The world of great scientists and inventors

Who are the people in the pictures? Elon Musk Albert Einstein Steve Jobs Marie Curie Bill Gates Nikola Tesla Match the information to the people. Elon Musk an entrepreneur born in Pretoria, South Africa born on 28th June 1971 Albert Einstein born in Ulm, Germany born on 14th May 1879 a physicist Steve Jobs born in San Francisco, USA born on the 22nd February 1955 a businessman and IT specialist, the founder of Apple Marie Curie born on 7th November 1867 a physicist and chemist born in Warsaw, Poland Bill Gates born in Seattle, USA born on 28th October 1955 a businessman and IT specialist, the founder of Microsoft Nikola Tesla an engineer and inventor born in Smiljan, Croatia born on 10th July 1856 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verb TO BE. Choose the word from the list. 1. Albert Einstein was born in Germany.2. Marie Curie was a physicist and chemist.3. Nikola Tesla was born on the 10th July 1856.4. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were born in the same year.5. Marie Curie, Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla were born in Europe. Complete the table with the missing forms of the verb TO BE in the present and past tense. PERSON PRESENT PAST I am You were He is She was It is We were You are They were Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences about famous scientists and inventors.1. ......... born in South Africa? Yes, he was. Was Albert Einstein Were Bill Gates Was Elon Musk 2. ......... born in the USA? Yes, they were. Were Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Was Nikola Tesla and Elon Musk Were Albert Einstein 3. ......... born in Croatia. Elon Musk was Marie Curie wasn't Steve Jobs weren't 4. ......... born in Europe? No, they weren't Were Marie Curie and Nikola Tesla Were Elon Musk and Bill Gates Was Bill Gates 5. ......... born in the USA. Nikola Tesla and Albert Einstein weren't Elon Musk was Bill Gates wasn't Complete the questions about you and your family and answer them. 1. Were you born in Dąbrowa Górnicza? Yes, I was.2. Was your father born in Katowice? No, he wasn't.3. Were you at home yesterday? Yes, I was.4. Where was your mother born? She was born in Poland.5. When were you at school? I was at school last year.6. Where was your father yesterday? He was at home.7. What day was yesterday? It was Thursday.8. Where were you on your last holiday? I was in Poland. Watch the video about Marie Curie and answer the questions below. 1. As a child, Marie wanted to be a ... princess teacher scientist 2. Marie went to study in France because she didn't want to study in Poland only men could study in Poland she had a family in France 3. Marie and Pierre discovered two chemical elements two laws of physics two types of chemical reactions 4. Marie got two Nobel Prizes in chemistry three Nobel Prizes, two in physics and one in chemistry two Nobel Prizes, one in physics and one in chemistry 5. Marie helped the soldiers during the war by becoming a nurse helping to use X-rays working in a hospital Now watch the video about Nikola Tesla and answer the questions below. 1. Nikola was born as a child of light a child of rain a child of darkness 2. Nikola wanted to be a scientist because his father was a scientist his mother invented small things his uncle worked in a laboratory 3. Nikola was obsessed with trains, number three and his hair round objects, his hair and number three number three, round objects and his laboratory 4. He didn't like ladies and germs germs and beautiful objects like jewellery pearl jewellery and germs 5. One day Mark Twain, Nikola's friend, had to go to the toilet after he stood on the earthquake machine for some time he ate food prepared by Nikola he learned about Nikola's experimients 6. Nikola Tesla's inventions helped to develop the Tesla electric car the wireless Internet the solar panels Now watch the video about Albert Einstein and answer the questions below 1. Albert Einstein was born in Switzerland but moved to Germany when he was four born and lived in Germany all his life born in Germany but moved to Switzerland when he was four 2. When at school small Albert wanted to study and his friends wanted to play wanted to play but his friends wanted to study wanted to play like his friends 3. Albert liked memorisation math and science all his teachers 4. Albert couldn't go to university because he didn't have a high school diploma he was not good enough in high school he was too young 5. He used the photographs photographers took of him to become more popular put in his books help poor people 6. His granddaughter Evelyn said about him that he was always very serious he had a heart of a child he didn't like children Match the facts to the people. If necessary, watch the videos one more time. Marie Curie packed his bags and moved to France discovered two new chemical elements helped soldiers during the First World War his mother died when he was 10 years old his wife died in a street accident Nikola Tesla wanted to generate electricity using a waterfall moved to the USA cleaned everything around him his neighbours called the police after one of the experiments lived in many hotels in Manhattan Albert Einstein wanted to know why the compass pointed north his classmates laughed at him and called him names played the violin moved to Italy liked children a lot and often talked to them Match the verbs to their past simple forms. What is the rule? pack packed move moved discover discovered help helped die died want wanted clean cleaned call called live lived laugh laughed play played like liked talk talked Complete the rules and add the -ed ending to the verbs 1. Add -ed.talk - talkedwork - workedcall - calledclean - cleaned2. Verbs ending with -e add -d.move - movedlike - likedlove - loveddie - died3. Verbs ending with vowel and -y add -ed.play - playedstay - stayedenjoy - enjoyed4. Verbs