PROJECT UNITS 1,2 AND 3

2ND YEAR ADVANCED

TEACHER: SILVIA GALEANO

MODULE 1 : ADVENTURE

A) Write the sentences using the correct tenses in brackets:

1. you / like/ programmes about exploration? (present simple)

Do you like programmes about exploration?

2. The dogs / pull / the sledge. (present continuous)

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3. I / not bring / the map with me. (present perfect)

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4. They / not make / much progress with their expedition. (present continuous)

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5. He / cross / the Atlantic many times. (present perfect)

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6. you / read / this travel book ? (present perfect)

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7. They / not speak / English. (present simple)

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8. Christina Dodwell / be / a travel writer since her mid-twenties. (present perfect)

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B) Write the sentences again, using the word in brackets instead of the underlined words .Make the
necessary changes to your sentences:

1. I ´m reading a book about microlights at the moment. (often)

I often read books about microlights

2. We’ve travelled to China on holiday for the last five years. (every year)

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3. We eat a lot of fish every week.(at the moment)

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4. Pauline Jones has worked at a travel agent’s since 2004. (this year)

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5. Brian often makes journeys to some unusual places. (for the last five years)

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6. We always prepare for adventure holidays. (now)

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 C) The sentences below are not correct. Write them again correctly:

1. I can´t tell you anything about Peter´s boat because I never see it.
I can´t tell you anything about Peter´s boat because I´ve never seen it.

2. We have dinner now. Could I call you back later?

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3. How long do you live here?

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4. Grandma and Grandad are visiting us every Friday.

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5. How often are you practise sports?

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D) Write a letter to a friend. Imagine you are on an adventure holiday .Write about :

• The time of year, the place and what it is like.

• The weather and how you are spending your time.
• The people you are with and what they are like.
• The people you have met and something interesting about them.
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MODULE 2 : STORIES

A) Complete the sentences with the correct adjective from the list:
romantic, fascinating, educational, scary, complicated, boring.

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 1. That was one of the most ........................stories I ´ve ever read .I nearly went to sleep
reading it.
2. The story was too................................I couldn´t understand who all the characters were
and who was doing what.
3. It´s about two teenagers who really love each other but their families stop them from
meeting. It´s incredibly......................
4. I´m reading a non-fiction book about the history of Poland from the Middle Ages right
up to joining the EU.I can´t put it down .It ´s...............................
5. Last year I read a science fiction book about plants taking over the earth.I really was
afraid. The story was so ....................................
6. You can learn a lot from a good novel .I didn´t know anything about Greece in the
Second World War before I read Captain Corelli´s Mandolin.It was
really........................................

B) Past Simple or Past Continuous?

1 . Something................(fall) out of that window while I .......................................(stand)

under it.

2. When Jane ..............................(have) her Saturday job at a flower shop last year she
always......................(send) me flowers.

3. It...............................(snow) while we ..............................(make) the snowman.

4. As I............................(leave) the shop, I ...........................(see) the picture and I

..................................(buy) it.

5. A light rain ................................(fall) when I ......................................(arrive) in Abilene

for the first time.

6. I ...............................(write) to them as soon as I...............................(know) my travel

dates.

7. While you...........................(watch TV), I............................(work) hard.

8. My grandmother......................................(look after) me when I ...........................(be)

little.

9. She..................................(fall) and ..................................(hurt) her arm as she

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10. As soon as I .......................................(read) the letter, I................................(understand)

everything.

C) Circle the correct linking words:

One day while/ suddenly David Williams ,a young school boy, was walking in the fields, he
saw an old man in the river .It was obvious that he had fallen in. Later/ Immediately, he ran to the
river and pulled the old man out . Before/ After he had got his breath back , the old man said, “I ´m a
rich man Because you have saved my life, you can have anything you want.” David laughed. The old
man was wearing old clothes. David didn´t believe he was rich .And he didn´t want anything When
Then/ he thought of something .” I want my dad to have a job” he said. “Right”, said the old man.
”What´s your telephone number? ”.Later/ When David got home his dad said ,”I´ve just had a phone
call .One of the biggest corporations in America has offered me a job”:

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 D) WRITING: You have just come back from your holidays with your friends .Write a letter to your
cousin and tell him/ her:
• Who was on the holiday with you and where you went
• The good things of the holiday
• The bad things of the holiday
• Your future holiday plans.

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MODULE 3: TRAVEL

A) Read this interview with a traveller and put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect
Simple or Continuous:

Interviewer: Your new book.................................(just be) published .We

...............................(wait) for it for almost a year!.............................(you write) all this time?
Traveller: Well, not really. I ............................(travel) most of the time.
Interviewer: Where..................................(you be)? Is there any place at all where you
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Traveller: Oh yes, there are lots of places I .................................(not visit). But over the last
ten months, I....................................(collect) photos of places I .............................(never be )
to before.
Interviewer: Your new book is about Australian Aborigines and their
lifestyle...........................(you meet) many aborigines in your life?
Traveller: Yes, actually, I .........................................(live) in the Australian outback for the
last few months and I ..........................................(make) a lot of friends among the
aborigines. They are very friendly people and..................................(help) me a lot.
Interviewer: What ´s your next book about?
Traveller: Well, for years, I...............................(plan) to write about Siberia . I...............(not
start) yet but I .............................(think) about it a lot.
Interviewer: Well, thank you and good luck with your new next project.

B) Choose the correct tense : Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous?

1. He ´s out of breath. He has run/ He´s been running.

2. Brazil has won / has been winning the World Cup three times.
3. I ´ve ridden/I´ve been riding a motorbike for five years.
4. She should stop. She´s driven/ She´s been driving for six hours and that´s too long.
5. Have you finished/ been finishing that book I lent you?
6. I´ve done / I´ve been doing the washing up , so we can watch TV now.
7. She´s written/ She´s been writing an essay all morning.
8. He´s tired because he´s got up / he´s been getting up at five o´clock every morning for the
last month.

C) Complete the dialogue with the questions below:

• Do I have to change?
• How much will that be?
• Single or return?
• What platform does it go from?
• What time does it get to Leeds?

Boy: Two tickets to Leeds, please?

Woman: ................................................................?

Boy: Oh, well, I want to come back on Saturday.

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Woman: Yes, you do. Just once- at Peterborough.

Boy: I ´m going to get the 16.42 train.

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 Woman: At half past seven.

Boy: OK, thanks.....................................................?

Woman: Sixteen. You have to go across the bridge.

Boy: Thank you!

D) WRITING: Write a report about tourism in your city. Follow these steps:

• General description of the place.

• List of good points.
• List of bad points.
• Conclusion.

Useful vocabulary

Positive adjectives: cheap ,clean, easy, excellent, free, frequent, punctual, safe.
Negative adjectives: damaged, dangerous, dirty, expensive, inefficient, polluted, unsafe
Nouns: accident, museums ,old buildings, pedestrians, pollution ,public transport, shopping
centres, traffic jams, train service.
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