1. Complete the brochure about Northfield Safari Park. Use the words below.
climb feed hold leave look run watch
NORTHFIELD SAFARI PARKLook what’s happening today! |
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10.00 Kangaroo Breakfast Come and help us to 1……………………… the kangaroos. They’re always hungry and they’re funny! |
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11.00 Monkey Games At the ape house watch the monkeys and gorillas jump and 2……………………… the trees. |
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12.00 Water Show 3……………………… our wonderful, intelligent dolphins do amazing tricks for you in the pool! |
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13.00 Baby Wolves’ Playtime 4……………………… at our cute new babies in the Park. Watch them 5……………………… and play. |
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15.00 Snake Talk Visit the reptile house and you can 6……………………… a beautiful snake in your hands! |
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16.00 Elephant Bath Time Don’t 7……………………… before you see the elephants in their huge bath! |
Answer
1 feed 2 climb 3 Watch 4 Look 5 run 6 hold 7 leave
Listening Strategy
In connected speech, some sounds disappear when we join words together. This is especially true of /d/ and /t/ sounds at the end of a word, when the next word begins with a consonant. The more you listen, the more you will get used to this.
2. Read the Listening Strategy. Read the sentences and circle the /d/ and /t/ sounds that will probably disappear. (They don’t all disappear.)
1 The elephants moved slowly by.
2 Jim walked into the living room.
3 Stella liked watching the birds in her garden.
4 Tom studied drama at school.
5 My parents watched the news.
6 The cat climbed up the tree.
Answer
1 moved 3 liked 4 studied 5 watched
3. Listen. Decide if the webs in the sentences are past simple, or present simple. Write Past, Present, or DK (don’t know) if you cannot tell the tense just be listening.
1 ……………………….
2 ……………………….
3 ……………………….
4 ……………………….
5 ……………………….
6 ……………………….
Answer
1 Past 2 Don’t know 3 Past 4 Present
5 Don’t know 6 Past
Transcript
1 I phoned an old friend.
2 We watched TV.
3 Harry jumped into the river.
4 I usually walk to school on Fridays.
5 Sam and Mary cooked dinner.
6 The bus slowed down and stopped.
4. Listen to four people describing their experiences with wild animals. Match the speakers (1-4) with the sentences (a-e). There is one extra sentence.
The speaker …
a explains how this wild animal lives.
b describes a scary experience.
c explains how a friend lost something.
d explains why he doesn’t have a photo of a wild animal he watched.
e describes an experience with some wildlife on holiday.
Answer
1 D 2 B 3 C 4 E
The extra sentence is A.
Transcript
1 My friend Barry and I were in the countryside with our cameras. We like watching birds and taking photos of them. We were at the side of a river, eating a picnic. And we watched a huge bird fly down to the water. It was an eagle! We were amazed. We were so lucky! But do you know what wasn’t so lucky? We were too surprised to remember our cameras!
2 I was in the kitchen with my sister. Mum carried the shopping bags in and my sister and I helped Mum put the food away. My sister opened a bag of fruit and shouted, ‘Help! Spider! Spider!’ On the bananas, there was a huge, black spider and we were terrified. Mum closed the bag and called the vet. When the vet arrived, he explained that it was a very dangerous spider.
3 My friends and I visited the zoo last weekend. It was great fun. We walked around in the sun and looked at all the wild animals. But the funniest bit was at the monkey house. My friend Simon likes wearing caps, and a small monkey noticed Simon’s red cap. It reached a hand through the cage, quickly taking it, and then it climbed up a tree with the cap on its head! Simon needs to buy a new cap now …
4 My family and I were in the north of Scotland last summer. We stayed with our cousins for two weeks on an island in the North Sea. It’s cold there, but beautiful. On our last day we travelled by boat back to the airport. Suddenly, someone shouted, ‘I can see whales!’ We all watched as three whales moved slowly past us in the water. It was a wonderful thing to see.
5. Read these sentences from the recording in exercise 4. Circle the /d/ and /t/ sounds that will probably disappear.
1 We were too surprised to remember our cameras!
2 Mum carried the shopping bags in.
3 Mum closed the bad and called the vet.
4 My friends and I visited the zoo last weekend.
5 But the funniest bit was at the monkey house.
6 My family and I were in the north of Scotland last summer.
7 On our last day we travelled by boat back to the airport.
Answer
1 surprised 2 carried 3 closed, called 4 last
5 funniest, at 6 Scotland, last 7 last, travelled, boat, airport
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