2/Check your understanding: matching Match the person with the place they would enjoy most. Write a recommendation for them in the box.
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Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
Madame Tussauds Hollywood
San Francisco
Grammy Museum
'I love ferry rides. They're so much fun. I also like visiting
places with an interesting and unusual history.
"I'd love to have my photo taken with all my favourite film stars!"
"I really want to go on some exciting rides. I've just taken up
surfing too so I'd like to learn more about that."
I'm a keen photographer so I want to go to the place with the
best views.
When I'm on holiday, two things are most important for me:
great shopping and great food."
T'm a music lover and my dream is to record a song.
Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz Island
Recommended place to visit
She's very interested in nature, especially animals and birds.
3. D) for
We're all anxious for an end to this misunderstanding.
4. C) over
He tripped over the cat and fell downstairs.
5. D) had gone
If I had gone to university I would have studied medicine.
6. D) was … borrowing
I didn't like him - he was continually borrowing money.
7. D) I'll try to find out when it starts.
8. C) am checking
If she asks what I'm doing in her flat, I'll say I am checking the gas.
9. B) any
This engine hardly uses any petrol.
10. D) alone
After her husband died, she was all alone.
11. D) a scaredy-cat
The children call Vera a scaredy-cat because she is easily frightened.
12. Hufflepuff is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. What animal is the emblem of the Hufflepuff House?
Answer A) badger
13. In 1949 Big Ben’s clock slowed down by 5 minutes when a flock of starlings landed on the minute hand!
Answer B) starlingsk
14. What country gave the USA the Statue of Liberty?
Answer D) France
15. What is the title of the book about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri?
Answer C) «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer»