UNIT 7 – THE TIME MACHINE
Lesson 7.1 Vocabulary
(SB page 70 – 71)

GAME: JUMBLE WORDS
 Put these cards in order of time.
 In groups of 8, make sentences with the time cards.
 The winner is the team that finishes fastest with the most correct
sentences.

I talked to my friend
an hour ago.

Objective
I can talk about technology and important moments in the past .

Exercise 1 (SB page 70)
Study the Vocabulary A box. How do you say the phrases in your
language? Order the phrases (1-the oldest, 6-the most recent).

6
3

2

5
4
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Exercise 2 (SB page 70)

Underline these timelines
as you find in the paragraphs:
500 years ago
250 years ago
100 years ago
50 years ago

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Exercise 2 (SB page 70)
Put the ideas on this timeline.
In pairs, say which idea you think
was the most important.

3

1

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4

Exercise 3 (SB page 71)

1
become
buy3
think5
write7

begin
2
sell4
understand
6

Match the Past Simple forms with the infinitives.

bought
A
sold
C

E
became
G
began

wrote
B
understood
D
thought
F

Exercise 4 (SB page 71)
Complete the blog post with the
Past Simple form of the verbs in
brackets. Which of the dates
was most important in your
opinion?

2. became

6. could

3. became

7. sold

4. began

8. bought

5. wrote

9. could

Challenge

Work in 2 big groups.
Teacher gives each student a piece of paper.

Group 1: Write sentences using the Present Simple forms of the
verbs in exercise 3.
Group 2: Write sentences using the Past Simple forms of the verbs in
exercise 3. Each St writes one sentence with a random verb.

Given a piece
of paper

Write sentences
following
groups

Share your sentences
Change to Present
to another group Simple/Past Simple form

Exercise 5 (SB page 71)
Study the words in Vocabulary
B box. Find the words/ phrases
in the blog post that can help
you guess the meanings of
these words.

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Exercise 6 (SB page 71)
Interview three students in your
class using the questions below.
Write the names and answers in the
column. Then report to the class.