1.Match the sentence beginnings (1–6) to the endings (a–f). 1 I’ve been to France 2 She’s had that toy 3 We’ve had 4 Have you ever 5 What have you 6 Where have you a put your dad’s newspaper? b done with your gym bag? c had a bad dream? d some very bad weather recently. e since she was five. f but I’ve never been to Austria. 2.Complete the first lines of newspaper reports with the correct form of these verbs. appear arrive discover escape interview open present record 1.A grey-haired monkey has escaped from the zoo. 2.A local schoolgirl has......................... a podcast at the radio station. 3.The mayor has........................... the new theme park in the city. 4.The high school drama club has............................ on the national news. 5.An American journalist has....................... an award to the city. 6.Local History teachers have........................ a Viking ship in the river.. 7.A local schoolboy has........................... Adele about her new album. 8.25 Swedish schoolchildren have.................... in town on an exchange visit. 3.Complete the questions with the Present perfect form of these verbs. Then add the correct verb in the answers. 1 Have you ever climbed (you/ever climb) a volcano? No, I haven’t . 2 ..........................(your brother/ever do) the housework? No, he................. 3......................... (your parents/ever travel) to the USA? No, they ................. 4 ...................(your family/ever visit) Paris? Yes, they....................... . 5......................... (you/ever buy) an expensive present? Yes, I ........................... 6 ...........................(your friend/ever lose) a mobile phone? Yes she .......................... 4.Put the words in the correct order. 1 America / wanted / Maite / has / to / visit / always Maite has always wanted to visit America. 2 written / you / English / ever / someone / to / Have / in / ? .................................................................................................................. 3 interested / comics / always / in / has / Paul / manga / been .................................................................................................................. 4 the / have / camping / weekend / gone / often / at / We .................................................................................................................. 5 tried / a / Have / face / draw / you / person’s / ever / to / ? .................................................................................................................. 6 gone / parents / without / Have / holiday / your / ever / on / you / ? .................................................................................................................. 7 been / on / your / ever / family / Has / TV / ? .................................................................................................................. 8 competition / Has / a / team / ever / your / football / won / national / ? .................................................................................................................. 5.Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs. A Why don’t you write a report for our school blog? B Me? I 1 ’ve never written (never/write) a report in my life! A Not even in the English class? B I don’t think so! A 2.................................... (you/ever interview) someone? B No. I’m not a news presenter! Have you? A Yes, I 3 (interview) three or four people. B And how many reports 4.................................... (you/do)? A Three. B Well, you would have to help me, then. 5.................................... (you/think) about a person to interview? A The school bus driver must have some interesting stories! B OK. I’ll think of the questions. Can you show me how to organise the report? A Sure! I 6.................................... (prepare) that for you already. Here you are!
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Match the questions (1–6) to the answers (a–f). 1 Does Carlos write well? d 2 How fast can you run? 3 Do your friends work hard? 4 How well can you speak German? 5 Could you speak more slowly, please? 6 How early do you want to leave? a Sorry, I didn’t realise I was speaking so fast. b Yes, they do. Very hard! c About 7.00 a.m., so we don’t arrive late! d I think he writes very clearly. e I can do a kilometre in ten minutes! f Not so well, but I’m getting better all the time. 2 Complete the sentences with the opposite adverb. 1 Jim plays the guitar well, but he sings badly . 2 She always drives carefully, but last night she drove.................................. . 3 The children played happily on the floor, but their mother looked................................. at the news flash. 4 Magda reads fast in her own language, but she reads............................................ in English. 5 I like to get home early – but sometimes the bus is .............................................! 6 Mum! Don’t speak so loudly on the phone! We’re trying to work................................. in our room. 3 Choose the correct options. A So, Alan. What’s it like to be a blog writer? B It’s a lot of fun! I can be sitting 1 carelessly / quietly at the computer when my mobile phone rings 2 slowly / loudly and it’s a friend with a good idea for a story. So I check the details 3 early / carefully , and then upload my comments. I don’t like to work too 4 fast / angrily , because that’s when I make mistakes. A So do a lot of people write back? B It depends, really. Sometimes I can wait 5 patiently / sadly at the computer and nothing happens. Other times people will 6 happily / late upload a dozen comments in ten minutes! 4 Complete the text with the adverb form of the words. I was waiting 1 patiently (patient) for a bus the other day, when a dog appeared and started barking 2.............................(loud). I’m usually a bit scared of dogs, and there was no one else around. I thought 3 ..........................(hard) for a moment, and then remembered I had a biscuit in my pocket. So I took it out 4..........................(careful) and gave it to the animal. It stopped barking at once and wagged its tail 5.................. (happy). So then I touched it and talked to it, and 6.............. (slow) we became friends. The dog’s been at home now for three weeks!
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1.Match these words to the definitions (1–7). blog current affairs programme headline interview journalist podcast report 1 When one person asks someone else a lot of official questions. interview 2 Personal news and comments from an individual on a webpage. 3 This is the person who finds and presents information for a newspaper. 4 This is the name for the information which they present. 5 This is the title for a newspaper story. 6 News in the form of audio files for downloading from the internet. 7 Where people present and comment on events in the news. 2.Match the sentence beginnings (1–8) to the endings (a–h). 1 My sister loves clothes e 2 I don’t know all the details 3 We heard about a tsunami 4 She often uses her smartphone 5 My father always reads news stories 6 Opinion articles are not the same 7 I love our local newspaper 8 Sean has no time to read newspapers a but he often listens to podcasts. b written by the same journalist. c to access a news website. d because I recognise people and places in it . e and reads a fashion blog every week. f on a newsflash this morning. g because I only read the headlines. h as serious news reports. 3.Put the letters in the correct order to complete the text. I don’t mind watching the news on TV, like my parents, but I’m not interested in those 1 current affairs (truncer frasifa) programmes, where the news 2 (erserpent) introduces a topic and then 3 (winevestir) people who know more about it. And then they all give their opinions. I only look at the newspaper for the football, but my uncle’s a 4 (jolisaturn), and he says I should read the 5 (delihsane), and then the full 6 (perrot) if I want to. But it’s easier for me to access a news 7 (ebistew): they’ve got the news in pictures, on video and in audio files, too. And the best part is the 8 (globs), because you can always find one on a topic you like.
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