WS2 Stay at home Exercises – Corona week 2 1. Reading Read the Text then answer (T)=True / (F)=False 1 Ana went on holiday with her best friend. _________ 2 Ana only visited famous attractions. _________ 3 You can touch real gold in the Bank of England Museum. _________ 4 Seb spent one night at the zoo. _________ 5 Seb’s favourite place was the butterfly house. _________ 6 The zoo wasn’t closed at night. _________ 7 Emily went camping with her family. _________ 8 Emily learnt to canoe and ride a horse. _________ 9 Emily enjoyed the team games. _________
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WS2 Stay at home Exercises – Corona week 2
1. ReadingRead the Text then answer (T)=True / (F)=False
1 Ana went on holiday with her best friend. _________2 Ana only visited famous attractions. _________3 You can touch real gold in the Bank of England Museum. _________4 Seb spent one night at the zoo. _________5 Seb’s favourite place was the butterfly house. _________6 The zoo wasn’t closed at night. _________7 Emily went camping with her family. _________8 Emily learnt to canoe and ride a horse. _________9 Emily enjoyed the team games. _________10 There was a picnic on the last day. _________
2. GrammarChoose the correct tenses from the list below to complete the text.
From Molly’s blog
Guys, I 1................................................ a lot of blogs at the moment and it seems everybody I know 2..................................................... Ireland. Everybody but me.Some months ago, Dad .............................................. to take me, but then I was ill. “I .................................................... you another time,” Dad promised, but this other time 5....................................................... yet.
Anyway, I 6..................................................... if omeone out there could give me a few tips – things I really have to see. I 7..................................................................................... to see Dublin, so Dublin is the place I 8......................................... to first. As for the rest – let me know, please.Right – so while I’m waiting for my trip to Ireland, I 9............................................. myself busy taking photographs of the old factory here before they tear it down. I 10.............................................................. some of them in a day or so.
Take care!Molly1 a) will read b) am reading c) was reading2 a) visit b) has visited c) had visited3 a) is going to want b) has wanted c) wanted4 a) have taken b) am taking c) will take5 a) hasn’t arrived b) hadn’t arrived c) isn’t arrived6 a) wonder b) am going to wonder c) will wonder7 a) will want b) always want c) have always wanted8 a) had gone b) will go c) have gone9 a) had kept b) am keeping c) have kept10 a) post b) had posted c) am going to post
3. VocabularyMark the word in each line that doesn’t fit red.1 wardrobe / curtains / cooker / tower2 tube / journey / coach / plane3 poisonous / furry / cute / missing4 crawl / earthquake / flood / drought5 rainy / foggy / tsunami / windy6 belt / leaflet / trainers / trousers7 cartoons / the news / westerns / recycling8 backpack / cinema / church / chemist’s9 shoulder / ache / ears / toes10 field / ridge / hide / canyon
4. DialoguePut the dialogue into the correct order. Write numbers_____ Marcus Would you go there again, if you had the chance to?_____ Marcus Oh, that sounds nice. Did you go with your older sister?_____ Marcus Hi, Lisa! How was your holiday?_____ Marcus Oh, I see. So I guess you spent your days at the beach?_____ Marcus Really? I’ve never gone on holiday without my parents.
What was your hotel like?_____ Lisa Yes. We went horse riding, swimming … it was so relaxing._____ Lisa We stayed on a campsite, actually. It was great – right by
the beach._____ Lisa Yes! And you should go, too! I think you’d love it._____ Lisa Fantastic! We went to Northern Spain._____ Lisa Yes – Anna, and some of our friends. It was the first time
we’ve ever been away by ourselves, without our parents. It was fun!
5. ReadingRead the text about Ireland. Then choose the correct options.
1 The text is about the results of a war / famine in Ireland.2 The Irish people went to America because they wanted a better future / more money.3 When they arrived, the Irish people got / didn’t get much support from the Americans.4 Many of the Irish went home / got ill and died.
6. GrammarRead the joke and circle the correct form of the verbs.
An English tourist 1 walked / was walking along a country road in Ireland when he 2 saw / was seeing an Irish farmer.The farmer 3 worked / was working on his land.“Excuse me,” said the Englishman, “how long will it take me to walk into the village from here?”“I don’t know,” the farmer 4 answered / was answering.The Englishman walked on. He 5 went / was going around the corner, when he 6 heard / was hearing the farmer calling to him, “It’ll take you about ten minutes.”“Why 7 didn’t you tell / weren’t you telling me that before?” asked the Englishman.“Well, I 8 didn’t know / wasn’t knowing how
fast you could walk!” the farmer answered.
7. VocabularyComplete the text about Ireland with the words in the box.
In the 19th century there was a terrible 1................................................................ in Ireland. The2................................................................ was the main food for the 3................................................................ ofthe Irish people. In 1845, a 4................................................................ destroyed this crop, and the peoplewere in danger of 5................................................................ . They didn’t even have bread or any otherfood because the 6................................................................ who owned the farms sent it to England tosell. So that meant there was even less food for the people to eat. The British government didn’t7................................................................ the Irish or try to help them. A large part of the8................................................................ died at that time or fled to other countries.
