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Unit 6: Great achievers.

Session 1. Great Achievers.

Welcome to Unit 6! You're going to meet lots of interesting and exciting people - and learn about the past simple tense. In Session 1, Emma does a pub quiz about some great achievers. Join her team and see if you know the answers. Then, listen to the after-quiz conversation and hear examples of the past simple tense in action.

   Activity 1. Great Achievers Quiz.
   Activity 1. Great Achievers Quiz.
1. Activity 1. Great Achievers Quiz.
   Activity 2. How did you do?
   Activity 2. How did you do?
2. Activity 2. How did you do?
   Activity 3. 6 Minute Vocabulary.
   Activity 3. 6 Minute Vocabulary.
3. Activity 3. 6 Minute Vocabulary.

Session 2. Language analysis.

It's time to learn more about the past simple tense. We’ll find out when to use it and learn how to make positives, negatives and questions. Then we'll put them into practice by interviewing a famous footballer!

   Activity 1. Learn the Language: Past simple.
   Activity 1. Learn the Language: Past simple.
1. Activity 1. Learn the Language: Past simple.
   Activity 2. The Big Interview!
   Activity 2. The Big Interview!
2. Activity 2. The Big Interview!
   Activity 3. Meet Danny Murphy and practise past simple.
   Activity 3. Meet Danny Murphy and practise past simple.
3. Activity 3. Meet Danny Murphy and practise past simple.
   Activity 4. Past simple negatives.
   Activity 4. Past simple negatives.
4. Activity 4. Past simple negatives.
   Activity 5. 6 Minute Grammar.
   Activity 5. 6 Minute Grammar.
5. Activity 5. 6 Minute Grammar.

Session 3. Use the language: Past simple.

Does learning English help your career? Meet someone who thinks it does and hear how she talks about her life in past simple tense. Then, learn how to pronounce past simple verbs correctly.

   Activity 1. English for success.
   Activity 1. English for success.
1. Activity 1. English for success.
   Activity 2. How to pronounce past simple endings.
   Activity 2. How to pronounce past simple endings.
2. Activity 2. How to pronounce past simple endings.
   Activity 3. More pronunciation practice.
   Activity 3. More pronunciation practice.
3. Activity 3. More pronunciation practice.

Session 4. Doing great things.

So you've learnt about past simple tense - now it's time to put it to use. Listen to some stories of childhood heroes - and tell us about your own hero.

   Activity 1. My hero…
   Activity 1. My hero…
1. Activity 1. My hero…
   Activity 2. News Report.
   Activity 2. News Report.
2. Activity 2. News Report.

Session 5. Drama and the Weekly Quiz.

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.

   Activity 1. Drama.
   Activity 1. Drama.
1. Activity 1. Drama.
   Activity 2. The Race: Episode 6.
   Activity 2. The Race: Episode 6.
2. Activity 2. The Race: Episode 6.
   Activity 3. Phil's video diary.
   Activity 3. Phil's video diary.
3. Activity 3. Phil's video diary.
   Activity 4. The Weekly Quiz.
   Activity 4. The Weekly Quiz.
4. Activity 4. The Weekly Quiz.

Appendix.

   Vocabulary Reference.
   Vocabulary Reference.
1. Vocabulary Reference.
   Grammar Reference.
   Grammar Reference.
2. Grammar Reference.

Media.

   6 Minute Vocabulary: -ing and -ed adjectives (Download audio (8.39MB))
   6 Minute Vocabulary: -ing and -ed adjectives (Download audio (8.39MB))
1. 6 Minute Vocabulary: -ing and -ed adjectives (Download audio (8.39MB))
   6 Minute Vocabulary: -ing and -ed adjectives (Download transcript)
   6 Minute Vocabulary: -ing and -ed adjectives (Download transcript)
2. 6 Minute Vocabulary: -ing and -ed adjectives (Download transcript)
   6 Minute Grammar: Past Simple (Download audio (8.62MB))
   6 Minute Grammar: Past Simple (Download audio (8.62MB))
3. 6 Minute Grammar: Past Simple (Download audio (8.62MB))
   6 Minute Grammar: Past Simple (Download transcript)
   6 Minute Grammar: Past Simple (Download transcript)
4. 6 Minute Grammar: Past Simple (Download transcript)
   News Report: The perfect footballer (Download audio (2MB))
   News Report: The perfect footballer (Download audio (2MB))
5. News Report: The perfect footballer (Download audio (2MB))
   News Report: The perfect footballer (Download transcript)
   News Report: The perfect footballer (Download transcript)
6. News Report: The perfect footballer (Download transcript)
   The Race - Phil's audio diary (Download audio (1MB))
   The Race - Phil's audio diary (Download audio (1MB))
7. The Race - Phil's audio diary (Download audio (1MB))
   The Race: Episode 6 (Download audio (10MB))
   The Race: Episode 6 (Download audio (10MB))
8. The Race: Episode 6 (Download audio (10MB))