EXTRA PRACTICE
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2
G1
1
Complete the text with the past simple form
of the verbs in the box.
lead start have cross run stop be
fly complete
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
1
born in 1944. In the army
he
2
several expeditions, including a hovercraft
expedition on the White Nile and crossing from the
North to the South Pole. He
3
the Antarctic on
foot, but seven years later illness
4
his solo trek
to the North Pole and in 2003, he
5
heart surgery
to save his life. Only four months after the operation, he
6
seven marathons in seven continents in seven
days. He
7
in Santiago, Chile and then
8
to
the Falkland Islands, Sydney, Singapore, London and
Cairo. He
9
the marathons in New York.
2
Speaking practice
Work with a partner to talk
about:
•
one thing you did last weekend.
•
how you celebrated your last birthday.
•
what you learnt in your last English lesson.
G2
3
Put the word in brackets in the correct place
in each sentence.
1
Have you been to France? (ever)
2
I’ve told you that – don’t ask me again. (already)
3
Bill and Martin have seen it so let’s watch it now.
(never)
4
Haven’t you finished it? (yet)
5
Have you finished your lunch? (already)
6
Why haven’t you told me? (ever)
7
I haven’t had time to speak to her. (yet)
8
Has he been late for class? (ever)
G3
4
Write the words in brackets in the past
simple or the present perfect.
1
They
(climb) Mount Everest twice before and
are going for a third time this year.
2
you ever
(ride) on a camel?
3
When
he
(die)?
4
he
(have) time to see Martin last
week?
5
He
(just announce) another attempt to reach
the South Pole.
6
She
(raise) money for charity last year by
crossing the desert.
7
I
(never live) abroad. What’s it like?
8
We
(meet) loads of wonderful people when
we went to Ethiopia last year.
9
How many exams
you
(have) so far
this month?
10
I
(visit) so many countries in my life that I
can’t remember them all.
KL
5
Put the words in the correct order to make
expressions.
1
On the
cold.
one / hand / it’s
2
On the
beautiful.
it’s / other / hand
3
There are
for
.
arguments / against / and
4
Another
is that
.
expensive / disadvantage / it’s
5
It’d be
to
.
a / idea / ask / people / other / good
6
I think
see
.
should / what / we / say / they
V1
6
Match the words in the box with the
meanings below.
abroad travel destination journey trip
package holiday
1
going to different places
2
in a different country
3
the time spent travelling from one place to another,
often over a long distance
4
a short journey, often for work
5
where you’re trying to get to
6
a holiday that has a fixed price and includes travel,
accommodation, etc.
V2
7
Match the sentence halves.
1
They say travel helps you to find
2
You should broaden
3
I prefer to explore
4
Most people just go abroad to
5
Travel makes you become
6
I like places where you experience different
7
We saw some incredible
a
more independent.
b
yourself, but I think it’s just running away.
c
new sights.
d
your horizons with a journey.
e
get away from it all.
f
cultures.
g
new places and meet new people.
V3
8
Choose the correct answer.
1
Did you have time to look
out/around
?
2
We set
out/in
on our adventure as the sun was
rising.
3
Ask the taxi driver to carry
on/along
to the end of the
road.
4
Let’s stop
out/off
at the temple on the way.
5
How do you get
out/to
the market?
6
What time does he get
return/back
from work?
7
How many hours before we fly do we have to
check
out/in
?
8
What time is she going to get
back/away
from
her trip?
