Unit 4

Unit 4 Extra practice: Key 2 2 Where did you grow up? / Students’ own
answers
1 2 lake 3 When did you start learning English? / Students’
3 mountain own answers
4 cave 4 What was your favourite subject at school? /
5 cliff Students’ own answers
6 crevasse 5 Where did you go on your last holiday? /
7 north face Students’ own answers
8 summit 6 What was the weather like last weekend? /
Hidden word: glaciers Students’ own answers

2 Words to be circled: 3 2 was Ethan shouting, arrived

3 was taking off, realised
WANTED – CLIMBED – LIVED – STUDIED – 4 Was the sun shining
DROVE – GREW UP – TOOK – WENT – 5 ended, arrived
THOUGHT – FOUND 6 was surfing, was fixing
S W A N T E D T G
C L I M B E D H F 4 2 b
3 a
O L I V E D S O O
4 b
U S A P R W E U U 5 a
S T U D I E D G N 6 a
E T R O N N K H D
C O I N B T O T K
5 2 while, when
3 you travelled, did you travel
R O D R O V E A U 4 (didn’t) explained, (didn’t) explain
B K I G R E W U P 5 slept, was sleeping
6 you two met, did you two meet
3 2 dangerous
3 ambitious
4 adventurous Unit 4 Extension: Key
5 risky
6 mountainous Sample response:
7 experienced Student A: What was the man’s name, and how old
was he?
Student B: His name was Robert Bogucki, and he was
4 2 reporter
33 years old.
3 trip
Student A: How long did he survive in the desert
4 learner
without food or water?
5 competitor
Student B: He survived for 43 days.
6 fit
Student A: What did he want to cross?
7 climbing
Student B: He wanted to cross the Great Sandy Desert.
8 presenter
Student A: What was his plan?
Student B: His plan was to ride his bike and walk (across
5 2 patient the desert).
3 challenge Student A: When did he start and what did he take with
4 risks him?
5 ambition Student B: He started on 11 July 1999, and he took very
6 determined little food and water with him.
Student A: What did tourists find fifteen days later?
Unit 4 Revision: Key Student B: They found his bike and some of his camping
gear.
1 2 slipped Student A: How far was this from where he started?
3 took Student B: It was about 35 kilometres from where he
4 tried started.
5 didn’t plan Student A: What did the police immediately begin
6 Did . . . walk (to do)?
7 didn’t go Student B: They began a search for Bogucki.
Student A: What did they use?

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Student B: They used trackers, planes and four-wheel-
drive vehicles.
Student A: When did they stop the search, and what did
they think?
Student B: They stopped the search after twelve days
because they thought that Bogucki was
probably dead.

Student B: What did Bogucki’s parents believe?

Student A: They believed he was still alive.
Student B: What did his parents get, and from where?
Student A: They got a team of trackers from America.
Student B: What did the team bring with them?
Student A: They brought specially-trained dogs.
Student B: What did the team find?
Student A: They found new signs of Bogucki.
Student B: How far were these from where Bogucki
started?
Student A: About 400 kilometres from where he started.
Student B: What did the things they found include?
Student A: They included an empty water bottle, his
notebook and his tent.
Student B: Where did the helicopter find him, and where
did it take him?
Student A: The helicopter found him near his last camp
and took him to hospital.
Student B: What did the doctors say?
Student A: The doctors said he was in surprisingly good
health.
Student B: How much weight did he lose during his
time in the desert?
Student A: He lost 20 kilograms.
Student B: How did he stay alive?
Student A: Bogucki stayed alive by eating plants and
flowers.

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