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Unit 6: Great achievers
Past simple
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- 1Nice to meet you!
- 2What to wear
- 3Like this, like that
- 4The daily grind
- 5Christmas every day
- 6Great achievers
- 7The Titanic
- 8Travel
- 9The big wedding
- 10Sunny's job hunt
- 11The bucket list
- 12Moving and migration
- 13Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14New Year, New Project
- 15From Handel to Hendrix
- 16What's the weather like?
- 17The Digital Revolution
- 18A detective story
- 19A place to live
- 20The Cult of Celebrity
- 21Welcome to your new job
- 22Beyond the planets
- 23Great expectations!
- 24Eco-tourism
- 25Moving house
- 26It must be love
- 27Job hunting success... and failure
- 28Speeding into the future
- 29Lost arts
- 30Tales of survival
Session 5
Listen to episode 6 of our drama, The Race: Could this be the end for the round-the-world adventure?
After that, find out what you've learnt from this unit in the Weekly Quiz.
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Activity 4
The Weekly Quiz
Test your knowledge
Do you know how to make a past simple question? What did Sophie eat in this week’s 6 Minute Grammar?
To answer this and more, have a go at the Unit 6 Weekly Quiz – good luck!
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The Weekly Quiz
15 Questions
15 questions about Unit 6. Choose the correct answers.
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15 questions about Unit 6. Choose the correct answers.
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The past simple form of regular verbs is verb-ed.Question 1 of 15
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What is the missing word in this sentence? Vanessa Mae ______ last in a skiing competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.
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15 questions about Unit 6. Choose the correct answers.
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Look at Session 3.Question 2 of 15
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What age was Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran, when she started learning English?
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15 questions about Unit 6. Choose the correct answers.
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In past simple tense, wh-questions are made from question word + did + subject + ?
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15 questions about Unit 6. Choose the correct answers.
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What is the past simple of the verb 'ask'?
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15 questions about Unit 6. Choose the correct answers.
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In this week's drama, who does Phil think has stolen his yacht?
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15 questions about Unit 6. Choose the correct answers.
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Look at Sessions 1 and 2.Question 6 of 15
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Choose the correct missing word in this sentence: Usain Bolt _____ the 100 metre race at the 2012 Olympics.
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She wrote quite a few!Question 7 of 15
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How many Harry Potter books did JK Rowling write?
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Check the grammar reference page for this unit.Question 8 of 15
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Which one of these sentences is incorrect?
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15 questions about Unit 6. Choose the correct answers.
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Have a look at Session 2 again.Question 9 of 15
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What's the past simple form of the word decide?
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It's in the Indian Ocean.Question 10 of 15
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In this week's drama, where did Phil and his friends sail to?
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Which is the correct sentence that Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran said in her interview?
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15 questions about Unit 6. Choose the correct answers.
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Look at Session 2.Question 12 of 15
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How do you spell the past simple form of the word 'walk'?
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Which word means very tired?
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How old was Danny Murphy when he started playing professional football?
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What does the word 'retired' mean?
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What is the missing word in this sentence? Vanessa Mae ______ last in a skiing competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.
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What age was Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran, when she started learning English?
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In past simple tense, wh-questions are made from question word + did + subject + ?
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What is the past simple of the verb 'ask'?
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In this week's drama, who does Phil think has stolen his yacht?
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Choose the correct missing word in this sentence: Usain Bolt _____ the 100 metre race at the 2012 Olympics.
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How many Harry Potter books did JK Rowling write?
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Which one of these sentences is incorrect?
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What's the past simple form of the word decide?
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In this week's drama, where did Phil and his friends sail to?
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Which is the correct sentence that Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran said in her interview?
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How do you spell the past simple form of the word 'walk'?
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Which word means very tired?
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How old was Danny Murphy when he started playing professional football?
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What does the word 'retired' mean?
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