Read Your Top Five Extreme Adventures and check the meaning of the sports verbs in blue. Then choose the correct prepositions.

                                  YOUR TOP FIVE EXTREME ADVENTURES

Take a look at these amazing achievements and choose ‘like’ on your favourite to vote.

Sail ¹around / on the world alone at the age of fourteen. (Laura Dekker)

Climb ²through / up Everest at the age of thirteen. (Jordan Romero and Malavath Poorna)

Dive ³over / off a 27-metre-high cliff into a lake. (Gary Hunt)

Surf ⁴ – / off a thirty-metre wave. (Garrett McNamara)

Cycle ⁵down / under a mountain at 222 kilometres per hour. (Eric Barone)

Read the passage and choose the correct answers:
          There was an earthquake in the Kitamo region at ten o'clock yesterday morning. It(1)....... about one minute. Many buildings collapsed . Frightened people ran (2)......... the streets. Many were injured by falling bricks and stones. After the earthquake , buildings in many parts of the city caught fire. (3)............ was so great that firemen (4).......... get near many of the burning buildings.
          Hundreds of people have died . The hospital is still standing, (5)........... there aren't enough beds for all the injured people . Things (6).... very bad in Kitamo now. There are hundreds of badly damaged houses , and those that caught fire are now just smoking ruins. The streets are covered (7).......... broken glass, and fallen trees block the way. Everywhere there is the (8)............. of crying children.
1/ A. ended                      B. lasted                        C. lengthened                     D. was
2/ A. in                            B. to                               C. into                                D. on
3/ A. Heat                        B. Heating                     C. A heat                            D. The heat
4/ A. could not                 B. might not                  C. should not                     D. would not
5/ A. and                          B. because                     C. but                                 D. so
6/ A. see                           B. look                           C. watch                            D. appear
7/ A. by                            B. for                             C. in                                   D. with
8/ A. sound                      B. speaking                    C. talking                           D. shou

Look at the hints printed in bold and choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

1 Sam __________ for a job, but there were not many.

A is looking     B are looking     C was looking     D were looking

2 The executives _________ an argument at the moment.

A had     B are having     C were having     D having

 Use present progressive tense

1. I ______ ______ (talk) on the phone at this moment.

2. They ______ _______ (help) the teacher right now.

3. We _____ ________ ( not bake)

A chocolate cake at the moment.

4. Marta ____ _________ (drive), and Chris is sleeping.

5. __ ___ he _____ _____ (work) on the new show now?

6. How much money ___ they ________ in the company?(invest)

 Use past progressive tense

1. They _____ (meet) with Smith and Co at exactly 2.35 pm yesterday.

2. Jason _____ (play) the piano at three o'clock yesterday afternoon.

3. What _____ (you do) when Barry arrived?

4. Tim _____ (study) German while his roommates were studying French.

5. My cousin _____ (not have) a good time when I arrived.

6. _____ (she do) the housework when you telephone

Task 2. Look at the map. Choose the correct name of the building!

1. Take the first street on the left. Take the next street on the right. Go straight on and cross the road. It's on the left.____________________

2.  Take the first street on the left. Go down the street. Turn on the right. Take the next street on the right. Go straight on and cross the road. Go straight on. It's in front of you on the other side of the road. ____________________

3. Take the first street on the left. Take the next street on the right. Take the next street on the right. Pass the Fire Department. It's on your left. ____________________

I.B.  Choose a verb and a preposition from the boxes and write phrasal verbs in their correct form to complete the sentences below. (5 marks)

1.  I ........................................ some interesting information about John the other day.

2.  Who’s going to ....................................... the children while you’re away?  

3.  I'm going to ........................................... with my homework until it's finished.

4.  I couldn’t understand the lecture so I just ..............................................  

5.  I am trying to ................................................. chips and other fast food, but it isn't easy!