HOMEWORK PACK for TOURISM STUDENTS (Group 135). Autumn term 15-16.

Practice 1.

1. Present simple. Complete the text with the affirmative form of the verbs in brackets.

Emperor penguins a) live (live) in the Antarctic. The sea b) ......... (provide) all their food, so they are good swimmers. They c) ......... (dive) under the water and d) ......... (hold) their breath for up to 20 minutes. When the weather is very cold, the penguins e) ......... (stand) in a group. This f) ......... (keep) them warm. The Emperor is the only penguin that g) ......... (breed) in winter in Antarctica. Each female h) ........ (lay) one egg in May or June. They then i) ......... (return) to the sea to feed. Each male then j) ......... (stand) with an egg on his feet. His feet k) ......... (keep) the egg warm. He l) ......... (sleep) most of the time and m) ......... (eat) no food for about 65 days. When the egg n) ......... (hatch), the female o) ......... (come) back and p) ......... (find) her mate. Now the females q) ......... (feed) the young penguins. The male r) ......... (spend) his time eating. After a few weeks, the male s) ......... (return) to the family, and then both parents t) ......... (look after) the chick.

2. Complete the text with the negative form of the verbs in brackets.

Romeo and Juliet

Two families, the Montague sans Capulets, live in Verona, Italy, but they a) ......... (get on) with each other. Romeo, son of Montague, thinks he is in love with Rosaline, but unfortunately she b) ......... (love) him. He goes to see her at a party at the house of his enemy Capulet, but there he sees Juliet, Capulet’s daughter. She c) ......... (know) his name because he has a mask. Tybalt, one of the Capulet family, tries to fight with Romeo, but Capulet d) ......... (allow) this. Tybalt e) ......... (agree) with him, and f) ......... (forgive) Romeo for coming to the house. Romeo manages to talk to Juliet, and he kisses her. They g) ......... (understand) that their families are enemies. When Romeo learns the truth, he h) ......... (care) that his love for Juliet could be very dangerous. Later he goes back to the house and stands in the garden. Juliet is standing on the balcony talking to herself about Romeo, but i) ......... (see) him below in the garden. After he talks to her, they soon show their love for each other, and agree to get married. However, they j) ......... (realize) that a terrible tragedy is about to happen.

3. Complete each sentence with trip, travel or journey.

1. I’ll get some ……… brochures today and we can start planning our holiday.

2. John is away on a business ……… all week.

3. It’s a rather difficult overnight ……… to the mountains but it’s well worth it.

4. I prefer to arrange my holidays myself rather than use a ……… agent.

5. On Saturday we went on a day ……… to an interesting old castle.

6. Was it a tiring ……… from Seoul to Los Angeles?

7. On summer weekends we often used to go on camping ……… .

8. Do you use a special firm to arrange business ……… for your staff?

9. Do you make your own ……… arrangements or does your secretary do it all?

10. I hope your flight is on time tomorrow. Safe ………! See you at the airport.

4. In the countryside. Match the term to its definition.

1. Farm 2. Lake 3. Mountain 4. Village 5. Hill 6. Forest 7. Path 8. Field 9. Cottage 10. River

a) large area full of trees b) smaller than a town c) small house in the country d) large area of water e) smaller than a road, not for cars f) the Thames, the Amazon and the Nile are examples g) place where people keep animals and grow food h) there are a lot of these in the Alps and in the Himalayas i) closed piece of land where animals live or people grow food j) high grounds, but not as high as the Alps or Himalayas

5. Isabella is looking for a new job. Complete the questions the interviewer asks her with an appropriate question word. Then match the questions with her answers below.

1. …… is your full name?

2. ……did you choose to study tourism?

3. ……college did you go to?

4. ……kind of job are you looking for?

5. …… languages can you speak?

6. …… did you find out about the job?

7. …… would you be willing to start?

1. I’d like to have a post with more responsibility.

2. I can start at the beginning of next month.

3. I wanted to combine work and travel.

4. My full name is Isabella Mary Lock.

5. I’m fluent in Italian and Spanish.

6. I did a course at Westminster College.

7. I saw an advert in the Travel Trade Gazette.

Practice 2.

1. Present Continuous. Complete the text with the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

God afternoon, everybody. I a) ......... (speak) to you from Mount Surprising, the giant volcano. A team of scientists b) ......... (visit) the volcano, and I’m here for Big TV, just in case anything exciting happens. I c) ......... (stand) here near the top of the crater, and d) ......... (look) down into the volcano. At the moment the four scientists e) ......... (climb) down into the crater. It doesn’t look very dangerous, I must say, but they f) ......... (wear) special clothes and a rescue team g) ......... (stand by) just in case!

A little bit of smoke h) ......... (rise) from the volcano, but there’s normal. Now the scientists i) ......... (set) up their equipment. They j) ......... (try) to collect some gas, which will help them understand what exactly k) ......... (go on) under the volcano.

Wait a minute! Something l) ......... (happen)! The ground m) ......... (shake)! The four scientists n) ......... (climb) out of the volcano as quickly as they can. They o) ......... (shout) something as well. I think it’s time to leave.