ending with consonant and -y, change - y into -i and add -ed.try - triedmarry - marriedhurry - hurried5. In some verbs double the last consonant and add -edstop - stoppedplan - plannedchat - chatted 1. Did Marie Curie move to Italy? Yes No 2. Did Nikola Tesla clean everything around him? Yes No 3. Did Albert Einstein play the violin? Yes No 4. Did Marie Curie help soldiers during the First World War? Yes No 5. Did Nikola Tesla live in Italy? Yes No 6. Did Albert Einstein discover two chemical elements? Yes No 7. Did Marie Curie study in France? Yes No 8. Did Nikola Tesla like children? Yes No 9. Did Albert Einstein live in hotels in Manhattan? Yes No 10. Did Marie Curie live in Europe? Yes No Look at the rules for the past simple interrogative and negative sentences. Affirmative:Marie Curie lived in Poland and France.Nikola Tesla lived in Croatia.Negative:Marie Curie didn't live in the USA.Nikola Tesla didn't live in France.Question:Did Marie Curie live in Italy?Did Albert Einstein live in Switzerland?Answer:No, she didn't.Yes, he did. Look at the false sentences in the multiple choice exercise and make them negative. 1. Marie Curie didn't move to Italy.2. Nikola Tesla didn't live in Italy.3. Albert Einstein didn't discover two chemical elements.4. Nikola Tesla didn't like children.5. Albert Einstein didn't live in hotels in Manhattan. To mark a word click its first letter then click its last. WAS BOUGHT TAUGHT BECAME WROTE DRANK WORE SWAM LEFT SENT SOLD MADE READ WENT ATE MET Use the words from the wordsearch exercise to complete the table below. Present Past Meaning be buy become go eat swim wear teach sell send meet leave read write drink make Read Steve Jobs biography and complete the text with the past simple forms of the verbs from the table above. Steve Jobs was born on February 24th, 1955. His parents were Joanne Carole Schieble and Syrian-born Abdulfattah Jandali. Later he was adopted by Paul Reinhold Jobs and Clara Jobs. When Steve was a small boy, his father taught him electronics and showed how to work with his hands. He went to Monta Loma Elementary school in Mountain View. He played a lot of tricks on his schoolmates and teachers. He met his friend and business partner Steve Wozniak in high school. He dropped out of college because his parents didn't have enough money for it. Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and their friend Ronald Wayne started Apple in 1976. They made their first computers in the garage in Steve Jobs' family house. During his life Steve created the animation studio Pixar and another computer company called NeXT. He died in 2011. Read Bill Gates biography and complete the text with the past simple forms of the verbs from the table above. Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955 in Seattle USA. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a teacher. He used a computer for the first time in 1967. He started Microsoft in 1975 together with Paul Allen, his friend and business partner. He became very rich and left his daily job in the company in 2008. In 2000 together with his wife Melinda they started a foundation. It helped a lot of people in many different countries all over the world. In 2021 he wrote a book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. Read Elon Musk's biography and complete the text with the past simple forms of the verbs from the table above. Elon Musk was born on 28th June 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. When he was 12, he sold his first software: a game he created called Blastar. At the age of 17, in 1989, Musk moved to Canada to attend Queen’s University. In 1999 he started PayPal, an online payment company. He sold PayPal in 2002 and earned his first billion. Also in 2002 Elon Musk founded his next company called SpaceX. SpaceX sent a lot of Starlink satellites into space which are going to provide internet service. In 2003 he started Tesla company. It produces electric cars. Decide which of the following verbs are regular and which are irregular. If you need help check the regular verbs in the texts above. Regular watch found earn move help start use play drop create Irregular sleep do have give get know hear run put see Now match the irregular verbs from the exercise above to their past simple forms. sleep slept do did have had give gave get got know knew hear heard run ran put put see saw Complete the table. Present Past Meaning be bought stać się, zostać go ate pływać wear taught sprzedać send met opuścić, zostwić, wyjść read wrote pić make slept robić have gave dostać know heard biegać put saw Read the questions and answer them. 1. Who was adopted? 2. When did Bill Gates leave the company? 3. What did Elon Musk earn in 2002? 4. Who did Steve Jobs meet in high school? 5. What did Bill Gates write in 2021? 6. What does Elon Musk send into space? Now translate the questions about Leonardo da Vinci into English? 1. Gdzie i kiedy urodził się Leonardo da Vinci?Where and when was Leonardo da Vinci born?2. Kiedy zaczął szkołę?When did he start school?3. Gdzie Leonardo uczył się kiedy skończył czternaście lat?Where did Leonardo learn when he turned fourteen years old?4. Czego Leonardo uczył się w warsztacie mistrza Verrocchio?What did Leonardo learn in Master Verrocchio's workshop?5. Jak długo Leonardo służył u księcia Mediolanu?How long did Leonardo serve at the Duke of Milan?6. Jakie maszyny zaprojektował Leonardo da Vinci?What machines did Leonardo da Vinci design?7. Co Leonardo namalował w 1503 roku?What did Leonardo paint in 1503?8. Gdzie i kiedy zmarł Leonardo da Vinci?Where and when did Leonardo da Vinci die? Match the Polish verbs to their English equivalents. urodzić się be born zacząć start; begin uczyć się learn skończyć (ileś lat) turn służyć serve projektować design malować paint umrzeć die Now watch the video and answer the questions above. Write a short biography of a famous scientist or inventor below.