Vocabulary & Grammar Module 2 Traveller
VOCABULARY
5. Can you please me the phone?
A. Choose a, b or c.
I need to make a call.
1. He sells things. He is a . 6. Some animals food for the winter.
a. merchant b. local c. waiter
7. Every morning I some
2. This lemonade needs sugar. It’s .
oranges and I have some orange juice.
a. salty b. sour c. spicy
3. He had a(n) accident. GRAMMAR
a. impossible b. entire c. severe
D. Complete the sentences with the Past
4. She was stung by a of bees.
Progressive of the verbs in the box.
a. swarm b. group c. team
5. The dog was ; it ran away when it saw us. feel study put rain
a. frightened b. frightening c. frighten
6. We were watching TV when the lights 1. It all day yesterday.
went out. 2. I for my exam at 10 o’clock
a. finally b. fortunately c. suddenly last night.
B. Put the words in the box under the correct 3. She dizzy so she sat down.
heading. 4. As she the flowers in the
scuba diving bitter fresh amazed vase, she saw the broken chair.
storm surprised sweet bored E. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or
lightning cycling degrees hiking the Past Progressive of the verbs in brackets.
1. As soon as the merchant
FEELINGS WEATHER (take) the snake out of the basket,
I (feel) dizzy.
2. We (have) dinner when the
lights (go) out.
3. While he (return) home, he
FOOD SPORTS (see) two men outside his house.
4. While I (walk) through the
market, the shopkeepers (talk)
to me.
F. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or
the Present Perfect of the verbs in brackets.
C. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
1. I (never / leave) my country
description sunburn store broke into before.
hand squeeze fainted
2. Last summer I (go) to the
1. Josh went to the beach and came home with desert. It (be) fascinating.
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terrible . 3. A: Where is Mary?
2. The police asked me to give them a B: She (go) to New York to
of the burglar. visit an old friend.
3. Someone my friend’s car and 4. He (already / check) his
took the radio. e-mails but there is still no answer.
4. When Maria saw the snake, she . 5. I (not / finish) my
homework yet.
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Reading Module 2 Traveller
A. Discuss.
1. Have you ever heard of any unusual or extreme sports?
2. Have you ever tried an unusual or extreme sport? If yes, what was it? How did it make you feel? If not, would
you like to? Why?/Why not?
UNUSUAL SPORTS
KITESURFING
Are you looking for a
new water sport? Then
try kitesurfing. It is
another extreme sport
that lots of people
love. It started at the
end of the 1990s
and it soon became
MAN VS HORSE MARATHON popular on almost all
Do you think you know everything about the famous beaches
marathons? Well, think again. In Wales, there around the world.
is a famous race called the Man vs Horse Kitesurfing is like kiting and surfing together.
Marathon. It started in 1980 and it takes People stand on a board and hold a kite bar.
place in the countryside. In this race, people When they hit the first wave, their body flies
compete against horses. The course is about about 40 feet into the air and then they crash
22 miles long and the competitors have to into the water. It is a lot of fun, but it is also
go over steep hills, across rivers and through dangerous. To do this sport, people have to
forests. It is easy for a man to go through a spend a lot of time training and practising. They
thick forest, but a horse has to go around the also have to learn how to avoid accidents and
forest. The aim is for the man to beat the first what to do if an accident happens.
horse and competitors have to be very strong
Vocabulary
to do it. People can race on foot or ride a
marathon - a 42km long race
bicycle. In 2004, a man racing on foot won the
countryside - an area far from towns or cities
race for the first time. He trained hard to take
board- a long, narrow piece of wood used for surfing
part in the marathon and he won a big prize.
wave- a raised line of water in the sea
B. Read the text and answer the questions. Choose a, b or c.
1. The aim of the Man vs Horse Marathon is for the 3. Kitesurfing takes place
man a. on popular beaches.
a. to run through a thick forest. b. in Wales.
b. to beat the first horse. c. in the countryside.
c. to win a prize.
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4. Kitesurfing
2. In the Man vs Horse Marathon competitors a. is not popular because it is dangerous.
a. have to be very strong. b. has been popular since the end of the 1990s.
b. have to learn how to avoid accidents. c. is easy.
c. can’t ride a bicycle.
5. Both sports
a. are dangerous.
b. started in 1980.
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Speaking Module 2 Traveller
Do the quiz. Talk with your partner and ask each other questions about experiences you have had.
Then report to the class.
Have you ever… ?
1. thought of exploring the desert? YES NO
2. jumped in the sea? YES NO
3. tried scuba diving? YES NO
4. been hiking? YES NO
5. climbed a mountain? YES NO
6. been sailing? YES NO
7. been rock climbing? YES NO
8. eaten frogs’ legs? YES NO
9. eaten snails? YES NO
10. eaten horse steak? YES NO
11. tasted sour lemons? YES NO
12. been bungee jumping? YES NO
RESULTS
9-12 YES: You are very adventurous.
5-8 YES: You like some adventure in your life.
1-4 YES: You must try more.
0 YES: You should do something new!
A: Have you ever thought of exploring the desert?
B: Yes, I have.
A: Have you ever climbed a mountain?
B: No, I haven’t.
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Peter has thought of exploring the desert...
Peter’s score is 10. He’s very adventurous.
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