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AREVALO

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 Present Perfect • Simple and continuous
• have something done • Travel and transport
• Prepositions of movement • Word stress
Been there, got the T-shirt!

Simple or continuous verb forms? 2 Turning mountains of rubbish into gold.

Read the article and (circle) the correct verb form.
1 Present Perfect Simple or Continuous?
Turning •
Match the lines to make sentences.
mountains of rubbish into gold
A B
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, but unfortunately
1 a He's written three magazine articles so far. it is one of the messiest, too. Nearly 4,000 people 1 have climbed / have
b He's been writing a travel blog since he left home. been climbing the 29,035·feet Mount Everest since the New Zealander Sir
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing first 2 scaled / were scaling its heights
2 a They've missed you lots, so come home soon. in 1953. But, unlike Hilary and Tenzing, these adventure tourists 3 have
dumped / have been dumping tonnes of used equipment on Everest's
b They've been missing the bus again.
slopes. Buried under snow in the winter, this junk is revealed in summer
3 a Paula's been leaving work early to run some errands. when the snow 4 melts / is melting.
b Paula's left work early all this week. However, now 15 Nepalese artists 5 turn / are turning the junk into art.
They 6 have worked / have been working for a month to transform
4 a I've lost weight recently. eight tonnes of Everest rubbish into 75 sculptures, which
7 are now shown / are now being shown at a hotel in the
b I've been losing my car keys.
Nepalese capital, Kathmandu.
5 a She's been talking on the phone for ages. The rubbish used in the artworks 8 was collected / was
b She's talked about this subject before. being collected by Sherpa climbers. It 9 includes / is
including old rope, tent poles, oxygen cylinders, drink
6 a The eat's been going next door to have its dinner. cans} and even the remains of a helicopter. Kripa Rana
Shahi, the project organizer, tu looked / was looking
b The eat's gone upstairs.
for a way to spread awareness about keeping Everest
7 a He's had a heart attack. clean when she 11 had / was having the ingenious idea
of recycling the rubbish as works of art. She believes that
b He's been having second thoughts about the job. Everest is Nepal's 'crown jewel'.
8 a I've been saving up to buy a brand new 52-inch TV. The sculptures 12 range / are rangfngin price from
$15 to $2,300. A percentage of the money 13 will
b I've saved up about £500.
have gone / will be going to the artist and the rest
to the Everest Summiteers Association (ESA).
9 a I've been swimming, 20 lengtlis today.
b I've swum 'Garbage on Everest is shameful.' says ESA
which is why my hair is wet.
chief, Wangchu Sherpa. ,~.::::::;::~;:
10 a I've been finding my cheque book at last. 'We 14 try / are trying
to turn it into gold
b I've found it hard to concentrate recently.
here.'

Tort oise creat ed

out of discarded
oxygen cyli nder.

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 3 Present Perfect and Past Simple Simple or continuous review
Look at the Wallenda family's history. Complete the
questions and answers. 4 Niagara daredevil
\ 1 Read the news article and (circle) the
correct verb form.

17005 The Wallenda family began their Friday June 15

career as circus performers.
Late The Wallendas were known

N~AGARA
18005 throughout Europe 85 the masters of
the flying trapeze.
1920 Karl Wallenda first walked the

DAREDEV~L
tightrope without a net.
1928 All the Wallendas performed at
Madison Square Garden where they
walked the tightrope without a net
after it was lost in shipping.
1944 The whole family fell off the tightrope in Ohio and survived. Thereafter, Tomorrow will be a historic day if Nik
they became known as The Flying Wallendas.
Wallenda I becomes I is becoming the first
1962 Two family members died when a seven-person pyramid went tragically
wrong. person in more than a century to cross
1963 Karl's sister-in-law, Rietta, fell to her death aged 43. the Niagara Falls from the US to Canada
1978 Karl died after falling from a tightrope strung between two hotels in on a tightrope.
Puerto Rico. He was 73. For nearly 30 years, Wallenda 2 has
1979 Nik Wallenda was born in Sarasota, Florida. tried I has been trying to persuade the
1985 Nik decided he would walk a tightrope over the Niagara Falls one day - Niagara Parks Commission in Canada to
he was only six years old!
let him walk across the Falls. At last, he
2001 The Flying Watlendas set a Guinness World Record with the first ever
eight-person pyramid. 3 has granted I has been granted permission

