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GRAMMAR
5 Write the Past Simple of the verbs.
see saw
1 prefer _______________
2 study _______________
3 win _______________
4 make _______________
5 take _______________
6 go _______________
7 do _______________
8 write _______________
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11 Listen to Jenny and Harry talking about films. Read the sentences (17). Are the sentences
true () or false ()?
TRACK 5
Harry and Jenny both watched the horror film.
1 Harry liked the film Ghost Story. _____
2 Jenny thought Ghost Story was a stupid film. _____
3 Jennys brother wanted to watch the film. _____
4 Jenny likes films about animals. _____
5 Jenny doesnt usually get scared. _____
6 Harry doesnt like old films. _____
7 Harry thinks horror films are funny. _____
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For hundreds of years sailors thought there were 1 _______________ in the sea and they even
drew them on maps. In 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, who worked in a small museum in
South Africa, found an unusual fish caught in a fishermans net. She 2 _______________ the
fish under all the other fish in the net. She didnt recognise it and thought it was an interesting
fish for her museum. When she got back to the museum, she checked all her books to find out
what it was. The nearest fish she could find was a prehistoric fish, which was extinct. She was
very 3 _______________ , so she sent a drawing of the fish to a famous professor. The professor
replied and told her that it was a 4 _______________ which had existed over 300 million years
ago called a coelacanth! The professor offered a reward to anyone who found another
coelacanth, but it took fourteen years before the first living coelacanth was discovered in the
Comoros Islands. The people in those islands didnt understand why someone wanted to pay 5
_______________ money for this fish. In 1997, Mark Erdmann was on holiday in Indonesia
when he saw a 6 _______________ blue fish in the market. He took pictures of the fish and
14 Read the article again. Are sentences 18 Right (A) or Wrong (B)? If there is not
enough information to answer Right (A) or Wrong (B), choose Doesnt say (C).
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer often went fishing.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
1 Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer knew the fish was a coelacanth when she found it.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
2 She sent a photograph of the fish to the professor.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
3 The professor went to see Marjorie in South Africa.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
4 The next coelacanth was found in Indonesia fourteen years later.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
5 Mark Erdmann was the first person to find a coelacanth in Indonesia.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
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WRITING
15 Complete the text. Write one word for each space.
Philip was born in 1984. He lived with 1 _______________ parents in a small house on the
south coast of England. 2 _______________ he was ten he wanted 3 _______________ be an
astronaut, but unfortunately he wasnt very good 4 _______________ his school lessons
because he 5 _______________ very nervous before exams. When he was twelve years old, he
decided 6 _______________ try acting. He played Romeo in the school play of Romeo and
Juliet and discovered that he was really 7 _______________ at acting. Now he is a famous actor
and he 8 _______________ in a large house in Hollywood.
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My Ghost Story
1 One day __________________________________________
2 __________________________________________________
3 __________________________________________________
4 __________________________________________________
5 __________________________________________________
6 __________________________________________________
7 __________________________________________________
8 __________________________________________________
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