Medieval knights

Work with a partner. Take turns to pick up a card (do not show your partner!). Describe the person or thing on
the card without saying who / what it is. For example: ‘He’s an important man.’ ‘He wears a …’ ‘He carries a …’
or ‘It’s a long weapon.’ ‘You use it in battles.’ Your partner must guess the word correctly and then make a full
sentence with it.

1 king 2 knight

3 flag 4 armour

5 sword 6 shield

7 crown 8 helmet

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 Adjectives with –ed or –ing
Student A
1 Label the feelings in the pictures. Use adjectives with -ed.

1 b 2 w 3 e 4 a

5 d 6 a 7 r 8 e

9 f 10 s 11 a 12 i

2 Work with a partner. Take turns to describe the -ed adjectives. Your partner guesses the adjective and
makes a sentence with the -ing adjective.
• I feel like this when I’m sitting on the beach in the sun. • Yes.

} Relaxed? 
} Relaxing. Listening to music is really relaxing.
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Student B
1 Label the feelings in the pictures. Use adjectives with -ed.

1 b 2 w 3 e 4 a

5 d 6 a 7 r 8 e

9 f 10 s 11 a 12 i

2 Work with a partner. Take turns to describe the -ed adjectives. Your partner guesses the adjective and
makes a sentence with the -ing adjective.
• I feel like this when I’m sitting on the beach in the sun. • Yes.

} Relaxed? 
} Relaxing. Listening to music is really relaxing.

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 Sir Bedivere and Excalibur
1 Put the picture cards 1-8 in the correct order.
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1 2 3 4
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5 6 7 8

2 Match the story cards a-h to the pictures 1-8. Use the words on the cards to tell the story.
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a King Arthur and his

Knights of the Round
d Sir Bedivere / offer / take
Table fought many b Sir Bedivere / not
/ the sword and throw it
battles. He won his imagine / throw / the c He / decide / keep it.
into the lake.
last battle against his sword into the lake.
own son, Mordred, at
Camlan.

e Sir Bedivere / try / throw

the sword away again, g King Arthur / remember h they / finish / fight / Sir
f King Arthur / refuse /
but he couldn’t. He hid / receive / Excalibur from Bedivere was the only
believe his story.
it and returned to the the Lady of the Lake. surviving knight.
king.

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 There’s someone / something + –ing;
can see / hear someone / something + –ing
Spot the difference
Student A
1 Work with a partner. Take turns to describe the scene in your picture. Find 10 differences.
For example: ‘There’s a man building a sandcastle with his children.’
‘There are some people / girls / boys + verb + -ing …’

2 Make lists of all the sounds and smells in the scene. Compare your lists with another pair. Who got
the most?
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Spot the difference
Student B
1 Work with a partner. Take turns to describe the scene in your picture. Find 10 differences.
For example: ‘There’s a man building a sandcastle with his children.’
‘There are some people / girls / boys + verb + -ing …’

2 Make lists of all the sounds and smells in the scene. Compare your lists with another pair. Who got
the most?

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 Verb + -ing or infinitive
1 Work with a partner. Choose a verb and ask your partner to make a sentence.
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remember offer promise

decide hate like

agree refuse can’t imagine

forget need stop

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1 Work with a partner. Choose a verb and ask your partner to make a sentence.
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✂

remember offer promise

decide hate like

agree refuse can’t imagine

forget need stop

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 Describing a scene
Student A
1 Imagine a ‘scene’. It can be from your memory (a place you’ve been to) or from a story or film. Complete the
word webs with the sights, sounds and smells you remember / imagine from your scene. Add extra ideas
to the word webs if you can.

What can you hear? What can you smell?

What can you see?

2 Work in pairs. Describe your scene to your partner so that he / she can guess what you are describing. Use
the words in your word webs to help you.

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Student B
1 Imagine a ‘scene’. It can be from your memory (a place you’ve been to) or from a story or film. Complete the
word webs with the sights, sounds and smells you remember / imagine from your scene. Add extra ideas to
the word webs if you can.

What can you hear? What can you smell?

What can you see?

2 Work in pairs. Describe your scene to your partner so that he / she can guess what you are describing. Use
the words in your word webs to help you.

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 Robin Hood
1 Match the people and things to the pictures.
1 Robin Hood a

2 Maid Marion b

3 the Sheriff of Nottingham c

4 a bow and arrows d

5 Sherwood Forest e

6 outlaw f

2 07 Listen to the information about the stories of Robin Hood. Answer the questions.
1 How long have stories of Robin Hood been told?
2 When did Robin Hood first appear in historical records?
3 What did the authorities use the name ‘Robehod’ to describe?
4 How did people first hear the stories of Robin Hood?
5 When was Robin Hood and the Monk written?

3a 08 Listen and complete the summary with these words.

battles bow outlaws mystery arrow hero rich criminal

Maid Marion the Sheriff of Nottingham wounded poor

Modern stories describe Robin as a political 1 . He was the leader of a band of

2
called ‘The Merry Men’. He was married to 3 , the only female
member of the group. He used a 4 and arrow to rob 5 travellers.
He also stole back the taxes that the authorities took from 6 people. However, early stories
describe Robin as a criminal who enjoyed 7 and murder! Nobody knows what eventually
happened to Robin Hood. Some stories say that he was never caught by 8 . And some say
he was 9 in battle and died from his injuries. Legends say that before he died, he fired an
10
and told Little John to bury him where it landed. Hero or 11 , fictional or
historical, Robin Hood is a 12
that remains popular today.

b Work in a group. Discuss the questions.

1 How do legends start?
2 How did people use to hear the stories that made legends?
3 Can you think of a modern person that could become a legend in the future?
4 Do you think the art of storytelling is becoming less popular because of modern technology?

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 Art
1a Work with a partner. Imagine you are in the scene in the painting. What can you
see, hear and smell?

b 09 Listen to the information about the painting. Which topics are mentioned?
Complete the chart with a tick (✓) or a cross (✗).

Topic Mentioned?
Yes (✓) / No (✗)
1 The artist’s personal life
2 politics
3 size
4 location
5 animals
6 language
7 use of colour
8 culture
9 people’s opinions
10 money

2 Are the sentences True or False? Write T or F.

1 The painting took a long time to paint. 5 Most critics didn’t like it.
2 It is very small. 6 It uses dots of colour to show light and texture.
3 The artist was very old when he painted it. 7 It cost approximately $25,000,000 in the 1970s.
4 It was shown in an exhibition in 1885. 8 The painting is in a gallery in France.

3a 09 Listen again. Complete the fact file with these words. There are two words that you
do not need.

light 1884 movement wealthy pointillist 25 Seurat 1886 poor three Chicago

Title: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

Painted by: Georges 1
Age: 2
Years: 1884 – 3
Size: approximately two metres high by 4 metres wide
Colour: thousands of dots show colour and 5

Scene:6 people relaxing by a river on a Sunday afternoon

Importance: the first example of 7 painting style
Location now: 8

b Discuss the questions in groups. When you have finished, report some of your group’s ideas to the class.
1 Do you like these paintings? Why / Why not? (think about: their importance, artistic style, use of colour)
2 What kind of art do you like? Do you do any art yourself? What do you like to paint / draw?
3 What makes a painting or drawing special?

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