2012 Nik Wallenda fulfilled his childhood dream by walking a tightrope across for the stunt to take place.
the Niagara Falls.
Daredevil Nik is a member of The Flying
2013 Nik Wallenda completed a quarter-mile-Iong tightrope walk, 1.500 feet
Wallendas, a family of circus performers
over the Grand Canyon.
spanning seven generations, who
already 4 holds I is holding six Guinness
1 How long have the Wallenda family been performing? World Records. He 5 started I was starting
Since __________________________________
1,700s _
tightrope walking at the age of two and
2 What _were
_ the Wallendas known_ _ as in the late 1800s? now has over 30 years' experience.
The masters of the flying trapeze.
3 Why did the Wallendas _walk
_ _the
_tightrope
_ _ _ __
without a net?
Because they lost it in shipping.
event
4 What ___ _ led
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to the whole family in Ohio?
They _fell
_off_the
_ tightrope
_ _ _ in _Ohio
__ _survided.
and __ __
Then these event became know as the Flying Wallendas.

5 How longdid
_ it_take
_ _ theybecome
___ know
_ The Flying Wallendas?
_Since
_ _ _ 1944.
6 How old was Rietta when she ______
______ fell to her death?
Only 43.
7 Where and when _________ was Nik _________
In Sarasota ____________________________
, Florida, in 1979.
born
_
? /
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 2 Complete the sentences. Use each verb twice, once
in a simple and once in a continuous tense, active or
passive.
1 rain
It wag raining quite heavily when Nik Wallenda
crossed the Niagara Falls on his tightrope.
It rained for days and our road was flooded.
2 perform
will perform
Cirque du Soleil _ _ ___ at the Royal Albert
Hall since November.
David performed so well in his school play that he
got a standing ovation.
3 have
I have dinner with friends tonight.
They had three children, two boys and a girl.
To prepare for the event, a team of firefighters 6 were 4 think
spraying / have been spraying gallons of water at You look worried. What do_ you think about?
_ ___
high pressure to replicate the power of spray from I 'm thinking it's time you had a haircut.
_____
the Falls. Also, he 7 has blasted / has been blasted by a
wind machine with gusts of up to 44 miles per hour. 5 bang
As Nik says, 8 'We play / We're playing with Mother I couldn't sleep because the garden gate _banged
_ _ __
Nature and Mother Nature has a mind of her own.' in the wind all night!
Nik 9 traverses / will be traversing a 1,500-foot Ouch! I 've just banged my head on
tightrope, which ID will be suspending / will be the cupboard door.
suspended 200 feet above the roaring Falls. He says 6 read
he loves the sensation of peace and calm that he I 've
_been reading this book since the summer and I still
____
11 feels / is feeling in the plumes of mist from the
haven't finished it!
surging water. I was thrilled when I _ __read __ your email. What
Unbelievably, Nik 12 didn't want / wasn't wanting wonderful news!
to wear a safety harness, but ABC TV. who
7 fight
13 broadcast / are broadcasting the event, would not
I fought long and hard for my pay rise.
risk the possibility of a man falling to his death
Did
Where did you get that black eye from? _ you fight
__ _ _
14 showing / being shown on live TV.

with your brother again?

8 expect
Could you get off the phone? I expected a call.
I expect you are studying hard for your exams
at the moment.
9 decorate
is being decorated
Helen's house _ ____ at the moment so she's
staying with a friend.
Their house _was_decorated
___ in a minimalist style.
10 lose
I think I must be losing my mind. I can't even
remember what we did last weekend.
Kate is going on her honeymoon next week and she
_____
has lost her passport!
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 Passive 6 have something done

5 Present Perfect passive Look at the difference In meaning between these sentences:
I've repaired my bicycle. =I repaired It myself.
1 Rewrite the sentences using the passive and omitting

I
My bicycle has been repaired. = Someone repaired it
the subject. (The action is Important, not who did it)
1 The bin men have already collected the rubbish. I've had my bicycle repaired. = I arranged/paid for someone
to repair It for me. (have + object + past partICiple)
The rubbish ha~ already been collected.
2 Have something done is used to talk about services that you
2 Have the workmen repaired the street lights yet? ask someone else to do.
Have the street lights been repaired yet I'm going to have my hair cut.
--------------------------------- ?
3 The government has just passed some new anti-drug
laws. 1 Rewrite the sentences using have something done.

