Travel (Дополнительное чтение), страница 3

Find the following.1. three examples of the past simple + a time expression, e.g. this week.2. three examples of the present perfect + a time adverb3. two examples of the present perfect + a time expression2 Complete the rules with present perfect or past simple.1. We use the _____________ to talk about finished actions in a time period thatcontinued up to now (with time expressions such as this week, this year).2.

We use the _____________ to talk about finished actions at a specific past time (withtime expressions such as yesterday, last night, last year, in 1999).3. We use the _____________ to talk about experience in our lives, but we don’t saywhen they happened (with adverbs such as never, ever, already, yet).123 Find the sentences in Track 1.8 that contain already and yet.

Answer the questions.1. Which adverb (already or yet) do we use in negative sentences?2. Does already come before or after the main verb?3. Where does yet come in the sentence?4 Look at the sentences below. Each has a mistake with an adverb or time expression. Replacethe wrong word/phrase with words from the box.already1.2.3.4.5.beforeneverthis weekyetMartin has yet climbed Mont Blanc twice.We’ve interviewed five people for this expedition so far last week.We’ve ever been to the Himalayas.The students haven’t passed the climbing course already.Mark and Susanna have been on a climbing expedition once yet.5 Choose the correct tense.1.2.3.4.5.6.I’ve never been / I didn’t go in hospital before.I left/ have left school when I was 16.I already visited / have already visited a foreign country.I finished / haven’t finished my university studies yet.I’ve known / I knew my best friend for the last ten years.I’ve never been/ I never went on a plane.10b Change the sentences to questions.

Work with a partner to ask and answer the questions.-Have you ever been in hospital?Yes, I went to hospital when I was ten.Extra Grammar and Vocabulary PracticeGrammar1 Put the word in brackets in the correct place in each sentence.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.Have you been to France? (ever)I’ve told you that – don’t ask me again. (already)Bill and Martin have seen it so let’s watch it now. (never)Haven’t you finished it? (yet)Have you finished your lunch? (already)Why haven’t you told me? (ever)I haven’t had time to speak to her. (yet)Has he been late for class? (ever)132 Write the words in brackets in the past simple or the present perfect.1. They ________ (climb) Mount Everest twice before and are going for a third time this year.2. _______ you ever ________ (ride) on a camel?3.

When _______ he ________ (die)?4. ______ he ______ (have) time to see Martin last week?5. He ________ (just announce) another attempt to reach the South Pole.6. She ________ (raise) money for charity last year by crossing the desert.7. I _________ (never live) abroad. What’s it like?8. We ________ (meet) loads of wonderful people when we went to Ethiopia last year.9. How many exams ________ you _______ (have) so far this month?10.

I ________ (visit) so many countries in my life that I can’t remember them all.Vocabulary1 Match the sentences halves.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.They say travel helps you to findYou should broadenI prefer to exploreMost people just go abroad toTravel makes you becomeI like places where you experience differentWe saw some incrediblea.b.c.d.e.f.g.more independent.yourself but I think it’s just running away.new sights.your horizons with a journey.get away from it all.cultures.New places and meet new people.2 Underline the correct word.1.2.3.4.5.6.Did you have time to look out / around?We set out / in on our adventure as the sun was rising.Ask the taxi driver to carry on/ along to the end of the road.Let’s stop out / off at the temple on the way.How do you get out / to the market?What time does he get return / back from work?Speaking1 Look at these jobs.

What would you have to do in each one?1.2.3.4.Tour assistant – Paris, London, RomeMountain expedition assistant – HimalayasField trip volunteer – AmazonAssistant travel agent – busy travel agency2 Work with a partner. You are going to see if you are suitable for the jobs in Exercise 1.Student A: task 1 (see below)Student B: task 2 (see below)14Task 1 (Student A)Read about jobs 1 and 2 below and tell Student B a little about them. Ask questions about yourpartner’s experience to find out if he/she is suitable for either of the jobs.Example:- Have you ever done any volunteer work?- Yes, I have- Oh, when did you do that?- Well, I worked for Save the Children last summer.#1Vacancies for speakers of two languages to accompany small groups of 14-year-oldstudents to major European cities such as Paris, London and Rome.The ideal person will: have experience of looking after groups of children have knowledge of at least two major European cities be reliable and well-organised#2We require four active, strong and enthusiastic young adults to accompany a trip for olderpeople to the foothills of the Himalayas.

