1. Read the le er. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb tense.

Dear Fred,
How are you? I hope you’re OK. I wanted to tell you about my last holidays in Brazil. I _______________________(go)
with my family and we _________________________ (stay) for two weeks. We _________________________ (travel) by plane
and _________________________ (arrive) on Monday a ernoon. We _______________________ (not go) to the beach that
day because it was late but we _________________________ (have) dinner at a nicerestaurant. I _________________________
(visit) many museums and _________________________ (go) hiking. My dad _________________________ (rent) a car and
we _________________________ (drive) to different beaches. I _________________________ (bought) a lot of souvenirs for
you and our friends. I _________________________ (be) sad because you _________________________ (not can) come but I
_________________________ (have) a great me.
We _________________________ (not usually travel) in the summer holidays. Some mes I
_____________________________ (go) out with my friend Serena or she _____________________________ (visit) me at
home. She _____________________________ (love) swimming so we _____________________________ (go) to the club’s
swimming pool. I _____________________________ (not mind) going to the pool but I _____________________________
(not like) swimming. I _____________________________ (play) volleyball with the people there. Serena
_____________________________ (not play), she _____________________________ (swim)!
I’m so happy that you _________________________ (come) next weekend. I can’t wait to see you! What me
_____________________________ (you/ arrive)? We _____________________________ (have) a lot of fun! We
_____________________________ (go) to the countryside and have a picnic. Serena _____________________________
(come) too. At night, we _____________________________ (meet) some other friends and _____________________________
(eat) dinner but I think we _____________________________ (not go) out because it’s cold. Now, I
_____________________________ (think) of other things to do when you come. Serena _____________________________
(help) me! She _____________________________ (make) a list and I _____________________________ (write) this le er for
you!
See you soon!
Love,
Hannah.

2. Read the text and aswer the ques ons below.

The most dangerous animals in the world

What are the most dangerous animals in the world? Sharks? Snakes? Lions? These animals are very dangerous but they are not
the most dangerous.

Hippos
In cartoons, hippos are usually slow, happy and funny. But real hippos are mean and aggressive and are more dangerous than
lions and gers. They are very heavy, but they can run very fast and swim very well and they don’t like people. Hippos kill more
people in Africa than any other animal.

Box jellyfish
When people think of dangerous animals in the sea, they usually think of sharks. But sharks hardly ever kill people. The most
dangerous sea animal isn’t very big. It’s a small jellyfish. The body of a jellyfish is o en 20 cen metres long but it has got about
60 tentacles -and they are about three metres long! One of these tentacles can kill a human very quickly. Box jellyfish swim in
Australia from October to April. When the jellyfish are there, no one goes swimming.

Mosquitoes
The animal with the most dangerous bite isn’t a snake or a lion. It’s an insect and you can find it all over the world. Mosquitoes
give malaria to 300 million people every year and about 3 million people die. This mosquito is the world’s most dangerous
animal and it is also one of the smallest.

a. What are hippos like?

b. What can they do?

c. How o en do sharks kill people?

d. How big are the jellyfish?

3. Write ques ons for these answers.
a. _________________________________________________________?
No, hippos don’t like people.
b. _________________________________________________________?
It has got about 60 tentacles.
c. _________________________________________________________?
In Australia.
d. _________________________________________________________?
From October to April.
e. _________________________________________________________?
All over the world.
f. _________________________________________________________?
About three million people die.

5. Read the first paragraph again and pay a en on to the words in bold and in italics.

- What sentence describes a comparison between two things?

- What sentence implies that one thing is superior to other things?

6. Complete the sentences with the 7. Fill in the sentences using the superlative form of the
comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. adjectives.

8. Geographical features vocabulary. Match the words in the box with the pictures.
beach - forest - hill - island - lake - mountain - rainforest - river - sea - volcano
2. Match the sentence halves.

3. Circle the correct op on.