birthday.

8. ___ At 2 o’clock, all the children are at Peter’s house. They are there for his party.

9. ___ Mr Magicman comes on time.

10. ___ Mr Magicman has got a bad back.

11. ___The children are upset because Mr Magicman cannot come to the party.

12. ___ The children forget about Mr Magicman.

13. ___ The children make a poster for Mr MM.

14. ___ They go to his house

15. ___ Mr MM opens his door quickly.

16. ___ Mr Magicman sees the children and he smiles

17. ___ The children hold up their banner

18. ___ The banner says ‘Get well soon, we all love you.’

19. The children give Mr MM a flower.

20. Mr Magicman eats the cake!