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4a Challenges and adventures
1 Vocabulary extra adventure
Replace the words in bold with these similar
words or phrases.
adventure ambition a big challenge take risks
crazy dangerous my biggest achievement
1 I don't like to do things that could
be dangerous.
2 My life is so boring. I want a life of doing
exciting things.
3 Don't walk so close to the cliff. It looks
unsafe.
4 Getting straight A's at college has
been the thing that needed the most
hard work and effort in my life so far.
5 Climbing Mount Everest presents mountaineers
with something that is really difficult to do,
but that's what makes it worth doing!
6 As I get older, I have less and less I want to
achieve.
7 It's snowing outside. We can't walk a hundred
kilometers in this weather! Are you completely
mad?
Grammar simple past
2 Look at the spell check box. Then write the simple
past form of these regular verbs (1-8).
SPELL CHECK simple past regular verbs
(-ed endings)
Add -ed to verbs ending in a consonant: watch→
watched
Add -d to verbs ending in -e: dance → danced
. With verbs ending in -y (after a consonant), change
the y toi and add -ed: cry → cried
Don't change the -y to -i after a vowel: play→ played
Double the final consonant for most verbs ending in
consonant + vowel + consonant: stop-stopped
1 visit
2 arrive
5 jog
6
live
3 Complete the paragraphs below and on page 29
with the simple past form of these verbs.
The TV presenter
be-born become go start study survive
The circus performer
grow up
The
join
learn
play
risk takers
The TV presenter
Brady Barr was born in 1963. He 2
Education at university and then he
teacher. However, a few years later, he
Science
a
a scientific expedition to learn more about crocodiles. He
joined National Geographic TV in 1997 and
on
presenting TV shows about dangerous animals. Recently, a
three-and-a-half meter python attacked Brady during filming.
Luckily, Brady
python (n) /parba:n/ a large, dangerous snake
3 dry
4 stay
7 study
8 move
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