`ENGLISH ID 2nd edition ◉ LEVEL 2

Name: ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________

Unit 2 | Reading
Read the text. True (T) or False (F)?

Mystery man
Did you hear the story about a mystery man who woke up on a beach in Australia? Two
teenagers were jogging along the beach early one morning when, all of a sudden, they saw a
man lying in the sand. This is not unusual, but the man was unconscious and wearing a suit,
shirt and tie. The teenagers called the police right away. While they were waiting for them to
arrive, the teenagers tried to wake the guy up. It was impossible, but he was still breathing!
Finally, the police arrived with two paramedics. As soon as they revived the man, he started
talking in a strange language. He was confused and didn't know where he was, and he didn't
seem to understand anything. They took him to the hospital immediately. He wasn't hurt, but
he was very distressed.
The police couldn't find any ID on the man, so there were no clues there. They were trying to
understand what he was saying when someone in the hospital said that he was speaking
Russian. How did a Russian man land on a beach in Australia? Two weeks later, the police are
still trying to answer this question. A Russian interpreter says that the mystery beach man
still doesn't know who he is, where he's from, or what his name is!
T F
1 The teenagers were running when they saw the man fall.

2 The man wasn't wearing typical clothes for the beach.

3 The man was speaking Russian when the police arrived.

4 The man didn't have a passport or any identification.

5 The police still don't know who the man is.

Unit 2 | Listening
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Listen to the speaker. Match the news items to the headlines.

ID2_U2_L2_audio.mp3

1 News item 1 b Natural disaster in Asia

2 News item 2 e Head of Catholic church has dinner with the

President

3 News item 3 c Heavy rain causes problems in many European

countries

4 News item 4 d More sports success for the sisters

5 News item 5 a Famous musician celebrates 35 years in the

music business.

Unit 2 | Grammar – Past continuous

Read the sentences. Select True (T) if grammatically correct or False (F) if grammatically
incorrect.

T F
1 What was she doing yesterday afternoon?

2 What was you watching on TV last night?

3 They weren't enjoying the show.

4 He was thinking about his math exam.

5 Where you were going last night?!

Unit 2 | Grammar – Past continuous vs. simple past (1)

Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

1 Josh ... dinner with his girlfriend last night.

a is having
b were having

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c was having
2 What ... at 9:30 last Sunday evening?

a was you doing

b were you doing
c are you doing
3 They ... the movie a lot.

a liked
b was liking
c were liking
4 ... a bike when you were young?

a Was you having

b Have you
c Did you have
5 What ... at the party?

a do she wear
b was she wearing
c did she wearing

Unit 2 | Grammar – Past continuous vs. simple past (2)

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

1 He [didn't have] his cell phone with him last night. (not have)
2 She [was reading] a book when I arrived. (read)
3 While we were sleeping, Richard [cleaned] the apartment. (clean)
4 I [was walking] to the gym when I saw the accident. (walk)
5 They were walking on the beach when they [saw] hundreds of birds. (see)

Unit 2 | Grammar – Past continuous vs. simple past (3)

Match the sentence halves.

1 He was watching TV when a the police arrived.

2 I was walking e in town when I saw Melissa and Dylan.

3 She was cooking d dinner when the lights went out.

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4 Were you c at the gym when Amy called?

5 Was she talking b on the phone when you arrived?

Unit 2 | Vocabulary – News media

Complete the sentences with in or on.

1 Find information [on] our news website.

2 It's [on] my smartphone.
3 I heard the story [on] the radio.
4 I do the crosswords [in] the newspaper.
5 What's [on] TV tonight?

Unit 2 | Vocabulary – Global problems

Match the word halves.

1 dis d ease

2 corr a uption

3 pov c erty

4 cr e ime

5 poll b ution

Unit 2 | Vocabulary – Natural phenomena

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Match the words to the definitions.

1 an earthquake b damages roads and buildings

2 an eclipse d makes daytime darker

3 a thunderstorm c is an electrical storm

4 a drought a is when it doesn't rain

5 a rainbow e sun and rain form this

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Unit 2 | Vocabulary – Global problems and natural phenomena

Choose the option that is different.

1 Which option is different?

a hurricane
b unemployment
c crime

2 Which option is different?

a flood
b eclipse
c poverty
3 Which option is different?

a animal extinction
b tsunami
c pollution
4 Which option is different?

a earthquake
b disease
c drought
5 Which option is different?

a animal extinction
b climate change
c lightning

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