The ideal person will: have experience of working with or looking after old people be physically fit be responsible and reliableAnswer Student B’s questions about jobs 3 and 4.Task 2 (Student B)Read about jobs 3 and 4 below and tell Student A a little about them. Ask questions about yourpartner’s experience to find out if he/she is suitable for either of the jobs.Example:- Have you ever done any volunteer work?- Yes, I have- Oh, when did you do that?- Well, I worked for Save the Children last summer.15#3We are looking for five people to accompany scientists on a trip to the Amazon Forests ofBrazil. The ideal person will: have experience of working in a scientific environment have an interest in animals be young, fit and enthusiastic#4Assistant travel agent required for work in one of our branches helping visitors with their enquiriesabout foreign travel.

The ideal person should:-have some experience of travelling to a variety of places-have good communication skills-have knowledge of computersAnswer Student A’s questions about jobs 1 and 2.Extra Grammar PracticePresent Perfect and Past Simple1 Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or past simple.1. It ______________ raining for a while, but now it’s raining again. (stop)2. The town is very different now.

It ______________ a lot. (change)3. I did German at school, but I ______________ most of it now. (forget)4. The police _______________ three people, but later they let them go. (arrest)5. What do you think of my English? Do you think it ____________ ? (improve)6. A: Are you still reading the paper?B: No, I _________________ with it. You can have it. (finish)7. I _________________ for a job as a tourist guide, but I wasn’t successful.

(apply)8. Where’s my bike? It _______________ outside the house, but it’s not there now. (be)9. Look! There’s an ambulance over there. There ___________________ an accident. (be)10. A: Have you heard about Ben? He _________________ his arm. (break)B: Really? How __________ that _____________? (happen)A: He _______________ off a ladder.

(fall)162 Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.1. Do you know about Sue? She’s given up her job.2. My mother has grown up in Scotland.3. How many plays has Shakespeare written?4. Ow! I’ve cut my finger. It’s bleeding.5. Drugs have become a big problem everywhere.6.

The Chinese have invented paper.7. Where have you been born?8. Mary isn’t at home. She’s gone shopping.9. Albert Einstein has been the scientist who has developed the theory of relativity.Present Perfect and Past Simple1 Are the underlined parts of these sentences right or wrong? Correct them where necessary.1. I’ve lost my key. I can’t find them anywhere.2.

Have you eaten a lot of sweets when you were a child?3. I’ve bought a new car. You must come and see it.4. I’ve bought a new car last week.5. Where have you been yesterday evening?6. Lucy has left school in 1999.7. I’m looking for Mike. Have you seen him?8. “Have you been to Paris?” “Yes, many times.”9. I’m very hungry. I haven’t eaten much today.10.

When has this book been published?2 Make sentences from the words in brackets. Use the present perfect or past simple.1. (it/not/rain/this week) ___________________________________________________2. (the weather/be/cold/recently) ____________________________________________3. (it/cold/last week)_______________________________________________________4. (I/not/read/a newspaper yesterday) ________________________________________5.

(I/not/read/a newspaper today)____________________________________________6. (Emily/earn/a lot of money/this year) _______________________________________7. (she/not/earn/so much/ last year) __________________________________________8. (you/have/a holiday recently?) _____________________________________________3 Put the verb into the correct form, present perfect or past simple.1. I don’t know where Lisa is. __________(you/see) her?2. When I ______ (get) home last night, I ________ (be) very tired and I _______(go) straight tobed.3. A: __________(you/finish) painting the bedroom?B: Not yet.

I’ll finish it tomorrow.174. George _____________(not/be) very well last week.5. Mr Clark ____________(work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.6. Molly lives in Dublin. She ___________ (live) there all her life.7. A: ___________(you/go) to the cinema last night?B: Yes, but it __________ (be) a mistake. The film __________ (be) awful.8. My grandfather ____________(die) before I was born. I ___________ (never/meet) him.9. I don’t know Carol’s husband.