Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Write one verb in the past simple and one in the past continuous. 1 While I _______________________ (walk) along the beach, I _______________________ (find) some money. 2 Rick _______________________ (see) the helicopter as he _______________________ (swim) back to the shore. 3 We _______________________ (talk) to the doctor when we _______________________ (hear) gunshots. 4 As the police _______________________ (help) the man, they _______________________ (see) blood on the floor. 5 As Mike _______________________ (get dressed), he _______________________ (remember) something important.
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2 Choose the correct words to complete the text.
For my eighteenth birthday my mum and dad 1 were buying / bought me a really interesting present − a quad-biking adventure weekend. 2 While / When the big day arrived, I was really excited. It took about two hours to drive to the adventure centre, and when we arrived lots of people 3 were driving / drove around the centre on quad bikes. They 4 had / were having a brilliant time! A man helped me with my helmet, and then I did some training before our group went out. It was great fun, but we went through a lot of streams − and my clothes 5 got / was getting very dirty!
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Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences with the words below. You may have to change the form of the words. explore motivate rescue achieve entertain 1 It was a great ________________ to beat the other runners in that race. 2 I'm reading an interesting book about the history of Antarctic ________________ . 3 Most people watch TV for ________________ , and not to learn anything. 4 You need a lot of ________________ if you want to be good at a sport. 5 It was difficult to ________________ the walkers from the middle of the desert.
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4 Rewrite the sentences using the extreme adjectives below. huge starving fantastic terrifying exhausted 1 My first BASE jump was very scary. _______________________________________ 2 I can’t climb that hill because it’s very big. _______________________________________ 3 Kayaking along the Danube river was very good. _______________________________________ 4 The man was very tired after he finished the marathon. _______________________________________ 5 Sue didn't eat any breakfast, and now she's very hungry. _______________________________________
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