Some new anti-drug laws _have

_ __ just been
__ passed.
__ _ 1 John's kitchen is being decorated.

4 The local council hasn't built any new homes for He '~ having hi~ kitchen decorated.
20 years. 2 My sister wants someone to pierce her ears.
No ____________________________
news homes have beeen built by the lovcal council for___
20 years. She wants to _have
_ __ __
her ears _ _ __ _ _ __
pierced.

5 Nobody has watered the plants. 3 My eyes are going to be tested.

The plants _haven't
_ _been watered.
__ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ I'm going to _have
__ my _ _tested.
eyes _ _ _ _ __ _ __
4 Mr and Mrs Turner's car has been serviced.
2 Rewrite the headlines using the Present Perfect passive.
They ____________________________
have had their car serviced. _
1 Rat Alert at Buckingham Palace
5 Our television hasn't been repaired yet.
Rat~ have been found at Buckingham Palace.
We haven't _ _had_
our_ ___
television __yet.
repaired __ _ __

2 It's Melanie and Ken's wedding day. Look at the notes

Banker bonuses have been slashed
and write sentences about what they have had / are
having done. 1. He is going to have a flowers
delivered. 2. He cut his hair.
3 Dramatic Rescue of Fishermen in Pacific They've had the invitation~ printed. 3. She bought champagne to be
Fishermen hav been dramatically rescued in the Pacific. delivered.
~he ... 4. He jus had the cake decorated. 5. She just had the invitations
printed. 6. He will have the photos developed. 7. She will have the
weeding dress and the suit cleaned.
4 Monsoon Kills over 400 in Pakistan
Over 400 people have been killed by the monsoon in Pakistan,

5 Theft of Dali Painting in Naw York Ruently - tlte. iowitt'ltiof'W' pril1ted

A Dali Painting have been stolen in New York. - weddi>1!J dress I\>UIde
- tlte. ,t'lk.e. duort'lted
[Link]'lY - 'Mwtp'!9l1£. delivered
Ancient pyramids have been discovered in Sudan. - Mir ,ut
Todt'ly - Mir styled
- flowers delivered
Missing teenager has been found alive.
Next week. - plwtos deVeloped
- weddi>1!J dress t'l>tti
8 Council Shock - 464 Jobs Axed! suit dry-det'lvte.d
464 jobs have been axed by the council.

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Listening Vocabulary
4 The words below are all used in the
7 Off the beaten track listening. What collocations can you make
1 Ci1 Listen to the radio programme. What do the three people do? by combining an adjective in A with a
Where did they visit? noun in B.

A B
stunning fire
friendly terrace
romantic welcome
enchanting tourist
adventurous views
sun lit haunt
Kay Morris Vicky Smith Gary Braithwaite
crackling destination
Tour operater Travel writer Film Director interesting places
a c e
enthusiastic hotel
b Ecuadorian Amazon d Viena
f New Zealand
five-star atmosphere
perfect alternatives
2 Ci1 Listen again. Write KM, VS or GB. Who talks about ... ?
1 an uninteresting hotel VS
2 a love of old western films GB
3 catching food to eat KM

4 the warm response they received from the local people KM

5 a sheltered childhood GB
6 a room with a beautiful view VS

3 Are the following statements true (,I') or false (X)?

1 D
T Off the Beaten Track is a radio programme that looks at
different places to visit on holiday.
2 D
F Kay has 13 years' experience in the travel business.
3 0
F Vicky would prefer to stay in a hotel when she goes
travelling from now on.
4 0T The Austrian hospice was much cheaper than the hotel.
5 0F When Gary first landed in America, he found it didn't
live up to his childhood expectations.
6 0T The Navajo Nation feels like its part of the USA.

