1ESO Vocabulary Unit 7

1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

actors artists explorers kings queens scientists writers

Magellan and James Cook were explorers.

1 Orlando Bloom, Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp are ___________________.

2 Albert Einstein, Alfred Nobel and Marie Curie were ___________________.

3 Picasso, Monet and Rembrandt were ___________________.

4 Juana I and Isabel II were ___________________.

5 Charles I, Ferdinand VII and Philip II were ___________________.

6 Shakespeare, Cervantes and Molière were ___________________.

2 Answer the questions. Use words from the summary.

1 Who teaches a class? A ________________.

2 Who helps people when they are ill? A ________________.

3 Who plays music? A ________________.

4 Who can rule a country? A ________________, a ________________ or a ________________.

5 What word can we use for a woman, but never for a man? A________________.

3 What are these people’s ideal jobs? Complete the table.

Person	Interests and abilities	Ideal job
Ali	is really good at experiments in a laboratory	(1) ____________
Sara	likes thinking of new things	(2) ____________
David	is good at painting	(3) ____________
Claudia	wants to visit new places	(4) ____________
Laura	is always inventing children’s stories	(5) ____________
Sergio	loves films and drama	(6) ____________

4 Complete the sentences.

In Spain, Philip II was a king.

1 Hernando Cortes and Vasco da Gama visited many countries. They were ________________.

2 Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley were ________________.

3 Cervantes was a ________________.

4 Goya and Velázquez were ________________.

5 In Spain, Isabel I was a ________________.

6 Marlon Brando was in many films. He was an ________________.

7 The Wright brothers made the first plane. They were ________________.

Exercise 1

1 actors       3 artists   5 kings
2 scientists   4 queens   6 writers

Exercise 2

1 teacher
2 doctor
3 musician
4 king … queen … ruler (in any order)
5 queen

Exercise 3

1 scientist   3 artist   5 writer

2 inventor  4 explorer 6 actor

Exercise 4

1 explorers   4 artists   6 actor
2 musicians  5 queen   7 inventors
3 writer