8 Unusual lives

Vocabulary Geographical features 4 Do the crossword.

1
W
1 Put the words in the correct group.
2
M O U N T A I N
caveforestlakemountain
oceanwaterfall
3 4
O D
water trees rock
ocean 5 6
F R

2 Match 15 to ae.

Its next to the ocean. f

1 Its between two mountains.
2 Fish and marine animals live in it. Across
3 Its very hot and dry. 2 e.g., Mount Everest
4 Its got water on all sides. 3 e.g., the Atlantic
5 Its a large group of trees. 5 e.g., the Amazon

a coral reef d valley Down

b island e desert 1 e.g., Niagara Falls
c forest f beach 4 e.g., the Sahara
6 e.g., the Guadalquivir
3 Complete the geographical features.
5 Draw a map of an imaginary island.
3 Then write sentences to describe it. Use the
2 prepositions and adjectives in the boxes.

behind between in front ofnext to

bigdryhighlong
low
short
4
smalltallwet
1
There are two high mountains. Between the
6
mountains, theres a valley with a long river.
5

1 island 3 w 5 b
2 r 4 f 6 c

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 Grammar Past simple: regular and 4 Write past simple sentences. Use the
correct regular or irregular past simple forms.
irregular verbs
I / meet / some friends / last Saturday.
1 Are these verbs regular or irregular in the I met some friends last Saturday.
past simple? Write R or I. 1 Hannah / want / to buy some shoes.
begin I
1 leave 5 practise 2 We / decide / to go into town.
2 like 6 take
3 have 7 travel 3 We / travel / by bus.
4 find 8 walk
4 Hannah / go / into a lot of shops.
2 Match the infinitives to the irregular past

simple forms.
5 She / not find / anything to buy.
beginfallseegogetswimmake
meetsellfindbuy 6 We / not have / a good time.

metfellsoldboughtgotsawwent
madeswam beganfound 5 Complete the text
with the past simple
begin began 11:21 91%
form of the verbs.
1 Hello from Gozo! Yesterday, Ben
2 6 What did you and I explored (explore) the
island by motorbike
3 do last Saturday?
and we (1) (find)
4 What didnt you do? a remote beach. We
Write three (2) (stop) for a few
5 hours and we (3)
affirmative and three (not see) another person while
6
negative sentences. we were there! We
7 (4) (swim) in the sea.
Use verbs from the
8 The water was very clear and
box and your we (5) (see) a lot of
9 own ideas. fish. I (6) (take) some
10 photos. It was amazing!
buyeat get
3 Complete the sentences. Use the
gomakemeet
affirmative () or negative () past simple forms
playpractise see
of the verbs in brackets.
studyvisitwalk
They didnt see () any crocodiles. They saw ()
an elephant. (see) On Saturday, I
1 I () home early. I went to the cinema
() home late. (go) with my friends.
2 We () a drink. We
() anything to eat. (have)
3 The film () at 7.30 p.m. It
() at 8.00 p.m. (begin) On Saturday, I didnt get up early.
4 You () in the swimming pool.

You () in the sea. (swim)

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 Vocabulary Places in a town 3 Complete the text with the words in the box.

1 Label the shops with the words below. bakerybankcinemanewsagents

shopping centresports centresweet shop
bakerybookshoppost office
sweet shop takeaway Jack got up at 7.30. He didnt have any food,
so he went to the bakery to buy a croissant.
But he didnt have any money, so he went to
the (1) . The cash machine
didntwork.
bookshop Jack wanted to go to the (2)
but he needed new trainers, so he went to the
big (3) . The shop didnt have
any trainers in his size. Next, he went to the
(4) to buy a computer
1 2 magazine. There werent any.

In the evening, Jack wanted to see a film. But the

(5) was closed. Jack wasnt
happy. He went to the (6) ,

bought some chocolate and went home to
3 4
watchTV!
2 Where must Melanie go before her holiday?
Look at her list and match 15 to ae. 4 Write six sentences about the things you
can do at different places in town. Use words
from the boxes or your own ideas.
Things to do
before my holiday borrowbuycatchchangeplayseesend

Change 300 into eurosf basketballbooksbreadfilms

a first aid kit letters and parcels
1 Buy a train ticket
lots of different thingsmoney
2 Buy insect repellent and sunscreen newspapers and magazinespetrola train
3 Buy new T-shirts and sandals
You can buy a first aid kit at a chemists.
4 Borrow a book to read on the beach
5 Watch a French film to practise
the language

a cinema d train station

b shopping centre e library
c chemists f bank

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 Grammar Past simple: questions 4 Correct the mistakes in the dialogue.

A When you did go to London? did you

1 Match questions 16 to answers af.
B Last summer.
Did you have a good holiday? g A Do you visit Brick Lane Market? (1)
1 Where did you go? B Yes, I did. It was fantastic.
2 Who did you go with? A What you did buy? (2)
3 How did you get there? B I bought a new cap.
4 Did you go skiing? A Did you met anyone famous? (3)
5 Why did you go there? B No, I didnt.
6 What did you do? A Why did you went there? (4)
a By train. B Because its a fun city.
b No, we didnt. There wasnt much snow. 5 Write six questions and answers about
c We walked in the mountains. Gemmas holiday to Florida, USA. Include questions
d Because its a beautiful place. with Where / What / How and Yes / No questions.
e We went to Saint-Lary in the Pyrenees.
f Some friends.
g Yes, I did. It was great.

2 Write the words in the correct order to

make questions.
your / buy / boots / did / Where / you / ?
Where did you buy your boots?
1 watch / did / on / you / What / TV / ?


the Florida Keys Orlando
2 you / Did / waterfall / like / the / ? stay with her aunt and
stay in a hotel
uncle for a week
3 they / the / explore / Did / island / ? travel by plane travel by boat
swim with dolphins go to a theme park
4 did / to / Why / go / the / you / post office / ? try blue crab in a
eat burgers
restaurant
go to a shopping centre watch a baseball game
3 Complete the dialogue with the words in
the box. Where did Gemma go on holiday?
She went to the Florida Keys.
diddidntgostaystayed
Did she go to Orlando?
went whereyes
No, she didnt.
A Where did you (1) last August?
B I went to Portugal. I (2) with
myfamily.
A (3) you travel by aeroplane?
B (4) , we did.
A Did you (5) in Faro?
B No, we (6) . We (7)
inLagos.

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