Queenstown For people who love adventure sports, Queenstown is the place to go.. In the winter, you can go skiing in the nearby Remarkables mountains, and in spring and summer you can go
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the names.
1 ocean a Sahara
2 desert b Nile
3 mountain c Villarrica
4 continent d Greenland
5 lake e Chile
6 island f Mount Everest
7 river g Asia
8 volcano h Titicaca
9 country i Atlantic
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2 Complete the sentences with the
adjectives in the box.
bored nervous excited frightened annoyed
proud sad embarrassed
1 The pop singer was
when she forgot the words to the song
2 I get when I’m alone in
the dark
3 We were when our
neighbours moved to Australia They
were very good friends
4 My sister gets when I go
into her room without asking
5 I was when our school
won the athletics competition
6 Colin was really before
the exam
7 I get when there isn’t
anything to do
8 They were so when they
won tickets to see One Direction in
concert
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Grammar
3 Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1 Our house is (big) than
our neighbour’s house
2 Buses are (cheap) than
trains
3 Snakes are (dangerous)
than spiders
4 My brother’s room is
(tidy) than mine
5 That restaurant is (bad)
than all the others
6 Germany was (good)
than Brazil in the football match
7 Tim is a lot (happy) than
he was last year
8 My old shoes are
(comfortable) than my new shoes
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4 Write sentences Use as … as and the
adjectives in the box.
friendly popular big expensive long healthy
1 Anna is very friendly Jenny is very
friendly
Anna
2 The Vamps are quite popular One
Direction are more popular
The Vamps
3 Mexico city is approx 1,500 km² Sao Paulo is approx 1,500 km²
Mexico city
4 A pizza is £6 A sandwich is £2.50.
A sandwich
5 The Colorado river is 2,334 km long
The Amazon river is 6,992 km long
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The Colorado river
_
6 Apples are healthy Cakes aren’t very
healthy
Cakes
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adjectives.
1 noisy
2 big
3 bad
4 funny
5 far
6 comfortable
7 young
8 easy
9 short
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6 Complete the sentences with the
comparative or superlative form of the
adjectives.
1 My little brother is
(young) person in our family
2 This is (good) book I’ve
ever read
3 Drinking water is much
(healthy) than drinking cola
4 My computer was
(expensive) than my tablet
5 Alice is (friendly) person
that I know
6 Don’t see that! It’s (bad)
film ever
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7 Complete the dialogue with one or ones.
Jeff What do you think of these
jumpers?
Sue I really like that brown
1
Jeff I prefer the white 2
Sue You need some trousers, too
Try these 3 on They’re nice
Jeff Hmm, I think I prefer these
4
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Zealand.
Queenstown
For people who love adventure sports, Queenstown is the place to go In the winter, you can go skiing in the nearby Remarkables mountains, and in spring and summer you can go walking, mountain biking or try many water sports on Lake Wakatipu Queenstown
is also the home of bungee jumping and if you feel confident and aren’t frightened, you can try it on the Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge You jump 43 metres down towards the river, and with over 35,000 people jumping every year, it’s one of the most popular places in the world for this sport
Lake Taupo
The beautiful Lake Taupo is the largest lake
in New Zealand It is also the top of one of the most important volcanoes in the world, which erupts about every 1,000 years The first eruption 26,500 years ago was the largest in the world
Nowadays, it is popular with tourists, and over 2 million visit every year In summer it’s great to swim in the lake, go fishing or walking
Auckland
The biggest city in New Zealand has a population of 1.4 million people People often say it is one of the nicest places in the world
to live, and it’s also a great place to visit Some of New Zealand’s most beautiful beaches are near the city and it is one of the world’s most important cities for sailing with
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Reading
8 Complete the sentences with the
numbers in the box.
2 million 1,000 135,000 1.4 million 35,000
1 Over _ people jump off
Kawarau Bridge every year
2 Lake Taupo’s volcano erupts every
_ years
3 Over _ people visit Lake
Taupo every year
4 _ people live in Auckland.
5 There are over _ boats in
Auckland’s harbours
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9 Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 People don’t usually visit Queenstown in
winter
2 The Kawarau Bridge is 43 metres long
3 There is a large volcano under Lake
Taupo
4 1.4 million people visit New Zealand
every year
5 70,000 people in Auckland go sailing
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10 Answer the questions.
1 Why do people who love adventure
sports come to Queenstown?
2 What can you do in the Remarkables
mountains?
3 What happened 26,500 years ago at
Lake Taupo?
4 What do people often say about
Auckland?
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visit in your country.
1 What is the most beautiful place to visit?
_
2 What is the most popular place for
tourists to visit?
_
3 What can people see and do there?
4 What are the most interesting cities?
5 Why?
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12 Write three paragraphs about three
places to visit in your country Answer
the questions.
• Where is it?
• What can people see and do there?
• What is the best thing about it?
• When is the best time to visit? Why?
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Listening
13 Listen to Emma telling Joe about her holiday Tick the places she talks about.
1 parks _
2 a zoo _
3 a stadium _
4 mountains _
5 a lake _
6 the desert _
8 a museum _
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answers.
1 Emma is very .
a excited b tired
c nervous d annoyed
2 Emma thought that Sydney is
Melbourne
a more beautiful than b as
beautiful as
c less beautiful than d friendlier than
3 The MCG is a _.
a shop b mountain
c park d stadium
4 Emma didn’t like travelling by train
because it was than travelling
by plane
a cheaper b quicker
c more expensive d slower
5 Emma spent five days .
a by the sea b in Sydney
c in Melbourne d in the desert
6 Where was it hottest?
a in Sydney b in Brisbane
c in Melbourne d in the desert
7 An Australian boy .
a taught her Spanish
b is going to visit her
c taught her to surf
d was on holiday there
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