1. Did you enjoy yourself / yourselves at the party yesterday?

2. If you do your best, you try as hard as you can to do something well.

3. Don't talk about people behind their back.

4. Mind your own business.

5. I did my best.

6. Dream your life and live your dreams.

7. Ashley, don't make a fool of yourself!

8. I don't like selfish people who only think of themselves.

1. Their house is always full of people.

2. They're always very busy.

3. Is it our turn? No, it's theirs.

4. There's always a lot of noise.

5. They're never satisfied with what they have.

1. The Gold Rush started in California.

2. The first person to find gold in California was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848.

3. James W. Marshall found a piece of shiny metal, gold, in a river.

4. Rumours quickly spread and the New York Herald newspaper reported the discovery of gold.

5. Soon after hundreds of immigrants from around the world went to California in search of gold. These people arrived in 1849.

6. Thousands of gold miners travelled by sea or over land to San Francisco.

7. People around the United States, mostly men, borrowed money, sold their property and left their families.

8. They spent all their savings to go to California.

9. Between 1848 and 1850 the population of San Francisco increased from 1,000 to 25,000 people because many people wanted to settle near the gold.

10. The Gold Rush was the largest mass-migration in US history.

1. I was sleeping when the phone rang in the middle of the night.

2. I was scared to death!

3. I jumped out of bed, ran to the living room and I imagined the worst.

4. Who could wake us up at such an hour? What had happened?

5. I picked up the phone anxiously.

6. I suddenly heard the voice of Lisa, my American friend.

7. She was overjoyed and wanted to tell the world she was getting married.

8. She asked me to be her bridesmaid.

9. I congratulated her warmly and promised to come over for the wedding.

10. I managed to speak English even if I felt so sleepy.

1. Eleanor Roosevelt was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's wife, so she was an American First Lady.

2. She lived in the first half of the 20th century.

3. She was very active in politics.

4. She wanted to help poor people and fought against racism.

5. She thought women suffered from discrimination and was determined to promote women's rights.

6. Americans admired her very much. That's why she became a US icon.

1. Keith Haring was a famous American artist who lived in the 20th century.

2. He was a committed artist and his works of art were very visual.

3. He belonged to the pop art movement.

4. He created many murals and many of his works of art are famous.

1. Who was Newton?

2. When and where was he born?

3. Where did he go to college? / Which university did he go to?

4. What did he invent in 1668?

5. Who did he work with?

6. What did he see fall from a tree?

7. What did he discover?

1. be

Charlie Parker (1920-1955) était un saxophoniste et un compositeur de jazz américain.

2. begin • be

Parker commença / a commencé à jouer du saxophone quand il a eu / eut 11 ans.

3. join

Trois ans plus tard il entra dans l'orchestre de son école.

4. spend

À la fin des années 30 il passa trois à quatre ans à s'entraîner 15 heures par jour.

5. leave • move

En 1939, il quitta Kansas City et s'installa à New York pour poursuivre une carrière dans la musique.

6. be • play

Son surnom était l'oiseau parce qu'il jouait à une vitesse incroyable.

7. create

En 1942 environ, il créa / a créé son propre style de musique, le bebop.

8. have

Il a eu une influence considérable sur d'autres musiciens de jazz.

1. It would be a disaster for my son, if he left his mobile phone somewhere.

2. It would be great, if we could go on holiday together.

3. I wouldn't be surprised, if she failed her exam.

4. If I were you I'd listen to your parents.

5. If you arrived late your boss would be furious.