Preadvanced 1 Unit 2

Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

Go to online version of the activity. Go back to this menu.

Activity 4 Activity 5 Activity 6

Preadvanced 1 Unit 2

Activity 7 Activity 8 Activity 9

Go to online version of the activity. Go back to this menu.

Find 11 film types in 10 minutes.

Activity 1

Comprehension questions

Activity 2

What’s the person’s name? Is he an author, a screenwriter, or other? What’s “The Maze Runner” about? Who are the most important characters? Why? What inspired him to make “The Maze Runner”? How have people responded to his work? What does he say about future works? Was the author open to the idea of making a movie

adaptation of the book? Is he happy with the result?

Rank these creatures according to how dangerous they can be to humans.

Activity 3A

Raccoon Platypus Beaver Parrot Mosquito

Match these creatures to the reasons why they are surprisingly dangerous.

Activity 3B

Its bite can give you rabies.

It can bite your eyes

off.

Its venom can make a grown man

cry.

It can chew you in half with its big

teeth.

Its bite can give you malaria.

Test your survival skills: Which of the following strategies would allow you to survive an encounter with an angry bear?

Activity 4

Play dead. Run like hell. Punch it in the nose. Speak soothingly. Look at it in the eye to show it who’s boss.Whistle a happy tune. Scream obscenities at it at the top of your lungs. Offer it some food. It’ll probably taste better than you. Spray bear repellent on your face.

Interview with Steve Irwin.

Activity 5

Student A

Student B

You are a reporter. You are interviewing Steve Irwin, a famous Australian wildlife expert and ecologist. Ask him about:snake bites, scars, crocodile behavior, his family and his documentaries.

Activity 5 Student A

Useful Language:• How did…..?• What was the worst / the most …… situation?• Why did ……?• When …..?• Where ……?

You are Steve Irwin, the famous Australian wildlife expert.You are being interviewed. Use the following information to answer the reporter’s questions:

Activity 5 Student B

Snakes: bite, coil, and squeeze the victim

Worst scar: on his shoulder (done by crocodile)

Crocodiles: almost eaten, amputated, etc.

Family: wife, 7-year-old daughter and baby son

Match each sentence with the correct picture.Activity 6

She left when he arrived.

She had left when he arrived.

She had been swimming when they saw her.

She was swimming when they saw her.

1

2

3

4

Match each sentence with the correct picture.Activity 6

It had been raining when he went out.

It was raining when he went out.

Ray had an accident when he came

home.

Ray had had an accident when he

came home.

5

6

7

8

Adapted from Grammar Activities 1 Intermediate by Will Forsyth and Sue Lavender.

Match each sentence with its correct meaning.Activity 7

He gave the presentation when we arrived.

1

He was giving the presentation when we

arrived.2

He had given the presentation when we

arrived.3

We arrived and then he started the presentation.

c

He was in the middle of the presentation when we

arrived.a

He finished the presentation before we arrived.

b

Pick the two sentences that are closer in meaning.Activity 8

a) She had read the book when I got there.b) She finished the book when I got there.c) She finished the book before I got there.

1

a) He had just had dinner when I called.b) He was having dinner when I called.c) His dinner was half eaten when I called.

2

a) She had a cold when I last saw her.b) I last saw her after she got better from the cold.c) She had been sneezing and coughing when I last saw her.

3

Pick the two sentences that are closer in meaning.Activity 8

a) I shook his hand and then I spoke to him.b) I spoke to him after I had shaken his hand.c) I spoke to him when I shook his hand.

4

a) She had been crying when I met her.b) She was crying when I met her.c) I saw and heard her crying.

5

a) He learned to read when he was five.b) He had learned to read before he was five.c) He had been learning to read before he was five.

6

Activity 9

What you KNOW

What you WANT to know

What you LEARNED

From the text From the video