kick off PTS, Workbook

Write answers to the questions. Use the past simple.   Coursebook p. 42 1 Did they call the first comfortable trainers “Keds”?  Yes, they did. 2 Did two Germans make the first sport shoes?  No, they didn’t. 3 Did the Dassler brothers start a company?  4 Did people in the 1930s wear trainers at home?  5 Did James Dean wear Nike trainers?  6 Did they make trainers with air in the soles?  Write the questions. Use the past simple.   Coursebook p. 42 1  Were the left foot and the right foot the same?  Yes, they were the same. 2 ?  No, they weren’t very comfortable. 3 ?  Yes, they had a rubber sole. 4 ? No, the Dassler brothers didn’t start their company in a big German town. 5 ? Yes, James Dean wore trainers in a film. 6 ? No, the Nike company didn’t start in 1975. Complete the text about Arnold Schwarzenegger, the famous politician and film star. 6 7 8 began was (3x) started spoke went (2x) played changed made became (3x) 22 Unit 4 Reading Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger was born near Graz in Austria. He born on 30 July 1947. As a teenager he bodybuilding and in 1966, aged 19, he to Munich in Germany. He Mr Universe in 1967. In 1968, Arnold to America. There he making films. For his first film, he his name to “Mr Strong” and an American actor for him because his English was so bad. The film Hercules in NewYork was a flop. Then Schwarzenegger a lot of money in real-estate 1 . Arnold’s first big film Conan the Barbarian in 1982. Then, in 1984, he in The Terminator . After that he rich and famous. In 2003, he the governor 2 of California. He governor until 2011. 1  real-estate: Immobilien 2  governor: Landeshauptmann Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv