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UNIT CHECK

Review

1 Choose the correct verb form. 4 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
1 By the time they finally arrived / had been
arriving at the port, they were / had been on the
ferry for twelve hours. The advantages of
2 I have texted / texted you three times so far this train travel
morning with no reply. Are you OK?
3 All the staff were exhausted at the end of the In my opinion, the 1 thing about going away is the
summer season since they used to work / had travelling, especially by train. You can just watch the world go by.
been working so hard. It’s a great time for day-dreaming and letting your mind relax.
4 We were going / had gone on a trip to the sea 2
on Saturday but we can’t now that Cathy is ill. Last weekend, I went by train to stay with a friend. I
5 I was late getting to the party and by the time I been studying hard at school and I 3 feeling really
arrived, everyone had eaten / ate all the food! tired after my exams, 4 I just sat and stared out of the
6 Paolo ran / was running down the mountain window. However, my mind kept working and 5 the
when suddenly he was tripping / tripped over a time I arrived in Brighton, I’d just about sorted out my life – well at
small rock. least my plans for the next year or two. Train journeys are great for
7 The village used to / would be a small fishing forward planning, 6 I haven’t quite decided what I
village but now it’s a popular holiday resort.
7 giving my friend for her birthday on Saturday! Oh dear,
2 2.9 Listen to a girl talking about a trip to Spain. more decisions – but then short-term decisions are sometimes
Complete the sentences with the correct form of 8 difficult to make than long-term plans, I find.
the verb.
1 Molly (plan)
to visit Juan for a long time.
2 They finally 5 Rewrite the sentences using the word given. Use between two and
(organise) the trip for August. five words, including the word given.
3 Molly 1 Marcus started to travel abroad three years ago.
(feel) especially excited about visiting a place BEEN
connected with the Game of Thrones. Marcus three years.
4 Not many tourists 2 My father often told us fascinating stories about his travel
(normally / adventures.
visit) that place since it was a desert area.
USED
5 However, there The travel adventures my father
(be) a big stories about were fascinating.
increase in visitors since the films.
3 The storm suddenly started during our breakfast.
6 Molly was happy to see the sun after all the rain
they (have) WERE
back at home. While breakfast, the storm
suddenly started.
3 Complete the dialogue with a, an, the or –. 4 I might possibly take part in an international summer camp next year.
Amy: I visited 1 amazing underground cave THINKING
2 last weekend, Ben! I part in an international summer
Ben: Cool. Did you go inside? camp next year.
Amy: Well, yes! There was 3 lake inside 5 I got this tablet when I was twelve.
4 cave so we went in by 5 boat.
It was fantastic! 6 water was a really HAVE
bright green colour. I I was twelve years old.
Ben: Well, we went on 7 visit to 8 6 Write your own personal travel blog about a recent trip or holiday.
Tower of London. It was 9 fantastic Include some anecdotes and a variety of past tenses.
place and I loved 10 sense of 11
history! Of course, 12 London was
full of 13 tourists and there were
14 queues everywhere.
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