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the verbs.

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Grammar Ii
Write sentences in the simple past.
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Howard Hughes (1) '-+as (be) born in 1905 in Texas,
USA. He (2) _ (lose) both his parents
before he was twenty. They (3) (leave)

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him a lot of money.

ln 1925, he (4) _ (get) married. He and

L§ his wife (5) _
(6)
(move) to Hollywood and he
(start) working as a movie director.
ln1929, he and his wife got divorced. He
% (7)_ (have) love affairs with a lot of
Hollywood actresses.

a lllike/spiders.. Later- in life, Hughes (8) _.1960s, (become) more

I liked spiders. and móre private. ln the he
(9) (stop) ge¡¡g out in public.
O llgoltoschool. He (10) (die) in 1976. At the end of his
life he had a lot of money, but no f riends.
r. l/ live/ in a different city. # ?3 Listen and check.

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d llwork/onweekends. Complete the questions for each answer.

e I / listen / to rock music.

| / enjoy / my life.

Write questions for the sentences in Exercise l.

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b

c
d
e
f a What was Georüe Michael'e realname?
His real name was Georgios Panayiotou.
Write true answers to the questions in Exercise 2
b When
about your life five years ago.
He was born in 1963.
Exam ple
c Where
!,ir:. f rii¡ir:'t. Sr;i l**n'f. r'¡T!n¿i ,he¡¡r n*,+,
He grew up in London.
a
d What
b He was a singer.
c any children?
d No, he didn't have any children.
e
f When
f He died in 2O16.

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Voca bu la ry .' Complete the text with about, in, of, or with.

1 f¡nO the adjectives in the wordsnake and write them

under the correct picture.
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Patti Puente is happy (1) *l'rq-'ili: crossing the

Sahara Desert alone. "l'm not worried
Q) getting hungry and l'm not scared
(3) snakes," she said. "EverYthing is
ready. The only problem is the camels. They aren't
easy animals - I often get angry (4)
them." But how long does she want the trip to take?
"l'm- not interested (5) winning any races,
l'm -just excited (6) having a chance
to do it."
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f.i,l ¡r,:r. Listen and check.
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.:,: Complete the conversations
- with the phrases
Let's or Why don't you.

Dean: l'm tired.

Dean: Mm. Good idea.

Sean: l'm hungry.

Kate: Me, too. (2) have lunch.
Sean: Great ideal

Sara: Mom, l'm bored.

é. Mother: (3) go for a walk?

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Sara: No, thank you. What's on TV?
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André: l'm hot.
I Megan: Me, too. @) go for a swim in
the lake.
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André: Yes, and (5) take some food
with us. We can have a Picnic.

Julie: Excuse me. - Do you know where Bleeker

Street is, please?
Dave: Sorrv. l'm not- sure. 16l ask
that police officer over there?
Julie: Yes, that's a good idea. Thank you.

Q 25 Listen and check.

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1 OiÉ Read the article about Cassie De Pecol and Around the world alone
check (/) the correct sentence'
Cassie sailed around the world on her own.
tr
Cassie traveled around the world on her own.
tr
Cassie rowed around the world on her own.
T
2 Read the article again and number the events in
order (l-6).
,¡ She began her trip around the world.
tr
tr
r
i.: Cassie studied in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

; She traveled for two years.

: She ran out of money.

tr
r She started babysitting.
tr
' She broke the record for visiting
every country in the world in the T
fastest time.

3 Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?

l Cassie was born in the USA. í
Cassie De Pecol was loorn on June 23, '1989,
:r She liked staying at home.
in the USA. As a child, she always wanted to
c She worked as a lifeguard.
explore. And when she finished high school, she
d She saved S10,000 worklng as a waiter.
didl Cassie studied for ayear in Costa Rica and
e She didn't ask anyone for money.
Nicaragua, but that was not enough for her. At
f She wants to go to Antarctica. the age of 2l , she saved money from her job at
a swimming pool and traveled for two years.
Pronunciation
When Cassie came back, she got a job, but
O ?7 tisten to the questions. Which speaker sounds she wanted to travel. She started planning her
bored and which speaker sounds interested? Write world trip ... and babysitting! On July 24,2015,
bored or interesfed. Cassie had $10,000 in babysitting money. Her
Speaker A: Do you like soccer? plan was to travel to all 196 countries in the
Speaker B: Do you like soccer?
wodd, and she wanted to be the first woman to
do it alone.
2 # ii", ¡¡t,"n and repeat the questions. Sound
On her travels, Cassie took more than 255
interested.
flights. She went to the Dead Sea, swam with
,:: What did you do today?
jellyfish and even met a king. But there were
,, Did you go to school in the USA?
difficult times too - often Cassie didn't have
. Where did you go on vacation?
much money. Luckily, she found people who
., Do you have any chocolate?
gave her more money.
: Are you interested in sharns?
On February 2,2017, after 559 days, Cassie
' Do you want to go out tonight?
came home. She was the first woman to travel
to all the countries in the wodd. She also broke
a record by doing it in the fastest time.
Why does Cassie like traveling alone? "Traveling
alone .., gives me the freedom to go to many
places. I loved every minute of it." And where is
Cassie plannrng to go next? Antarctical

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 2 Look at the blog again and write the adjectives Haley
Writing uses to describe these things.

Describing a vacation a Mexico fan1".aatic

b Cancun
Read the blog about a vacation. Answer the :. the ocean
questions.
d the hotel
..r Where did Haley go?
e the people
i.",1sr:É*+ 1' some restaurants
r When did she go there?
.r Write answers to the questions about your
Who did she go with? last vacation.
, Where did you go?
' How did she get there?
i: When did you go there?
,, Where did she stay?

What interesting things did she see?

,:: Who did you go with?

' How did you get there?

r¡ Where did you stay?

Hi, l'm Haley,

I blog about travel, style, health What did you do?

and food.

, What interesting things did you see?

4 Leave a comment about your vacation. Use the

notes you made in Exercise 3 to help you. Use some
adjectives from Exercise 2.

Leave a comment

I'M BACK!

June 2
Hi, everyone! l'm back f rom my vacation.
Where did I go? I went to Mexico last month
for ten days. I traveled with my f riends, Frank and
Cassi e.

Mexico was fantastic! We went by plane to

Cancun. lt's a great city. The ocean was so
beautif ul. We stayed in a really nice, small hotel
by the ocean. There's a lot to do in Cancun, and
the people are f riendly. We went to some very
good restaurants. We saw whale sharks and went
swim, ,rg. I would love to go back therel
Where was your favorite vacation?
Leave a comment.

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