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 Vocabulary Prepositions
8 Travel and transport words 9 Prepositions of movement
I Tick the verbs which go with each form of transport. Complete the text with prepositions from the box.
Use each preposition at least once.
car bus bike train plane ship/
ferry across against on onto
along in off into
get int% ut of up out of over through
get on/off X X X X past to towards at
take off X
land X
ride X
drive X
catch X X X X
miss X X X X
board X X X X
park X

2 Complete the table below with the nouns in the box.

Some can go into more than one column.
Joe's journey
runway platform seat belt across town
helmet harbour carriage
at _ Heathrow airport. He had
Joe's plane landed on time 1 _
traffic lights life jacket service station
out_
exactly one hour to get' _ of the airport and 3 _ into the
season ticket trolley tyres _

track horn port centre of London to catch hiS trOln 4 to Manchester He

one-way street check-in desk traffic jam through
hurried 5 _ _ customs and passport control. and then
baggage rack timetable hand luggage raced 6towards
_ _ the taxi sign at the exit.
(ustoms deck traffic warden
Unfortunately, at that moment, the strap on his rucksack
cabin aisle/window seat cycle lane
broke and it fell ' _onto_ his back and 8 _ onto
_ the ground.
security check ticket inspector overhead locker
Dirty socks, shirts, and underpants spilled all ' over
_ _ the
car bus bike airport floor. Joe was so embarrassed! He stuffed everything
seat belt platform helmet _ _ his rucksack and, pushing his way" through
back 10 into _ _
trafic lights carriage traffic lights the crowds of people, finally made it 12 _ _ the taxi rank.
service station traffic lights cycle lane He jumped n into
_ _ the nearest taXi, shouting 'Euston
tyres trolley
Station, qUickly, pleaseI' The taxi set off at such speed that
horn horn, track
one way street one way street Joe was thrown forward, hitting his face 14against
_ _ the glass

traficc jam traffic jam partition. The taxi sped on and finally arrived 15 _ at _ the
timetable city centre, and inevitably, the middle of a traffic jam! It would
season ticket be qUicker to walk. Joe paid the driver, leapt 16out
_of _ the taxi
train plane ship/ferry and ran 17along
_ _ the pavement, 18 _past _ all the brightly-lit
platform runaway harbour shop windows. At last he could see the station opposite, but
carriage seat belt deck it was difficult to get 19across
_ _ the road because of all the
track check in desk port traffic. He reached the station just as his train was leaving. He
timetable baggage rack cabin jumped 20 _over _ the barrier, raced " onto
_ _ the platform ,
season ticket hand luggage life jacket
baggage rack aisle / window and leapt 22onto
_ _ the train with seconds to spare. He Sighed

security check seat with relief- he would be home in timefor Christmas.

ticket inspector overhead locker

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Pronunciation
10 Word stress
1 Here are pairs of words in phonetic script. Look at the stress marks.
Transcribe them .
. . Phonetic symbols plOO
1 iIk'spb:r~/ /ekspl~'reIJn/

2 /'pol~lIks/ /,pDl~'tIJnI

3 /'f~ut~gro:f/ /f~'togr~f~/

4 /'IAkJ~ril /lA9'3u~ri~s/

5 /pro'dju:s/ /pr,,'dAkJn/
6 /d3~'prenl /d3rep~'ni:zI

Ci1 Listen and practise saying them.

2 What is the stress pattern of the words in exercise I? Write them in

the chart.

•• •••
explorer
• ••scientists
succes
instructor memorial
complain
authentic backpacker
Cambodia infinite
pollute Philippines
illegal
reject , emergency
Bangladesh
charity
•••
Afternoon
• •••
exploration
• •••
spectacular
adrenaline community
paradise
disappioment
destination

3 Write the words in the box in the chart above.

instructor destination illegal

adrenaline community reject (v)
success backpacker Bangladesh
paradise infinite packaging
scientists Philippines charity
disappointment European pollute
spectacular afternoon complain
memorial Cambodia emergency
authentic

Ci1 Listen and practise saying them.

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