When were you in Africa?

VOCABULARY viết các từ vào đúng cột

1 Put the words in the box in the right column. Ways to travel Things to Things to take
wear
boat bus car computer hat knife
boat hat computer
money notebook plane shoes T-shirt
tent train trousers water bottle

2.44 Listen and check. Then repeat. Can you add any words to the table?

READING

Michael Fay has an exciting job. He’s an explorer and a

scientist, and he travels around the world learning about the
plants and animals in different countries. Here, he tells us
about his life, and about getting too close to an elephant!

A B
I think I was a problem for my teachers and my His name was Mr Royce and he
parents because I was only happy when I was outside. was my science teacher when
One day, when I was about eight, I was in a guitar I was eleven. His lessons were
lesson and I was really bored. I remember thinking great. They were often outside
‘Why am I sitting inside on a Saturday?’ After that and they were always really
there were no more guitar lessons! interesting.

C D
I walk! I find plants and animals and Some really good shoes, because I walk a lot.
write about them in my notebook. I Last year, I was in Africa for four months. It
also fly a lot. I’ve got a small plane and was summer there and it was really hot. In my
I use that in Africa when I’m working bag there were shoes, a tent, some trousers,
with the elephants. I sometimes need a T-shirt, a knife and, of course, my computer.
to use a boat as well. Oh, and there were lots of notebooks!

E
Well, I work with elephants and it’s important not
to get too close to them. I was in Gabon in Central
Africa, in 2003. One day, I was in the wrong place
and an elephant was not happy to see me. I was
in hospital for a few days after that. I don’t go too
close to elephants now!

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2 Read the first part of the article and look at the photos. Answer the questions.
1 What does Michael Fay do?
2 How do you think Michael Fay travels when he is working?
3 What do you think Michael Fay puts in his bag when he travels?
3 Read the interview with Michael Fay. Check your answers to Exercise 2.
4 Match the questions to the paragraphs in the interview. Nối câu hỏi và các đoạn văn
1 Who was your favourite teacher?
2 What do you always take with you when you travel?
3 How do you travel?
4 What kind of child were you?
5 How dangerous is your job?
5 Read the interview again and match the questions to the answers.
1 Where was Michael last year? a It was very hot.
2 Why wasn’t Michael happy in the guitar lesson? b He was too close to it.
3 How long was Michael’s trip to Africa last year? c He was in Africa.
4 How hot was it in Africa last year? d Four months.
5 When was Michael in Gabon? e In 2003.
6 Why wasn’t the elephant happy to see Michael? f He was bored.

GRAMMAR Wh- questions in the present and past

6 Read the questions in Exercises 4 and 5 again. Complete the list of
question words.

How? What? What kind of? Who?

Grammar reference page 155

7 Now read the questions again and complete this sentence with can or can’t.
You answer these questions with Yes or No.

8 Put the words in order to make questions. Start each question with a
question word.
0 How / in / old / were / 2010 / you / ?
How old were you in 2010?
1 What / your / is / English / name / teacher’s / ?
2 Who / was / student / best / the / today / ?
3 How / your / last / long / was / holiday / ?
4 Where / Saturday / were / you / on / ?
5 What / you / do / school / after / do / ?
6 How / this / was / difficult / exercise / ?
9 Ask and answer the questions with your partner.

About you
10 Work with a partner. Write five questions in the present or past. Use the
prompts to help you. Then ask your teacher the questions.
• What colour / first car?
• What / put in your bag when you travel?
• Where / you in 2001?
• What / favourite book when you / young?
• How / travel to school every day?

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