Who won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. Who do you admire?
2. Where were you born?
3. What did you study at school or university?
4. What did you want to be as a child?
5. Who is the most famous person you know?
6. Did you ever give up something important?

Read each word and the example. Then say a sentence about a famous person.

Choose the word that fits.

1. A works in a laboratory.
2. Columbus America in 1492.
3. She won a for her book.
4. I was in 1990.
5. They got in June.
6. We to Lviv in 2015.
7. He studies at a .
8. Who the telephone?

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. to be born ↔ to
   diemovestudy
2. A test to learn something is an
   universityexperimentprize
3. unknown ↔
   famousmarriedbrave
4. Finding something new is a
   prizediscoverylife
5. To give up = to
   startwinstop
   trying
6. A person who is not afraid of danger is
   famousbraveborn

Use these phrases to tell the story of a life.

• She was born in...Вона народилася в...She was born in Warsaw.
• He died in...Він помер у...Pierre Curie died in 1906.
• She moved to...Вона переїхала до...She moved to Paris.
• Where did she live?Де вона жила?Where did she live before Paris?
• What did she discover?Що вона відкрила?What did she discover?
• She didn't give up.Вона не здалася.It was hard, but she didn't give up.
• She won a prize for...Вона отримала премію за...She won a Nobel Prize for her work.
• I admire...Я захоплююся...I admire people who never give up.

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. Marie Curie was born in Warsaw.
   TrueFalse
2. She won two Nobel Prizes in the same science.
   TrueFalse
3. She moved to Paris in 1891.
   TrueFalse
4. Pierre Curie died before 1911.
   TrueFalse
5. She did not help doctors during World War I.
   TrueFalse

1. Why do you think Marie Curie never gave up?
2. Who is a famous scientist from your country?
3. Which discovery is the most important for you?
4. What can we learn from people like Marie Curie?

Common mistakes: did + base verb. ✗ Did she studied there? → Did she study there? ✗ She didn't won → She didn't win.

1. DidDo
   she study in Paris?
2. She
   didn't wondidn't win
   a prize.
3. Where
   didwas
   she live?
4. When
   did she moveshe did move
   to Paris?
5. Yes, she
   didwas
   .
6. No, he
   wasn'tdidn't
   .
7. What
   did he discoverhe discovered
   ?
8. Why
   did they moveddid they move
   ?

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. Did she studied in Paris? →
2. She didn't won the prize. →
3. Where she lived? →
4. What did he discovered? →
5. Why you moved? →
6. He not give up. →

Answer in detail. Use did, didn't and was / were.

1. Who is a famous person from your country?
2. Where was this person born?
3. What did this person do?
4. Who did you admire when you were a child?
5. What did you study at school or university?
6. Did you ever give up something? What?

Read about three famous people. Who had the hardest life? Who did the most for other people? Which person would you like to meet, and what would you ask?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: who the person is and when they were born.
3. Part 2: what they did and where they lived.
4. Part 3: why you admire them.

1. Who do you admire?
2. Where were you born?
3. Where did you go to school?
4. What did you study?
5. When did you move to your home?
6. What did you want to be as a child?
7. Did you ever give up something important?
8. What did you do yesterday?

1. Where were your parents born?
2. What did your parents study?
3. Who in your family moved to another city?
4. Did your grandparents have an interesting life?
5. Who got married recently in your family?
6. Who is the most famous person you know?

1. Why are some people famous?
2. Is it good to be famous?
3. Do scientists get enough money and respect?
4. Should women and men have the same chances to study?
5. What can we learn from famous people?