Dates English Teacher

PROGRESS CHECK 7

1. 
   Listen and complete the sentences. (6x2=12)
   

Heggy: Look! We‟re in Paris, (1) .

Hoggy: Oh... it‟s beautiful... streets... parks...

Heggy: Wow... look... a tower... Is it the (2) ?

Hoggy: Yes... I‟d like to climb the tower.

Heggy: Well... it‟s not easy... you know there are (3) steps.

Hoggy: ... OK... I see...

Heggy: You know... about (4) million people visit the Eiffel Tower every year. It‟s very famous.

Hoggy: Heggy, look: mountains...

Heggy: Yes... you know skiing is a very (5) sport in France. They have ski schools for children.

Hoggy: What school? Ski school? What do children learn there?

Heggy: They learn how to ski, and they learn by playing and having fun.

Hoggy: Wow... I‟d like to go to ski school.

Heggy: OK... now we‟re flying to (6) . Hooray!

2. 
   Choose the correct words. (7x2=14)
   

Antarctica (1) have/has the coldest climate on the Earth. It is the fifth (2) larger/largest continent. Antarctica‟s (3) hottest/lowest air temperature record was on 21 July 1983, with -89.2 oC at Vostok Station. Antarctica has 90% of the world‟s (4) ice/forests and more than 70% of its fresh water.

Antarctica (5) is/are home to penguins. Penguins are very (6) boring/ interesting birds. They can‟t (7) fly/swim but they swim very well and eat (8) grass/fish ! Some penguins live in the ice and snow.

Answer key: 1) has; 2) largest; 3) lowest; 4) ice; 5) is; 6) interesting; 7) fly; 8) fish

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