1. Explorers travel to study and learn.
Do you know the names of any famous explorers?

2. Cristopher Columbus
Fernando de Magallanes
James Cook
Francisco P. Moreno

5. James Cook was the son of a poor English farm
worker.

6. When he was young, he left home and
became a sailor.

7. He studied mathematics and astronomy and
became an expert mapmaker.

8. In 1768, Cook sailed on a ship, the
Endeavour, to the island of …

9. Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean.

10. Cook took scientists and artists with him
on the voyage. When they reached Tahiti,
they collected plants and animals and
drew them.

12. After his work in Tahiti, Cook opened a
letter from the King of England.

13. The king told him to look for another
continent.

14. Cook sailed to …

16. the east coast of Australia.

17. He took these new lands for the King of
England and returned with accurate maps
of all these places.

18. Cook went on two more voyages.

19. On the first voyage, he arrived at an
island named Easter Island.

20. There were huge stone heads on the
island.

21. On his next voyage, he explored the
Hawaiian islands.

22. At first the Hawaiians were very nice to Cook and
his men, but they soon got tired of their visitors.

23. Cook, left, but six days later his ship had a
problem. He returned to Hawaii.

24. While he was in Hawaii, there was a fight
and someone killed him.

25. James Cook monument in Hawaii.

26. Two hundred years later …

27. A small piece of James Cook´s ship the
Endeavour went into space on the U.S.
space shuttle also with the name
Endeavour.

29. Read the story and complete exercise A on page 16.

30. ian
politician
magician
er
carpenter
writer
ist
artist
journalist

31. On page 17 complete exercises: C, A and B.

32. We use the Simple Past to talk about actions and
situations that began and ended in the past.
We can use specific time expressions such :
yesterday, last week, ten years ago.
Examples:
. I visited Berlin last week.
. We went to the cinema last Saturday.

33. infinitive
simple past
ask
asked
believe
believed
like
liked
open
opened
work
worked

34. infinitive
simple past
begin
began
break
broke
cut
cut
draw
drew
read
read

35. affirmative
negative
interrogative
short answers
I played
I did not play (didn´t) Did I play?
Yes, I did/No, I didn´t
you played
you did not play
Did you play?
Yes, you did/No, you didn´t
he played
he did not play
Did he play?
Yes, he did/No, he didn´t
she played
she did not play
Did she play?
Yes, she did/No, she didn´t
it played
it did not play
Did it play?
Yes, it did/No, it didn´t
we played
we did not play
Did we play?
Yes, we did/No, we didn´t
you played
you did not play
Did you play?
Yes, you did/No, you didn´t
they played
they did not play
Did they play?
Yes, they did/No, they didn´t

36. When
Where
What
did they
did he
did you
play soccer?
go?
do?

37. 1.
Where did he travel? He traveled to Australia.
2.
What did they collect? They collected plants and
animals.
3.
Where did he arrive? He arrived at an island.
4.
Where did the Endeavour go? The Endeavour went
into space.

38. Answer the questions on page 16.
Complete exercises A, B, C and D.